Among the 600 competition shooters from around the world competing at the 2008 National Handgun Championships are four locals: Gary Chan of Anaheim Hills, Brennan Price of Fullerton, Michael Pelissier of Huntington Beach and Chris Endersby of San Clemente. The local pistol packers are now bound for the U.S. Shooting Academy in Tulsa, Oklahoma, for the Sept. 6-13 shoot-offs.
The competition is presented by the United States Practical Shooting Association (USPSA). Practical shooting, also known a
First, major props to OC Register music writer Ben Wener for having such a great sense of humor about the original Wener Watch. He's a good sport!That being said, last week Wener returned to his old habits of writing really, really, really long opening paragraphs that are all one giant sentence (I've lovingly dubbed them "sentegraphs"). It appeared in his otherwise lovely review of J.J. Cale at the Coach House in San Juan Capistrano:"It's a shame Leonard Cohen
is so, well, Leonard Cohen that nex
“Luckiest Day of the Century!”: Jumped out of bed this morning, rushed to the online Vegas papers and expected to read all about our nation's newest millionaires who cashed in on 7-7-07. There was not one big winner story in either local daily. Instead, I read about likely casinos profits from the date, how casino giant Steve Wynn frets about cheating dealers, a rush of “lucky” weddings and the tale of Al from Monrovia who was up a lousy $1,800 early in the evening.
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Ah, Arthur's Coffee Shop in La Habra, that glorious relic in a town
that sometimes doesn't feel as if it ever left the era of King Citrus.
Where the waitresses once wore T-shirts stating "OKIE SPOKEN HERE" and
for the most part still look as if they came fresh from Tulsa. Home to the perfect Spanish omelet, one baked in yellow and the size of half a plate.But that's not why I write this post. I've been to Arthur's enough times over the years, but not until this Sunday did I try their Arthur's
From Religulous: Bill Maher on the left, Jesus on the right.Comedian, talk show host and atheist evangelical Bill Maher will perform at the Grove of Anaheim on Sunday, Sept. 13. We got a chance to chat with him on the phone last week, mainly to ask him for his thoughts on all things Orange County and right-wing. Maher hosts HBO's Real Time With Bill Maher, and produced and starred in the 2008 anti-religion documentary Religulous. If you think he's a jerk for saying Saddleback Church pastor Ri
