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[Translate] OK. About just over a month ago we created a libation called “The Zennie” as part of an experiemental online promotion for The Zennie Band. I write “experimental” because if the overall strategy didn’t work, I was going to analyze the heck out of it and try it again. But it worked. The band actually made about $500 that night (not subtracting the $50 Peter Van Kleef took for “door help”) and someone — actually many people — saw the Zennie idea and actually ordered it. Then...

[Translate] Baltimore Ravens fullback Vonta Leach tweeted this message Monday night: “Thank @Ravens organization for a great two years,” Leach tweeted. “I came here and did what we set out to do and that’s win the Super Bowl. My time here is up but what we accomplished, we will be forever linked. Thank the fans for accepting me and my family to Bmore. #newchapter #samegoal” Unfortunately the Ravens could not come to terms with the 31 year-old fullback; he was cut from the team. Leach had one of the highest salary-cap...

[Translate] Make Oakland Better Now! will be present at the next Oakland City Council Meeting on June 13th at 6:30pm to urge the City Council to adopt the Mayor’s proposed budget with Council President Kernighan’s proposed changes.  This post is the second in a series to look at the budget amendments proposed by Council President Kernighan and those proposed by Council Members Brooks, Reid and Gallo.  We encourage all Oaklanders to join us at council in urging your representatives to adopt a budget reflecting the city’s need...

[Translate] Petroecuador, it’s poor oil environmental record already exposed in the Chevron Ecuador case, has another new oil spill to deal with, one that occurred on June 4th, and is now threatening Brazil and Peru, and has placed those countries on high alert, as reported today, Sunday, June 9th 2013. Here’s the account, translated from El Universo and exclusive to Zennie62.com: The Brazilian government reported today that is on alert for the possible arrival in the country of the oil slick caused by an oil spill into...

[Translate] The Disaster Tuesday, December 28th 2004, for me, was a weird mix of emotions. First, I was happy just to be with my Mom and Step dad here in Fayetteville, GA. (I’m also smiling over his feeling better during his battle with cancer.) Second, I did miss Oakland and the Bay Area (and wish my folks moved back). Third, I was very sad over the massive devastation caused by the dramatic post-earthquake swelling in the Indian Ocean. The count of lost lives seems to increase with each hour, and with no end in site. (But there’s...

[Translate] Rafael Nadal is boring. He’s won the French Open for 2013, and this is for the eighth time. And he made it look easy in the process. Well, OK, not as easy as Serena Williams did when she beat Maria Sherapova yesterday, but still. Nadal beat David Ferrer from Spain 6-3 6-2 6-3 and in a contest that was marked by occasional rain and a protestor who got on to the court. The shirtless dude had a white mask and ran onto the court and came really close to Nadal. It didn’t stop him. Rafael Nadal won not just...

[Translate] I’m going to throw out these names; chances are you or someone reading this, identifies them as celebrities: Scott Petersen, Larry King, Ronn Owens, Dennis Richmond, Kelly Perdue, Mike Silver, Bill O’Reilly, Rae Hollit, Bill Gates, Jerry Brown, Paula Poundstone, Paris Hilton, Jennifer C, Omarosa, Katie Couric, Petra Nikova, Kevin Bacon, Ashley Simpson, Anne Coulter, Oprah Winfrey, Madonna, Rich Isen, Andrea Kramer, Jennifer Griffin, Kenny Witherspoon, Craig Newmark and Jan Wahl. OK. Some of them you recognize, and others...

[Translate] This, pure and simple, is the worst case of dumping this blogger has ever seen in Oakland. It’s at 353 Euclid at the corner of Euclid and Palm Avenue in Adams Point, near Lake Merritt, Oakland. What’s even worst than that, is the man in the video says this sort of thing goes on in San Francisco, too! So we have a new generational habit? This, I think, is dangerous. Stay tuned. ...

[Translate] UPDATE: More Godzilla San Francisco Set Information Revealed! UPDATE VIDEO: Godzilla is still being filmed in Surrey, BC, and while that outdoor work is going on, there’s a photo from an indoor set that’s getting a lot of buzz, and another that was virtually ignored by the media, but gives the biggest clue yet to what is going to happen when the movie’s released on May 16th 2014. Let’s start with that one, because it strongly implies the title of this blog entry: that Godzilla’s going...

[Translate] The Chicago Blackhawks beat the Los Angeles Kings, take the NHL West, and are headed to the NHL Finals, where they’ll take on The Boston Bruins. It took two overtimes to do it, and the Chicago Blackhawks’ Patrick Kane’s third goal of the game in the second overtime was the difference, and drove The United Center Chicago crowd to a joyous frenzy, winning 4-3. To make the winning show, Pat Kane skated behind Jonathan Toews charging forward and picked up the drop pass from the Blackhawks leader. Kane...

[Translate] Serena’s French is so good now, it’s being praised on Twitter, and to such an extent that “Serena’s French” hit number 7 on the Twitter Trend list just now. All of this after Serena Williams beat Maria Sherapova 6-4, 6-4 to win the 2013 French Open in straight sets, and for the first time since 2002. This was the first time the Women’s number one and number two were paired since 1995. But it’s Serena’s French that’s captivating fans, who, I guess, expected some...