By David Anderson What a four-legged unstressed mouse and a two-legged human on marijuana have to do with memory loss. “The human brain has roughly 100 billion neurons (basic building blocks of the nervous system) and can store about 2.5 petabytes of information.” So why can’t we remember where we put the car keys, kids, (fill in […]
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Letter: Thanks for the Memories
By David Anderson Fifty years ago I was laughed off the stage. But this time was different. Woodbrook Middle School celebrated its 50th Anniversary this last week and I was invited to play my accordion like I’d done a half-century ago.
Letter: ‘Ho-Ho-Ho’ Already? How-How-How Can This Be?
By David Anderson Too early to be jolly? Already – and Thanksgiving is still a week away, some would say ‘in the way’ – the sounds of ‘ho-ho-ho’ are making you wonder ‘how-how-how’ can this be? For example, on the 19th of November (the 37th day of Christmas) what do you call the lowest gas prices in […]
Letter: Gambling Pilfers the Pockets of the Poor?
By David Anderson Pity the poor penniless gambler: thrown to the curb by the too-tight-t-shirt bouncer; doused by equal parts rain and beer; puddle-sprayed from the luxury rides of exotic Lamborghini’s, Ferrari’s and Maserati’s; drowning in remorseful tears that drip the vestiges of humanity to the grated gutter clogged with advertisements of half-naked women. OK, […]
Westside Story – Tennis Inspiration
Story, Photo & Film – Joseph Boyle My friend, Andy Gernon, and I were talking the other day. She mentioned she is giving tennis lessons to another old friend of ours, Bill Ludwig. On the face of it, there is no story to write. My reason for writing this story quickly becomes evident when I […]
Letter: Sheepish No More
By David Anderson To everyone: elected incumbent or newly elected for anything anywhere. A website pictures “The World’s Top 10 Best Images of Disobedient Animals.” Sheep didn’t make the list.
Letter: Marijuana Supplants Rhody as State Flower
By David Anderson No, it hasn’t happened yet but it could. And why not? On November 6, 2012, Washington was joined by Colorado in becoming the first state to legalize the sale and possession of cannabis for recreational use since the Marijuana Tax Act of 1937, marking “an electoral first not only for America but for the world.”
Letter: Pop Stars Promo Pot – So that’s gotta (as in Gaga) help the cause
By David Anderson Cannabis queens all, Rihanna, Gaga and Lana Del Rey are on stage – and setting the stage – for what’s happening at the polls. At least that’s the assessment of Allen St. Pierre, executive director of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws, who points to the parallel between – and […]
Letter: Marijuana – Not Here, Not Now, Not Us
By David Anderson Putting marijuana in the mainstream will not keep it out of youth’s bloodstream. The board of the Tillicum Woodbrook Neighborhood Association (TWNA) opposes the siting of marijuana retail, growing, or distribution centers within the Tillicum Woodbrook neighborhood and the TWNA board further appreciates and expects that its elected representatives will give due […]