As part of my research into the disputed story of Juan
Flores, I bought a copy of Cosas de California, reminisces by one
Antonio Coronel (pictured, in the Joe Louis-at-Caesar's-Palace-phase of his life) where he touches briefly on Orange County's original
dirty Mexican. I thought it was going to be a difficult get since most
older texts regarding California history fall out of print or find new
life as expensive university publications, but there it is on Amazon, cheap. What came to me, however,
Courtesy DisneyMICKEY SMASH!So first Dora the Explorer, then My Little Ponies and then Strawberry Shortcake were given brand new, "grown up," hipper looks for the too cool, tech-obsessed, short attention span of Gen-Y. But the next familiar cartoon character to receive an extreme makeover? Mickey Mouse. Yep.Fearing that the Mouse has transmogrified into something more of a corporate icon than a cartoon character loved and sought after by generations and generations the world
