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A New Sheriff Comes to Town!

by scribe | Jul 9, 2018 | current news, off-topic, people, positions

Last Friday I got a really surprising message on Facebook. “Hi Dana!” it started. “I hope that everything is going well. I just moved to Santa Cruz…” and it was signed Steven Zierk. My regular readers will remember that I just wrote a...

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There is something to be said for not allowing yourself to be derailed when you know that perfection already has eluded you. -- Unknown author, clipped from newspaper and taped to my desk.

There will be mess-ups; that's part of the game. -- Jesse Kraai, ChessLecture 2/19/2010

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