Queenkv’s Brainpickings

The leaves are changing color in Vacaville. I think we’ll have more vibrant colors as we get closer to winter.
I’m looking forward to a consistent schedule as my newsroom heads into November Sweeps. As soon as I get over my sore feet from my 1st 5-mile run, I plan on repeating that run in [...]

I’m jiggy with Latin chanting and Communion rituals. I feel like I belong when I participate in a Catholic mass - no matter the state, language or country. So, Sunday mass at the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament was another initiation for me into the city of Sacramento.

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This week’s homily drew [...]

Today, Luciano Pavarotti died.
As I was driving around, I had it tuned to 580 News and then I heard this wonderfully haunting song, “Nessun Dorma.” It’s an aria from the final act of Puccini’s opera Turandot and the 3 Tenors made it immortal.
The opera world has lost one of it’s greatest stars today.

I remember [...]

It’s snowing now and we’re waiting to see if it’s cold enough to stick on the ground.
Back from my Christmas vacation to Vegas, LA and San Francisco. I felt relaxed with my break from work and my graveyard hours. I caught up with my friends in the Bay Area, traded gifts with my family and [...]

I’m used to celebrating Thanksgiving with a lot of people. This year, I had the folks who mattered most to me in Topeka - inside the kitchen: Mark and Daisy. We had a lovely holiday. In the tradition of my working experience, we did a Thanksgiving lunch. Sometimes I thought having to work on the [...]

Ah tasty Zen Zero…we took one of my co-workers to this Asian fusion joint last Friday. She’s from SF and she had a craving for Thai food.

I had the Massaman Curry - a coconut curry dish from southern Thailand with potatoes and peanuts. I ordered the beef version. It was hearty and it [...]

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Last month, we went to the LA County Fair. I have some fond memories of the fair….my dad took my friends and I to the fair. I remember all that yummy fried food, fast rides [...]

Well…I think I figured out this whole podcasting business….I found a free podhosting site: blipmedia.org….My profile doesn’t show up…but it took my first podcast show: “Queenkv Getting Digital.”
I mixed the music and VO tracks with audacity. It’s pretty user friendly…and it exports the project files into MP3.
So - this is kinda how my [...]

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Just sat through the reading of the Micahel Jackson verdict. All the networks carried live footage. Soap Operas were interrupted. According to CNN - German, Japanese and Mexican stations had booths set-up with the rest of the media circus.
With the crowd and the extreme number of cops - I was a little worried [...]

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When we moved to Covina, Mark wondered what was in the hills - to the north. I told him I never been up there….only up to the San Bernadino Mountains…where I used to train.
Mark did some research and found a path up to the hills. We drove up the hills [...]