" PLEASE come see The Last Days of Judas Iscariot at CSU Chico November 12-15. It is WELL worth the drive!

The play is an imagined modern-day trials et in Purgatory for Judas Iscariot. With characters ranging from Mother Theresa to Satan to Jesus, it is what our director Katie Whitlock calls a comedy in the first act and a tragedy in the second. Just in reading it, I was laughing all the way through to the end, which made me cry. We have tech people who have seen this show three or fours times and still cry every time it is performed. It is powerful and thought-provoking and the actors are as talented as any seasoned Broadway veterans.

It contains mature content and language, but the language is used in a very deliberate and well-placed manner. It is NOT a condemnation of Christianity or religion, nor does it preach. Rather, it is an examination of faith, and how we expect God to be versus the idea of God simply being.

It is beautifully written, directed, and performed. The lights, sound, set, and costumes were all designed by students and the cast of students (and one CSUC alum) is phenomenal. "

" ahh, that i could... "

" Third coldest October ever! "

" Random thoughts? Brought to you by Random Name Here.

*A dime has 118 ridges around the edge.
*The winter of 1932 was so cold that Niagara Falls froze solid.
*Tigers have striped skin as well as striped fur.
*There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar.
*Al Capone's business card said he was a used furniture dealer.
*Women blink nearly twice as much as men.
*Cats have 32 muscles in each ear.

All these thoughts live in my brain. I have no idea where they come from. Always seems to be room for more. "

" Dear Register,

I have a question about the word count on comments.

Several of my comments have been rejected when I submit them for being over 300 words, yet the word count is showing under the 300 word limit.

Am I doing something wrong or is there a disconnect somewhere?

I'm looking forward to the response.

Thanks! "

" The word count is misleading. If you look at the word count as you type you will see that every space counts as a word. This is the software we're stuck with, so please make the best of it! "

" NVR,

Thanks for the explanation!

Thank you also for the opportunity to have a forum with which to express and exchange comments and opinions.

This is one of the things that makes America the best place in the world to live (I know I have lived on other continents and countries)!

Thanks again for the forum! "

" Just don't exceed 300 spaces... "

" Just unwinding from a long day came across an article (http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20318930,00.html)
about Sarah Palin's grandson's biological father who says:
"By the end of the year we're gonna go to court for joint custody. I'm just done with it. When there's a kid involved you ain't walking away."

WHO walked away?

There is a HUGE difference between a MAN and a MALE, don't you think? "

" Don't know where to vent so might as well do it here. People, especially those who use the highway 29 onramp from Lincoln Ave., PLEASE pick up your speed and merge! Do not STOP and look over your shoulder. I have nearly rear-ended the same Toyota Camry about half a dozen times. DOn't know who you are, but you are going to get slammed one of these days for STOPPING instead of merging! Also, people, there is a thing attached to your steering wheel called a turn signal switcher or blinker handle, or whatever you want to call it. USE IT! I'm so tired of bad drivers in Napa . . . I think Napa sets the record for bad drivers . . . please people, PAY ATTENTION! Thanks for letting me vent!! "

" you have an excellent point missy but one lil thing, according to the vehicle code as I recall, you are the one responsible for making sure you have adequate separation between you and the vehicle in front of you, just in case the vehicle does make a sudden stop. "

" Missy56-

That's one of my pet peeves too. Not just people who stop in a merge lane but those that want to merge into a highway lane at 25 mph. It's dangerous. "

" Get used to it Hear Ye.

With all the underpowered "high milage" Obamobiles mandated by law, they will be lucky to GET up to 25 mph... "

" hmmm..last time I checked the ford fusion does a better...and the chevy aveo gets 34...and many others already in production ... so what cars have you been looking at kevin? "

" Raven-
Kevin said "MPH", not "MPG", ;) "

" and all them easily exceed 25 diehard... "

" I'm not sure what kind they are, they just go "bump" under my tires... "

" This post is 8 words and 300 spaces "

" NVR Brian Kennedy: I think the more accurate description of how your software counts "words" is that every space following a non-space character counts that non-space character (or set of characters) as a word. The software also appears to count consecutive spaces and “Words”. But the software appears to be smart enough to discern that a space is generally a separator, not a “word”.

I know that statement is probably leaving many scratching their heads, so let me explain my observation. I generally prepare my posts in Microsoft Word because I have rotten spelling. I also use the “Word Count” feature to help me keep within the limits. However, where MS-Word says I am at 300 words, the NVR software reports that I am over. I usually need to come in at around 296 or so in MS-Word for the NVR software to allow the post. If spaces in and of themselves were counted as “Words”, then the actual word count would be closer to 150, since each word is accompanied by a space.

I am a software developer and architect by profession.
This post comes in at 187 words. "

" Missy56: In 1986 I side swiped someone who stopped abruptly at the end of the on-ramp on 101 in Petaluma. She was in a little Datsun and I was driving a Dodge Van pulling a 30 foot trailer. More appropriately, she was half way into the right lane of the freeway when she stopped and I was on the freeway. Lucky for her that I was not behind her because basic physics would have meant the end for her.
The merge lane is intended to match the speed of freeway traffic and join that flow. Unless your car can make 0-60 in .05 seconds, stopping at the end of the ramp is a bad idea. "

" lol, kevin "

" jsut took a written test for a DL renewal this morning and one of the questions was how much time needs to be allotted for a lane change or to merge into a lane....the answer the DMV wants is a 4 second interval between cars. "

" "The National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health," suggests that the Palin family's situation is not uncommon. It found that white, evangelical adolescents lose their virginity, on average, at age 16 -- earlier than any group except black Protestants. In Lubbock, Texas, where abstinence education has been mandated since 1995, the rate of gonorrhea is now double the national average, while teen pregnancy has spiked to the highest levels in the state. "

" And what were the results of the National Transverse Study of Adolesent Health? "

" http://www.cpc.unc.edu/projects/addhealth...

and please tell us kevin...what were they? "

" I just received (and paid) my water bill from the City of Napa. Affordable. Not much, considering I'm paying for a service of providing fresh, safe, and clean water right to my household faucets. Sure beats hauling buckets from a creek or well and boiling it.

Wait... Did I say "fresh" and "clean"? I DID say that. But the water currently flowing out of my faucets is neither fresh OR clean. It smells like a cow belch at the Grassy Knoll Buffet. I'm expecting to find a slimy wad of greenish cud in my sink any day now. Gross.

Property taxes paid: check. Water bill paid: check. My end of this contract is valid. How come I don't see any discounts for inferior water on my bill? Will they show up on my next bill? Shouldn't we be holding the City of Napa to standards? Is everybody else OKay with paying the same for nasty water as excellent water? Maybe it's just me that feels cheated here. "

" I have a request for anyone who takes the Lincoln Ave. or First St. off ramp on 29 headed south about 7:30-8am. PLEASE pull up to the car in front of you. There is only so much room on the off ramp and many are forced to stop on the shoulder or actually on the freeway. Everyone slams on their breaks, including the "fast/passing" lane and we all go about 45mph for awhile. If you pull up there will be room off the road, safely for those waiting their turn on the ramp. There's a bit more to say about the daily mini-commute from north napa to the airport area, but this one is such a no-brainer, I don't know why it continues to happen. "

" Theodore Roosevelt's ideas on Immigrants and being an AMERICAN in 1907. Mr. President said this, not me.

'In the first place, we should insist that if the immigrant who comes here in good faith becomes an American and assimilates himself to us, he shall be treated on an exact equality with everyone else, for it is an outrage to discriminate against any such man because of creed, or birthplace, or origin. But this is predicated upon the person's becoming in every facet an American, and nothing but an American...There can be no divided allegiance here. Any man who says he is an American, but something else also, isn't an American at all. We have room for but one flag, the American flag... We have room for but one language here, and that is the English language.. and we have room for but one sole loyalty and that is a loyalty to the American people.' Theodore Roosevelt 1907. "

" I would love to see a thumbs up/down on individual posts, so that i could give someone a thumbs up without having to make a comment myself. "

" random name... I really liked your 10:01 post, but. I thank it could have been better if you would have used caps. on the word ASSIMILATES. I wish we had a man of vision like Teddy today. "

" I heard it said that Obama is the first "Post American President”. They went on to define "Post American" as a President who puts other nation's interests ahead of American interests. I don’t want a “Post American President”. I want a President who puts the interests of America FIRST! I want a President who believes America is the greatest country in the world. I want a President who believes in freedom, independence and the opportunity every person has in this country to rise as far as his or her ambitions and talents can take them.

I want an AMERICAN President!

If you would like to let the residents of the Whitehouse know what you are thinking, here is some contact information:

Barrack Hussein Obama
President of the United States
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, D.C. 20500
Phone: 202-456-1414 (switchboard)

If you want the number for the Oval Office, that number is not published (duh). However, if you have the time, and don’t mind the potential for a visit from the secret service, you can spend a day trying every combination from 0000 to 9999 on the 456 prefix.

My best results when writing to Presidents is to send the letter certified, return receipt, and mark the “Restricted Delivery” box on the Return Receipt card. Restricted Delivery “Confirms that only a specified person (or authorized agent) will receive a piece of mail.” "

" Do you have a link to that statement, skip? I would like to know where that came from and the connotation. Hopefully it was said "tounge in cheek"... "

" I heard it on a talk radio program, but I found the report that I think was being referenced:

http://www.standpointmag.co.uk/the-post-american-presidency-features-july-09-john-bolton-obama "

" Random-
Here is more of TR's wisdom from 1910:

Now, this means that our government, National and State, must be freed from the sinister influence or control of special interests. Exactly as the special interests of cotton and slavery threatened our political integrity before the Civil War, so now the great special business interests too often control and corrupt the men and methods of government for their own profit. We must drive the special interests out of politics. That is one of our tasks to-day. Every special interest is entitled to justice, full, fair, and complete,and, now, mind you, if there were any attempt by mob-violence to plunder and work harm to the special interest, whatever it may be, that I most dislike, and the wealthy man, whomsoever he may be, for whom I have the greatest contempt, I would fight for him, and you would if you were worth your salt. He should have justice. For every special interest is entitled to justice, but not one is entitled to a vote in Congress, to a voice on the bench, or to representation in any public office. The Constitution guarantees protection to property, and we must make that promise good. But it does not give the right of suffrage to any corporation.

There can be no effective control of corporations while their political activity remains. To put an end to it will be neither a short nor an easy task, but it can be done.

full speech:
http://teachingamericanhistory.org/library/index.asp?document=501

By the way, TR was classified as a "progressive" "