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Sunday morning in post-apocalyptic downtown Redlands

This morning I spent a few hours writing about a soccer player, then headed out to blow off some steam. Let me rephrase that – I left to acquire some necessities, thank you Gov. Newsom. Rage Against the Machine went with me and Zack de la Rocha’s vocals and Tom Morello’s searing guitar provided theContinue reading “Sunday morning in post-apocalyptic downtown Redlands”

Fast Times at San Francisco State

Now at, gulp, 46 years as a journalist, it’s reasonable to think I majored in journalistm. Actually I took something called “Recreation and Leisure Studies: at San Francisco State.

Toilet paper at last

Highland woman fulfills quest to obtain toilet paper.

Rose O’Reilly, you gotta love her

By John Murphy Mention St. Patrick’s Day and my hometown of San Bruno in the same breath and one name pops up: Rose O’Reilly. I smile just thinking about her. I glance at her and the hubby John on Facebook and I get a warm, fuzzy feeling – Rose with that mop of red hairContinue reading “Rose O’Reilly, you gotta love her”

Easy money

By John Murphy So I was working four years ago in the Bay Area, where everyone has three jobs to afford their rent. Then I left one job and began looking for a new one. “Bagger at Safeway,” I thought. That could nicely augment my job as the sports guy at the Half Moon BayContinue reading “Easy money”

Introduce Yourself (Example Post)

This is an example post, originally published as part of Blogging University. Enroll in one of our ten programs, and start your blog right. You’re going to publish a post today. Don’t worry about how your blog looks. Don’t worry if you haven’t given it a name yet, or you’re feeling overwhelmed. Just click theContinue reading “Introduce Yourself (Example Post)”