EDITOR'S DESK
Fooled ya
FOR APRIL FOOL'S Day yesterday I thought I'd put up a blog post claiming that "Due to extreme loss of revenue, the Mountain View Voice regrets to announce that we will be shut... |
Don Frances |
2664 |
0 |
on Apr 2, 2009 at 3:09 pm by Don Frances, Mountain View Voice Editor |
EDITOR'S DESK
Sunrise, sunset
LAST FRIDAY, in the print edition's "Seen Around Town" section, we ran a picture called "Fiery Sunset." It showed a blazing sky against a black silhouetted foreground, with a ... |
Don Frances |
2695 |
0 |
on Mar 20, 2009 at 5:19 pm by Don Frances, Mountain View Voice Editor |
EDITOR'S DESK
Wide world
NOW THAT "the honeymoon is over," and people are practically ready to blame Obama for the recession, is it too late to drag out one last remembrance from Inauguration Day?
... |
Don Frances |
3009 |
1 |
on Mar 10, 2009 at 8:59 pm by Mike Laursen, a resident of the Monta Loma neighborhood |
EDITOR'S DESK
Get the word out
I'VE GOTTEN some great responses to this week's introduction of Express, our online service which delivers daily headlines by e-mail ( |
Don Frances |
2814 |
2 |
on Mar 10, 2009 at 10:03 am by Don Frances, Mountain View Voice Editor |
EDITOR'S DESK
Island dispatch
THE PRESS RELEASE came in last week from our very own 129th Rescue Wing, stationed here at Moffett Field: "Guardsmen airlift critical equipment to Farallon NWR."
The Faral... |
Don Frances |
2999 |
0 |
on Feb 23, 2009 at 4:46 pm by Don Frances, Mountain View Voice Editor |
EDITOR'S DESK
A twestive gathering of twiends
Tonight, the "San Jose US Twestival 2009" will be held in ... uh, Mountain View.
A "Twestival" seems to be a gathering of Twitter users -- Twitter being the online social ... |
Don Frances |
2777 |
0 |
on Feb 12, 2009 at 3:18 pm by Don Frances, Mountain View Voice Editor |
EDITOR'S DESK
Poet didn't know it
IN THIS ECONOMY, you've got to keep yourself open to all opportunities. That's why I thought I'd apply to be Poet Laureate of Santa Clara County.
At first glance the posit... |
Don Frances |
3275 |
1 |
on Feb 9, 2009 at 3:54 pm by GSB, a resident of the Castro City neighborhood |
EDITOR'S DESK
Bluegrass, pie and coffee, fine folks
DRIVING INTO WORK this morning (sometimes I miss the train), I caught a lovely song by the Claire Lynch Band on KZSU Stanford. Lynch and her band are a bluegrass act, and as t... |
Don Frances |
2957 |
0 |
on Feb 3, 2009 at 11:02 am by Don Frances, Mountain View Voice Editor |
EDITOR'S DESK
Big day
LAST WEEK I asked you to send in your stories about Inauguration Day. We got a few nice responses.
One came from none other than Ellen Wheeler, trustee of the Mountain Vie... |
Don Frances |
2808 |
2 |
on Jan 30, 2009 at 4:26 pm by Bob, a resident of the North Whisman neighborhood |
EDITOR'S DESK
Throwbacks
WHEN SHE ISN'T alerting me to free concerts (Web Link) (or doing any of the hundreds of other things she does), Alicia Crank is co... |
Don Frances |
2671 |
0 |
on Jan 26, 2009 at 4:12 pm by Don Frances, Mountain View Voice Editor |
EDITOR'S DESK
PartyOn.org
THE INAUGURATION celebration you heard last night emanating from the Civic Center Plaza had an impromptu feeling, but apparently it was organized by MoveOn.org. At least, that... |
Don Frances |
2874 |
0 |
on Jan 21, 2009 at 3:42 pm by Don Frances, Mountain View Voice Editor |
EDITOR'S DESK
Un-Dahn
NOT LONG ago I wrote about Dahn Yoga, and the fact that Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga had declared an official "Brain Education Day" in honor of ... well, some kind of pi... |
Editor |
4094 |
3 |
on Dec 6, 2009 at 9:42 pm by Real Dahn, a resident of another community |
View in an RSS Reader
