God bless Big Red – remembering Loma Prieta
Once again, another 17 October rolls up. I wrote this a few years ago, and I’ll always remember ADA Melissa Maxwell, my Muir Cafeteria supervisor. Big Red. Click here for the full article
Con(gressional) Air
On a Friday afternoon in July 2014, I sat next to Congressman Ron Kind (D-Wisconsin) on American Airlines FL 1118. This is my story. Click here for the full article
The Beaver Bus and the Phantom of the Paradise
I was young and drunk on the gravy covering my fries. I don’t even think that poutine had found its way out of Quebec. Click here for the full article
Sports Entertainment: MMA, Wrestling and the Law
In some social circles, admitting a love for wrestling or cage fighting is a form of intellectual suicide, the moral equivalent of lighting a Camel no-filter in an aircraft lavatory. Click here for the full article
I saw Norm Mineta and didn’t get a selfie!
I was flying into San Jose Norm Mineta Airport yesterday. At the gate waiting to board the American Eagle plane I had just landed in was . . . Norm Mineta! Click here for the full article
thunder@bedard.com is yours if you promise not to go to USC
First written in 2013, this post stands on its own merits. That low-pressure area over Los Angeles County sucking – it’s USC. Click here for the full article
