Opinion / Squidfry
The Beak That Speaks
ALL THE MAYOR’S HORSES… When Squid tires of the C-SPAN static, Squid turns for entertainment to tabloid rumors of Beyonce’s latest pregnancy, or little-watched local agencies and their political shenanigans. Squid recently tuned in to ...
Extra Helping of Squid — 5-13-13
Prunedale residents say 'Blood Alley' section of Highway 101 made more dangerous by confusing signage.
GPS for the PIP…Squid can sometimes be slow at adopting new technologies. Squid still uses a mortar and pestle, a flip phone and envelopes you have to lick to close. And Squid still prefers old-school ...
$7,030.16: amount of non-city money that has sat in the city of Seaside’s treasury for more than three years.
HUMMUS RUCKUS… Squid was chagrined when, after oozing over to Carmel for a little mid-week baba ghanouj, Squid found Squid’s favorite Middle Eastern joint had been closed. As in, do-not-enter-under-threat-of-court-order closed. Dametra Cafe found itself ...
Extra Helping of Squid 5-6-13
Pacific Grove harbor seal pups are cute and controversial
Seal Wars…It’s getting hot on the beaches of Pacific Grove. And Squid’s not talking about the summery weather last weekend, but the whiskered menace at Lovers Point Beach: a dreaded mama harbor seal and her ...
SQUID FRY 05.02.13 - Bite of the Apple…
$209 Mil: Total cost of the Prunedale Improvement Project, which will eliminate left turns across 9 miles of Highway 101.
BITE OF THE APPLE… Squid’s preference is for deep, dark places far from the sun. But this time of year, even Squid can’t resist the taste of a fresh, garden-grown strawberry. So do policy and ...
Extra Helping of Squid 4.29.13
The loss of a Salinas cupcake shop leaves a bitter taste in Squid's beak.
FEED THE NEED…Squid spent the weekend holed up in the lair, shaken and shaking. The shaken part came because the New York Times food section had not one, but two stories on cooking Squid—“Cooking Squid ...
360: Number of good air-quality days in the Monterey Bay Unified Air Pollution Control District in 2012.
WAR OF THE PATTIES… Squid likes Squid’s burgers like Squid likes Squid’s politics: messy. But Squid’s sad to see Phat Burger in Seaside dealing with both. Seems landlord Yaghoob Hakim Baba isn’t renewing the lease, ...
Extra Helping of Squid 4.22.13
Extra Helping of Squid 4.22.13
Need an Intervention…In theory, the California Public Utilities Commission has a good rule about letting the little guys weigh in on heavy stuff like the Monterey Peninsula Water Supply Project—aka Cal Am’s $400-million boondoggle. The ...
Squid Speaks
BAD APPLE… Squid fantasizes about ultra-trendy Apple products, especially when Squid’s tentacles are tangled up in the old landline. Gadgetry isn’t what’s usually on Squid’s mind, though, when Squid finds Squidself drunk-dialing. That’s precisely the ...
Extra Helping of Squid — 4.15.13
NPS cracks down on peacocks due to vandalism, noise pollution.
Silence of the Peacocks…Squid generally prefers shrimp-watching to birdwatching, but has learned to take delight in recognizing one particular bird call. It’s a an unmistakably loud, piercing shriek that a peacock makes, one that Squid ...
5: Number of local beaches posted for high indicator bacteria found in samples taken April 8.
ALL IN THE FAMILY… Squid was sipping a martini over at C Bar on Cannery Row when Squid saw a doppelganger of County Supe Simon Salinas tending bar. Turns out it wasn’t vodka goggles; Luis ...
Extra Helping of Squid 4.8.13
Squid clarifies KSBW's questionable posting policy.
CLIP JOB…Squid takes great pleasure in getting along with all types of species. In Squid’s underwater lair alone, you’ll find a clean litter box for Squid’s cat, an aloof Abyssinian named Ms. Ganglion; a sweet ...
7: Monterey County’s rank among CA's 58 counties for the lowest age-adjusted death rate; 590.4 deaths/100,000 people.
SET IT ON FIRE… Suddenly Sunday night is Squid’s big night out. Traditionally the night was reserved for lonely TV dinners, maybe a little stolen Internet from the neighbors to watch Paula Deen YouTubes. But ...
Extra Helping of Squid 4.1.13
Jose Castañeda finally resigns—from everything!
ALISAL EXTRATERRESTRIAL…Salinas City Councilman/Alisal School District member Jose Castañeda has been under fire for holding both offices ever since he was elected to City Council in November. The situation has gotten so out of hand, ...
57: Number of nonprofit groups that applied to sell fireworks at stands within the city of Salinas for Independence Day.
LEADERLESS RESISTANCE… Squid gets the old tentacles tangled up with Squidself all the time doing the simplest things – opening the jar of pickled herring, signing restraining orders, blah blah blah – so Squid can ...
Extra Helping of Squid 3.25.13
Squid's not-so-close encounter of the Short kind.
One of Squid's biggest dreams is to do the Three Amigos dance with one of the amigos. You know: Cross chest one-two, hands on hip one-two, turn head, pelvic thrust. Uh! OK, Squid's only dream ...
3.5 Cents: Increase of the gas excise tax, effective July 1, bringing the total to 39.5 cents per gallon.
SCRUB A CLUB… When Squid gets an itch to dance, it can be a challenge to contain all that tentacle energy. Ever since downtown Monterey lost its best venues for late-night grooving, Hippodrome and Luxe ...
Waiting in the Wings…
A little tremor of fear ran through Squid’s tentacles while eating a shrimp-and-spinach salad recently at the thought of a hypothetical worst-case scenario: What would Squid do should an earthquake shake up the spinach fields ...
Squidspeak, Spoken Here
POLICING ONE SQUARE MILE… On a recent stroll down Carmel’s Ocean Avenue, Squid discovered the quaint street just crawling with cops. Even though the bulk of Carmel police responses are to traffic violations, the PD ...
Extra Helping of Squid 3.11.13
Squid ponders what's really in a name.
Taxing Times…William Squidspeare, the great bard of the Seven Seas, once asked, “What’s in a name?” It’s a question that’s also been on Squid’s mind for a few weeks. For squids and humans, a name ...
18,900: Monterey County children previously enrolled in the Healthy Families program who were moved to Medi-Cal, paying lower provider rates.
GRAPE CRUSH… Squid meets Squid’s fair share of gadflies, wonks and scary people, and has honed a pretty good radar for wackos. But the Squiddy Sense went out the window when winemaker Dan Tudor, who ...
Extra Helping of Squid 3.4.13
Squid explains The Taylor Effect.
Taylor Made…Squid oozed behind the lettuce curtain and over to Salinas last Friday for a little indulgence in the city’s First Friday Artwalk. Things were hopping, at least in certain limited circles: First Friday founder ...
2: Number of plastic bags picked up from Monterey city beaches in 2012, after a citywide plastic bag ban took effect.
POWER OF THE PEN… Squid gets it: Newspapers can seem kinda retro, but lots of people still care about the press. Including most elected officials, who are generally interested in getting their messages out to ...
Extra Helping of Squid 2.25.13
Squid ponders the vulgarities used against a young Oscar nominee.
SPOOF PROOF…Squid thinks of Oscar night a bit like Catholics think of Easter: It’s a Holy Day of Obligation, one in which guests are invited to attend, but discouraged from talking so as to better ...
1684: Number of returns prepared last year by United Way Monterey County’s Volunteer Income Tax Assistance
IN ONE EAR… Squid watched in amusement as Monterey Regional Water Pollution Control Agency board members bickered at their Feb. 11 meeting. At issue: whether the Peninsula should get a crack at some of the ...
Squid speaks on the downfall of Monterey News & Views
A MOMENT OF SILENCE… Squid is a creature of habit, accustomed to welcoming each day with a lox-schmeared bagel and a cursory glance at the county’s two daily newspapers. So when The Californian failed to ...
Extra Helping of Squid 2.11.13
Squid speaks on things not to say to your boss.
Drip, Drip…Squid has done some pretty stupid stuff in the course of Squid’s career. There was the time Squid accidentally forwarded a racy photo meant for Squid’s sweetie to Squid's boss, revealing tentacle undersides he ...
61.2%: The increase in childhood poverty in Monterey County from 2008 (15.8 percent) to 2011 (25.5 percent). Senior poverty rose from 7.4 to 7.6 percent.
TIDE TURN… Squid, being an accomplished seafarer, knows a thing or two about ripple effects. You know, plop a big rock into the water and watch the waves. Turns out it doesn’t require water. Last ...
Extra Helping of Squid 2.4.13
Squid speaks on the eventual enormity of Peninsula water prices.
PRIX FLUXE…Squid likes to fantasize about being on Real Housewives of Monterey County, in which Squid doesn’t even look at the prices when ordering the finest wines from the poshest Carmel restaurants. But Squid isn’t ...
Squid Fry 01.31.13
16,000: Gallons of sauce Papa Murphy’s Pizza uses on Super Bowl Sunday, the biggest day of the year for pizza sales.
OIL AND WATER… The Monterey Peninsula Water Management District has a bestie in Sand City Mayor David Pendergrass, who’s sat on the board almost long enough to legally start drinking on it. Or at least, ...
Extra Helping of Squid 1.28.13
Squid's Senatorial Super Bowl Scoop
The Big Game…Squid loves to gamble. And win: When it comes to horse races of eight or less Squid never loses. One ticket per tentacle insures victory, if not financial gain. U.S. Senators are also ...
$216,000: Total funding for Monterey Skate Park repairs, $40,000 higher than the initial budget.
ROYAL SCOLDING… Over on Ragsdale Drive, Monterey County Herald Editor Royal Calkins wrote an editorial Jan. 17 in which he acknowledged non-journalist Mike Dove (who along with non-journalist Don Buraglio wrote the paper’s “The Running ...
Extra Helping of Squid 1.21.13
Squid raps on Carmel restaurant Lokal's Trip Advisor woes.
Carne-vores…Squid is yearning for the dog days of summer—the time of year Squid lights up the barbie and grills krill-marinated skirt steak whilst sipping Singapore slings—and it can’t come soon enough, because the price of ...
209 Mil: total cost of the Prunedale Improvement Project, which will eliminate left turns across 9 miles of Highway 101. The first interchange, an overpass to Prunedale’s Blackie and Reese roads, open
TEARS OF A CHOWN… Squid can’t believe it’s been almost a whole year since Pacific Grove rich guy Nader Agha launched his vanity paper, Monterey Bay News & Views. From what Squid has seen, Agha ...
Extra Helping of Squid 1.14.13
Tales from the city.
TALES FROM THE CITY…After almost getting a tentacle ripped off in a freak racquetball accident this weekend, Squid is in an appreciative mood. Tentacles are super useful. Let Squid (using all eight limbs) count the ...
Squid Speak, Spoken Here
CATCH AND RELEASE… Squid’s in favor of people eating less calamari; it gives other ocean species a chance to be consumed with lemon and tartar sauce. Still, Squid was sad to see the Salinas Valley ...
Squid Fry 01.03.13
Squid Fry 01.03.13
ZERO DARK… Squid loves the week between Christmas and New Year’s because it allows Squid to hunker down in a dark movie theater, watching movie after movie and making Oscar predictions. While the based-on-reality thriller ...
Squid Speaks
COP WATCH… Squid has a way of behaving that sometimes makes people uncomfortable: sidelong glances one minute, chatty and forward the next. Mostly it’s Squid’s habit of sliding into public meetings and eavesdropping in courthouse ...
Squid speaks on water wars.
HOT WATER… When Squid wants to get away from it all, particularly after an action-packed Salinas City Council meeting, Squid detours down into the deep, where the water is cold and still and pretty much ...
Extra Helping of Squid 12.17.12
The twelve months of Squid-mas.
On the first day of Squidmas, Squid sent to thee…some snarking in a pear tree. One the second day of Squidmas, Squid sent to thee…ah hell. It’s hard, what with all the last minute shopping, ...
Squid raps on ex parte communications and the impending Peninsula water crisis.
Parte Party…Well-trained at conducting interviews from the deep, Squid’s a pretty good listener, sometimes vigorously taking notes for hours at a time while crazy people spout off about whatever’s bugging them, which usually means the ...
Squid Speaks
LABOR’S LOVE LOST… Squid figured it was a lock when ex-Coastal Commissioner Mark Stone recommended Monterey County Supe Jane Parker to his empty spot. But a funny thing happened to Parker on her way to ...
Extra Helping of Squid 12.3.12
If at first you don't win a lost-cause lawsuit: try, try again.
DEFRAUDING THE FRAUD…Squid knows what it feels like to hold a grudge, with recurring nightmares of two bigger squidlets who used to snatch Squid’s snacks back in the day. But Squid also knows how to ...
Squid Fry 11.21.12
26 - The number of monitored nesting pairs of bald eagles in Central California, an all-time high thanks to intensive conservation efforts.
TAX MAN… Squid had just barely started recovering from this month’s election frenzy (the outsized Uncle Sam hat was wrapped gently in tissue paper and put back in storage, the piggy bank devoted to the ...
Extra Helping of Squid 11.26.12
Guy Fieri: Douche or Genius?
Guy Fieri: Douche or Genius? Squid doesn't know much. Manners, electronics and hygiene rank among Squid’s many areas of ignorance. But Squid knows how to have a good time. Which makes Squid admire Guy Fieri. ...
Squid Speaks
MONTEREY UNCORKED… Squid has impeccable party manners and knows that when one is invited to a holiday festivus (and this week, that’s turkey-n-trimmings at Squid’s favorite aunt’s house), one brings a gift. And as Monterey ...
Extra Helping of Squid 11.19.12
Squid speaks on chicken wings.
Wrath of the Wingnuts…It took awhile for Squid to understand all the fuss over In-N-Out, but a few animal-style cheeseburgers later, Squid gets it. Now Squid’s ready to taste the Kool-Aid over at Buffalo Wild ...
Squid Fry 11.15.12
BOWING OUT… Squid remembers fondly the ritual of high-fiving after losing a Little League game (made more bitter when you have suction cups). If there’s an art to losing gracefully, erstwhile county supervisor candidate Marc ...
Squid speaks on coastal clowns.
Tears of a Clown (Posse)…Squid admits to being a little bit sniffly on election night, wiping tear after tear from Squid’s giant eye as results came in from around the county. A tear of joy ...
10 : Number of American Red Cross Monterey Bay Area Chapter volunteers deployed to the East Coast for Superstorm Sandy disaster relief. Source - American Red Cross.
URINETOWN… Squid’s always known the Peninsula was short on water, but Squid never expected it to get so bad officials would fight over sewage. As the Weekly first reported Oct. 31, the Monterey Regional Water ...
Special Election Edition
PASS THE KEYS…Squid was party hopping Tuesday night, making sure to imbibe a free glass of wine at one candidate’s gala, and then also their challenger’s, thereby making it a wash for Squid, who accepts ...
Squid Speaks on District 5 Supe Race
JUMPING THE AISLE…Squid’s been addicted to a few reality TV shows over the years, but then the Romney-Obama race began, and Squid felt a certain civic-minded smugness about spending hours glued to cable television while ...
Squid Fry 11.01.12
168: appx. number of communities in CA that rely on contaminated groundwater. Source: State Water Resources Control Board, Oct. 16 press release
INSTANT GRATIFICATION… A month into Squid’s low-carb diet, Squid is slowly cultivating a thing called patience. It means, for example, passing up Halloween candy to make a Niçoise salad. Squid thinks Seaside Mayor Felix Bachofner ...
They who shall not be named.
THEY WHO SHALL NOT BE NAMED…While Squid was out basking in the glorious Indian Summer weather, Squid couldn’t help but think, wouldn’t it be a great weekend to take the Squidlets for a pony ride? ...
Squid Speaks
LETTUCE ENTERTAIN YOU… There’s nothing quite like a late summer Bacchanalia of food, wine and young Republicans at play to make Squid gleeful. And so last weekend Squid put on the finest party regalia (popped-collar ...
Squid Speaks on Cyber Attacks
OUT GO THE LIGHTS…Squid was cozily tucked into bed on Saturday night, sleeping the sleep of the just, when the lair began swaying to-and-fro. Earthquake! Squid scrambled to the doorway and held on until the ...
Squid's take on Salinas' finances
TAXING TIMES…Squid is just nerdy enough to get giddy over reading financial statements, burrowing deep in a comfy chair in the lair and noshing on shrimp-flavored popcorn while pouring over tales of number-based insanity. Take, ...
4: The number of U.S. states that now require a photo ID to vote, no exceptions. Source: The Office of U.S. Rep. Sam Farr (D-Carmel)
FLIPPY FLOPPY… Ten tentacles aside, Squid’s good at staying focused. Unlike District 5 Supervisor candidate Marc Del Piero, who’s playing multiple identities to different constituencies While incumbent Dave Potter has certainly alienated some fellow dems ...
Squid Fry 10.04.12
Squid Speaks
TEN-HUT… Squid has lots of surprising habits – like skeet shooting and chess-boxing. Another one that catches other creatures off guard: Squid’s penchant for reminding people how central the military is to Monterey County’s economy. ...
Squid Speaks
BRIGHT AS NEON… Squid is the exception to the rule when it comes to big, brutish ocean predators. Many, like the sperm whale, white shark and orca, are mysterious. Scientists hustle to tag and track ...
Squid Fry: Extra Helping 9-24-12
How (Not) to Win Friends…Even flexible Squid isn’t always good at being in multiple places at once, and Squid knows how exhausting the campaign trail can be. But Squid’s not sure why Larry Beaman, president ...
Squid Doth Speaketh
PERCENTAGE GAME… Squid is not above admitting making a mistake, and in the case of this week’s extra-helping of moi (available every Monday in your inbox by hitting up squid@mcweekly.com), Squid made one. It seems ...
Squid Fry: Extra Helping 9-17-12
Dirty Harry Hassle…For a few weeks now, Squid has had a difficult time coming out of the lair, preferring to rock Squidself to sleep in the darkness, all 10 tentacles clutching the pillow. First there ...
Squid Speaks
ON THE EDGE… Every time Squid nestles in for a good heist flick, Squid can’t help but think extra appendages would make Squid a good addition to any criminal posse. Too bad Gregory and Jennifer ...
Squid Fry: Extra Helping 9-10-12
TOUCHY DOWN…Squid prefers water polo to football, but even Squid got sucked just a little bit into the games yesterday. Mostly because it meant free tri-tip off the neighbor’s grill. And because Squid’s got $20 ...
Squid Fry 9.06.12
Squid Speak Spoken Here
OFF THE RAILS… With all the blubbering Mitt Romney admirers were doing at the RNC, oohing and aahing over slideshows of Mittens’ baby photos, Squid was inspired to pull out Squidlet scrapbooks from long ago. ...
Squid Speak, Spoken Here
DINING IN… Squid admits to peeking at the tabloids in the grocery check-out line. Squid might even buy one, if only the skinny celebrities didn’t make Squid feel like such a glutton. So, in the ...
Squid Speaks
OM AMEN… Every night before beddiebye, Squid folds all 10 appendages and gives thanks to Poseidon. Thanks for the many fish in the sea, thanks for election-season entertainment, and thanks for that handy little thing ...
Squid Speak Spoken Here
TIDY UP… Squid was of a mind to straighten out the lair last weekend and maybe even do a little cooking. But when Squid oozed over to the local home improvement store for supplies, the ...
Squid Speaks
LAW AND ORDER: SEASIDE… Squid is a fan of police procedurals, those fabulously formulaic television dramas featuring mix-and-match cops and plug-in plot lines – a Criminal Minds marathon and a little shrimp-flavored popcorn makes for ...
Squid Fry 8.02.12
Hable, Calamar
POKER HAND… Squid thinks eight-legged creatures should qualify as a full jury. On another legal note: As alleged victims of sex abuse by former Salinas High School counselor Gilbert Olivares start seeking compensation for their ...
Hable, Calamar
DA BOSS… Squid oozed behind the lettuce curtain the other day to see who (since Cuddly Hero of the Masses Dennis Donohue seems determined to step out of the public eye) is gunning for the ...
Speak Out, Squid
BOOTS ON… In summer, a young Squid’s fancy turns to thoughts of bronc busting and bull riding, and while Squid has been refused entry as a contestant to the California Rodeo Salinas (“All those tentacles ...
Squid Doth Speaketh
RUNNING IN PLACE… Squid’s own ADHD tendencies make Squid a strong admirer of focus. So Squid’s beak drops open watching protestors at La Playa in Carmel. Of 113 workers who lost their jobs when former ...
Squid Fry 7.05.12
Speak Out, Squid
SPOILER ALERT… Squid was in the mood for a flick last week, perhaps a rom-com to confirm that somewhere – other than in the Weekly’s online comments, where a pair of Steve Collins fans calling ...
Squid Speaks
THE LAST DROP… Squid once drank a few too many sips of Kool-Aid and felt, yes, hope for Barack Obama. But Squid’s natural cynicism was restored soon after the 2008 elections, and Squid saw right ...
Speak Out, Squid
DOLLAR DOWN… Squid could never quite decide if redevelopment agencies were a Ponzi scheme or a real solution to blight. But considering how many decrepit buildings are still festering on the ol’ Fort Ord, Squid ...
Squid Speaks
TALLY HO… Squid knows Squid could exert undue influence at the polls, using all eight tentacles to sneakily fill in ballots. But Squid prefers to sneak away quietly – a practice losing candidates would do ...
Squid Doth Speaketh
SUMMER READING… While Squid’s colleagues were putting the finishing touches on the Weekly’s summer reading guide, it set Squid to wondering: What are local race-runners reading this week? Byrl Smith’s campaign manager Rick Taylor (who ...
Squid Fry 5.31.12
Squid Speaks
IN THE FLOW… After an exhausting trip to the calamari debacle on the wharf (see second item), Squid oozed back to the lair and hunkered down with a bowl of shrimp-flavored popcorn and a 38-page ...
il calamaro parla
FIT-FOR-FAT… Squid’s all for transparency in government, but when it comes to elections, some personal things are best kept private. Wouldn’t we be better off not knowing the details of John Edwards and Rielle Hunter ...
Squid Speaks
BAG-ASSWARD… The Carmel Planning Commission’s hearing on a proposed plastic bag ban got scrappy May 9, when environmentalists supporting the ban were evenly matched by business owners opposing it. Some of the naysayers had the ...
Hable, Calamar
INTO THE LIGHT… Squid was floating in the deep, meditating where it’s too dark to see much of anything. So Squid was surprised when a tentacle brushed Fort Ord Reuse Authority attorney David Balch. Though ...
Squid Fry 5.03.12
Squid Speaks
ENTERTAINMENT BIMONTHLY… Squid got a chuckle out of the Monterey Bay News & Views cover shot of Nader Agua, oops, Agha, next to a water tank, with the headline, “Which Desal Plan is Worth Its ...
Speak Squid, Speak
SIGNING OFF… Squid’s favorite part of campaign season, tentacles down, is the reality-TV-worthy drama that always crops up with the campaign signs. Note the 5th District county supes’ race. Incumbent Dave Potter’s team has been ...
Squid Speaks
MEAN STREETS… The clowns ruled the streets at Good Old Days last weekend in Pacific Grove – and not just in the parade or at the face painting booth. There they gathered, Squid’s colleagues from ...
Speak Out, Squid
SKATERS GONNA SKATE… The Salinas City Council has had a run of rough luck as of late. There’s Gloria de la Rosa’s missing (and illegal) assault rifle, stolen from her house during a burglary. There’s ...
Squid Speaks
VIDEO VOYEURS… These days, secret sex tapes seem to be de rigueur conversation around Salinas, from whispers around the County Administration Building to astounded kids chattering in line at Maya Cinema’s midnight showing of Hunger ...
Squid Speaks
NO BONO… When Squid retires, Squid plans to shred Squid’s work files and mount Squid’s iMac monitor over the couch like a trophy moose head. Squid expected the same from Sue McCloud, who after 12 ...
Squid Speaks
TED TALKS… Squid felt a great deal of envy watching a few colleagues spruce up for a night on the town, Ted Balestreri-style. The invite had dropped just a few days before, asking a lucky ...
Squid Fry 3.08.12
OFF ROADING… Lucky for Squid, saltwater is one of those healthy elixirs that can cure most ills. That keeps Squid out of hospitals, which is good because Squid is squeamish around needles. Also because Squid’s ...
Squid Fry 3.01.12
Squid Speaks
NOVEMBER CALLING… The general election is still nine months away, but even as Squid enjoys hunkering down with a bowl of well-buttered, shrimp-flavored popcorn and a good GOP debate on TV, Squid is starting to ...
Squid Speaks
DOWNS UNDER… Squid is still waiting for Google to develop an “unsend” button for email, because Squid seriously did not intend for that photo of Squid’s ink sac to go out to the masses. While ...
Squid Speaks
MITT’S A GAS… Squid fondly remembers when mom and dad called to announce a surprise visit to the lair. Squid frantically shoved old pizza boxes under the couch and scrubbed the toilet clean using a ...
Squid Speaks
PRUDE GROVE… Squid’s glad porn is free online these days (cue Avenue Q), because the one time Squid attempted to buy smut at a local sex shop, a leering creep in the aisle made Squid’s ...
Squid Fry 2.02.12
Squid Speaks
DEM-ON-DEM DUKING… The mudslinging has begun in the District 5 Supervisor race. But, of course, none of it’s officially sanctioned. The anonymous emailer “Potter Is At It Again” is getting stalky about who Dave Potter ...
Squid Speaks
DARWIN AWARD… Squid’s done some stupid things. Like stick both slimy tentacles on a frosty telephone pole. And go on that two-day nitrous binge (Phish Tour ‘98!). But Fort Ord Reuse Authority attorney Jerry Bowden ...
Squid Speaks
HOIST A GLASS… “He was a black sheep, a permanent pariah. He learned no lessons, he acknowledged no mistakes… He did what he wanted to do and he said what he wanted to say.” Quick ...
Squid Fry 1.12.12
THE DAY THE MUSIC… Squid thinks she did the seemingly impossible, borrowing a page from Footloose: Moving into a hamlet virtually bereft of consistent live music and not only establishing a steady venue for waves ...
Squid Fry: 01-05-12
Squid Speaks
PLEASE, NO MOORE… Squid had a classmate in high school who flicked wads of paper at Squid’s head in math class. Squid ignored him for most of the school year and then, one foggy morning, ...
