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Sactogator

Sactogator
Location
Sacramento, California,
Birthday
February 01
Bio
Father of ultra cool daughter; husband of beautiful, infinitely patient wife; walker of goofy, good-natured dog; aspiring writer and journalist; advocate; traveler; proud Lefty; movie lover; average age-group triathlete; tinkerer; woodworker; knowledgeable in useless trivia; amateur historian; appreciative listener of seventies rock; admirer of Cheever, Boyle, McCarthy, Scorsese, Alexie, Coen Brothers, Styron, Ripley and many others great and lesser known. If you have the time or inclination please click on the "writerMann" link below to check out my website. Thanks

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June 06, 2011 06:44PM
“To quote a character from one of my daughter's favorite movies, Finding Nemo--Dory: Well, you can't never let anything happen to him. Then nothing woul…”
About: Parents: Please Don't Overreact to Little League Tragedy
June 06, 2011 06:37PM
“I think I've solved the mystery. Palin went to school at Faber College with John Blutarsky. Bluto: "Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Ha…”
About: Sarah Palin's History Teacher is Popeye the Sailor
December 03, 2010 04:02PM
“An excellent eulogy. I am so bummed. I grew up a Cubs fan in LaGrange during the heyday of the late sixties. Santo, Kessinger, Beckert, Banks, Willi…”
About: Ron Santo. "When Your Hero Dies."
December 01, 2010 08:03PM
“Great story Ann. We (me, wife, 4 year old daughter-yay) go to East Lansing every Xmas to visit the in-laws, both professors at MSU, and it is the rare…”
About: There's No Place Like Home
March 03, 2010 12:51PM
“And yet those morons on "Jersey Shore" remain at large. Interesting.”
About: Naked in the snow. Pornography or art?
March 03, 2010 12:48AM
“Tricia, Really enjoyed your take on this enigmatic figure. I haven't "read" Playboy in a number of years but always liked the fact that they…”
About: Brian Jones - The Life and Death of a Rolling Stone
March 03, 2010 12:18AM
“Wow, I got hungry just reading the recipe. I'm a big fan of slow cooking on Sundays in my big blue Le Cruset. And I love pork (and you used one of my…”
About: Black beans, honestly
February 25, 2010 02:26AM
“Really wonderful post, great letter, puts a human face to DADT. Thanks. Rated for everything.”
About: Letter from a Gay "Mountain Soldier"
February 22, 2010 07:49PM
“OE, I couldn't agree more, NBC just should not be allowed near any sporting venue. As an avid triathlete and triathlon fan, the fist job they give to…”
About: NBC's Olympic coverage and other disasters
February 12, 2010 02:34AM
“Steven, I loved "The Hurt Locker," been a fan of Renner's from back when he was showing guys like Colin Farrell what a real film badass is (S…”
About: The Problem with Independent Movies
February 11, 2010 07:15PM
“You make some relevant points, but I think you weaken your argument buy lumping all indies into the same crap pile. And indie is such a fluid term the…”
About: The Problem with Independent Movies
February 11, 2010 06:50PM
“Me thinks the uptight folks af AFA doth protest too much.”
About: Wildmon's AFA supports Gays in Military!
January 31, 2010 02:34AM
“Yeah Ell-Sean, I'm 48 and I definitely hear what you're saying. I grew up in Chicago and seeing guys like Butkus and Ernie Banks (let's play two!) who…”
About: This week in pro football
January 30, 2010 08:23PM
“Ahm, you guy's hiring? :)”
About: The Life Aquatic: Cruising on Key Biscayne, Florida
January 30, 2010 08:18PM
“He must think he's Woodward, Bernstein and E. Howard Hunt and G. Gordon Liddy (at least the Watergate boys had the good sense to go after hours and und…”
About: James O’Keefe Sued by ‘70s Preservation Society’
January 28, 2010 02:32PM
“I agree Lonnie, never underestimate Jobs' ability to read the winds.”
About: Apple's iPad: Anatomy of a Home Run
January 26, 2010 01:12PM
“Jodi, I should further say that I work in the criminal defense field, and I always appreciated that Tebow took the time to go into prisons in the state…”
About: Thank God for Tim Tebow - Right After These Messages
January 26, 2010 12:37PM
“As an avowed aetheist, Florida graduate, lifelong Gator fan, UF Alumni Life Member, and admirer of Tebow for what he has done on the field, my wife has…”
About: Thank God for Tim Tebow - Right After These Messages
January 25, 2010 06:19PM
“Um, what about Pablo Cruise, "Love Will Find a Way?" And who can forget the album cover, with the entire band dripping wet in their birthday…”
About: Crimes Against Rock - Part 1
December 11, 2009 12:15AM
“Caught Modern Family,enjoyed it. Agree with Stim about Castle, really like it even though usually not crazy about formulaic cop show, but the chemistr…”
About: The Best and Worst TV Shows of the Season (So Far)
December 10, 2009 02:40PM
“When it came down to it, despite my sworn word not to watch ever again, I watched. I'll blame it on the missus' desire to see the finale. Not really…”
About: Fry It Up: Top Chef Las Vegas FINALE
December 03, 2009 02:36PM
“Nah, I think they totally blew it. At the tasting it seemed everyone was on board with Jennifer's dishes, and Mikey's egg thingy really turned them of…”
About: Fry It Up: Top Chef Las Vegas Episode 13 -- Final Four
October 23, 2009 07:24PM
“We lost our father to old age and he went very peacefully in his nursing home bed. Still, I've seen nothing in television or movies that approximates…”
About: Grey's Anatomy vs. Real Death
October 23, 2009 07:21PM
“I remember all of it. Had a huge crush on Dorothy Hamil. But you didn't include my fave Saturday morning program, The Banana Splits...one banana two…”
About: A Trip Down Memory Lane. . .
October 15, 2009 03:50PM
“I totally agree with you about Eli, immature and whiny. I would really like to see Mike Isabella gone, he thinks he's all that and some more, plus he'…”
About: Fry It Up: Top Chef Las Vegas Episode 8
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