The wait is over. The playoffs are here. As Karl Kemper might say, it's a great day to be a Grizzly. The No. 3-ranked Ashland High girls basketball team (22-5) takes on No. 4-ranked and defending state champion Willamette(20-4) on Wednesday afternoon in the quarterfinals of the Class 5A state tournament. The eight-team, »»Read Full Post
Things We Might Not Want To Know
Robert GalvinPop Vortex: Entertainment news and lifestyle trends through an off-kilter looking glass
Tue Mar 9th, 2010
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I'm not kidding. There are things you might not want to know and, frankly, thing I wish I didn't know. And some of those will be revealed over the next few paragraphs. So, if you're the squeamish type, I'll understand it if you decide to move along. Thanks for the »»Read Full Post
Stovetop popcorn stars in sweet-salty-spicy snack
It took all my willpower not to whip up a batch of popcorn for Sunday’s Academy Awards. Indulged on Friday and then again on Saturday, my popcorn habit was getting a little out of hand. But given the sheer number of movies I missed that were nominated for Oscars, I »»Read Full Post
Covering ceremonies, press conferences
We've had a couple of questions raised about why we didn't cover a few recent events. The short answer is that we want to cover the news, not necessarily the event. The two events were a candidate's press conference, announcing that he would run for a county commissioner's seat, and »»Read Full Post
Oscar Popcorn Salad & Home Spa Treatments
Welcome to my money saving Blog where I share many of your favorite recipes and stories with everyone who visits here. Feel free to comment - feel free to ask questions! All are welcome! I also hope you pay a visit to my blog - history files for more money »»Read Full Post
HAIKU MONDAY: On Avatar, Rupert and Hack's Expense Account
Welcome back to Haiku Monday, where Fish Hack is sharing some Oscar love with James Cameron. OK. So This-here cyber blog has got virtually nothing to do with Avatar. But, as fellow NewsCorp employees, we fill out the exact same expense accounts. Avatar?Fish Hack?/Can't consider us the same./Hack can't out-gr0ss »»Read Full Post
A roster change for the M-T All-Star game
One of the rosters for the Mail Tribune All-Star Basketball Classic required a bit of tweaking over the weekend. Travis Pratt, a South Medford senior who was second-team all-Southwest Conference, replaces Rogue River's Brendan Schoner on the Siskiyou team. Schoner had a agreed to play and was really looking forward »»Read Full Post
Home sweet home. And away.
I had to go out of town last week to deliver the eulogy at the funeral of a good friend. My friend's death was sad and sudden. There wasn't much time to do more than throw some clothes in a bag and buy an airline ticket online before I had to fly out early one morning. »»Read Full Post