A few weeks ago I announced I would be putting my Facebook profile into a neutral state; I wasn't going to post, wasn't going to look at others' posts, but would keep my...
Author - John Scott
Last week I posted a “life event” on my Facebook timeline: “John Scott Put His Facebook Profile In Neutral.” I decided to leave for three...
I hope Marshawn Lynch gets sawed in half by Aldon Smith and NaVorro Bowman Sunday. I want Richard Sherman to get smoked on a 70-yard TD bomb from Kaepernick to Crabtree...
We were at a bowling alley this afternoon with the kids when it happened. Her 11 and 12-year-old, boy and girl, were complaining; they don't usually complain much, but...
Friday afternoon I was looking at my mobile phone, preparing to answer a text. In a flash, it was gone. I could tell by the flicker of the display that all was lost. It...
I scanned the streets of my neighborhood this morning, looking for signs of life. I looked for humans – breathing, walking people. I listened for sounds of human...
I was mowing the front lawn early; it was going to be a hot day in Sacramento. I noticed the next door neighbor's yard was starting to resemble a hayfield. They had put...
I needed to get my fiancé's ring repaired and resized yesterday. I looked on Yelp for some recommendations on where I might take my business. A quick search revealed a...
We hold millions of little memories in our heads, those snapshots of a birthday party or a mountain vista that we can easily recall on demand. A smell or a song can...
They came at me from all directions this past weekend. Imagine ants headed for a Jolly Rancher on a sidewalk. They converged on every human that did not look like them...
As the lady was making her way toward me, I had that sense of trepidation we who live in large urban areas have when a stranger approaches us. I'm thinking she was a...
Spending an hour or so scanning the Web, it's become apparent that a hell of a hot of people are deeply afraid of tomorrow. Those Mayans and their calendar have got a...
Where do you look for information about what's happening in your community and your region? Your choices are vast, so it seems. Â But what about the TV? One of the...
[dropcap]I[/dropcap]t feels like I have one more day with my friend, before they leave me. This might seem ridiculous to you, and I accept that – but I am going to...
Yesterday, I wrote a piece about Twitter, what we say on Twitter, and the penalties for not thinking before we post. The case study was a baseball game. I highlighted...
The San Francisco Giants made history last night. In a game 7 blowout, the Giants survived elimination game after elimination game to dethrone the current national...
We begin today's story with a lie. The headline, that is. I'm a semi-native – at least I feel like I am. Does 20 years in one place make you a local? I am feeling...
Seattle Screw. Fail Mary. Clueless in Seattle. The clever names are flying around Twitter this morning. I watched a football game last night that was mostly unremarkable...
You want to invite a group of people to your home for dinner. You create an evite and shoot it out to your foodie friends. A couple of weeks later, people come over and...
A local Virginia business website and other sources are reporting the Maloof family, owners of the Sacramento Kings and officials from Comcast are expected to be in...