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As my grandfather Earl would say, it’s time for some minutus cantorum, minutus balorum, minutus carborata decendum pantorum. (Translation: A little song, a little dance, a little seltzer down your pants.)

While watching the HBO miniseries about the life of President John Adams last year, there was one scene that gave me chills.

From the manly Central Coast of California to the rock-bound, virile shores of Maine, the populace has spoken: Americans believe that heterosexual marriage between a man and a woman is the only kind that should exist.

Finally, there’s good news for Atascadero to report. Actually, I’m not breaking the story, only cheering for it. It seems we have our own little economic recovery program under way for downtown, which includes a new pharmacy, a franchise pizza restaurant, and a 10-screen theater and adjoining retail spaces, all coming to fruition next year with the completion of the gargantuan Highway 101/41 interchange improvements.

Thanksgiving is next week. Someone may ask, “What are you thankful for?”

When he was 4 years old, Howard Caccia moved to Morro Bay. It was 1919, and his father, Etrie Caccia, was trustee for the school located at Beach and Main streets.

Do you like to have things just so in your home or office? Do you insist that others do things exactly the way you want them to be done? Do you become excessively angry if others do something that you don’t like? Then you may be a control freak and it may be wreaking havoc on your life and your relationships.

I truly believe you are doing your best to manage limited resources in a challenging business environment. That is why it is surprising to me that you choose to put so much effort into vehicle accidents (fatality or injury alike). These stories occupy prime page space and are written by a local reporter who could have covered another story. Perhaps a weekly abbreviated police blotter-type summary would free up your valuable resources to report on what else is happening in the community. I suggest leaving the real-time crash action to TV and radio news outlets and focusing on what you do better.

Alison Preston of San Luis Obispo sent me this very sweet story about how their dog, Banjo, became a part of the family.

Ben Franklin once said, “An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest.”