Stop me if you’ve heard this before. A priest, a rabbi and a kangaroo walk into a bar … Oh, you heard it at the office. I’m not surprised. It used to be that if we wanted to hear a bunch of bad jokes, we’d go to a comedy club. Now, all we have to … Read more
100 Years Ago: Santa Clara News (October 28, 1913) * Santa Clara’s First Merchants’ Fair Will Mark New Epoch in Successful Carnival History of Mission Town: Week of Celebration and Exposition Exhibits * Mass Meeting Planned for Highway Talk * Municipal Water Works Wells Best in County * Town Clerk Augustine J. Cronin to Wed … Read more
Gravity is a movie that I cannot tell you much about without giving too much away. Even telling you I can’t tell you is telling you too much. Rated 3.9 out of 4.0 Houston-we-have-really-big-problems. Just kidding, but not kidding about how much I can tell you. Gravity, directed brilliantly by Alfonso Cuaron, is only 90 … Read more
Lexus of Stevens Creek continues to invest in futures. Last month, the folks at Lexus hosted their annual Teen Volunteer Fair. The event joined over 1,000 young people, anxious to help, together with over 50 local non-profit organizations in need of volunteers. The entire showroom, cleared and decorated for the occasion, was awash with positive … Read more
The Santa Clara Police Department is teaming up with the Drug Enforcement Administration for a free, anonymous event on Saturday, Oct. 26 between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. The National Prescription Drug Take-Back Campaign lets people safely dispose dangerous, expired, unused and unwanted prescription drugs – no questions asked. According to information provided by Lieutenant … Read more
Answer honestly now — what message do you think it sends when you spend the workday crouched under your desk? Yes, I suppose your manager could read your stance as the sign of a highly intelligent, highly cautious employee who is protecting himself from zombie attack, but if certain social scientists are right, you are … Read more
You know who you are. When you stand up to speak in a meeting, people listen. When you say jump, people jump. You’re magnetic. You’ve got energy. Panache. Power. In a word, you’re charismatic. Or you will be, after you finish reading this column. Consider if you will my sad story. No one ever paid … Read more
Jon O. Freeman, Founder and President of Stonecrest Managers, hosted the first stop on The Akilah Institue for Women’s fourth annual Metropolitan Safari tour at By-Th’-Bucket Bar & Grill in Santa Clara October 1. More than 40 people attended the event at which Mr. Freeman generously matched donations up to $10,000. Akilah, located in Kigali, … Read more
You know it’s true — people see you at work and wonder how someone as incompetent, lazy and hostile as you could ever get a job. Well, now we know. Bad workers get hired because they’re so darn good-looking. If you weren’t so tall and buff and blonde, you’d be pounding the pavements like the … Read more
At the dedication of the Margie Edinger Community Room at the Santa Clara Central Park Library, library donor Ray Edinger lovingly remembered his late wife, Margie, as a woman who lit up the room and one who regarded challenges as “adventures.” The room dedication took place on September 29. Ray and Margie Edinger were married … Read more