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Walking past the slightly inaccurately named Normal Street Bar on Monday yielded an interesting surprise -- the longtime watering hole on Normal Avenue has closed its doors. Blank spots marked where the bar's signage was taken down including the iconic... Ryan Olson http://www.chicoer.com

The Hollywood Reporter has a story about the pending "A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All!" TV special airing Nov. 23 on Comedy Central. Call me a sucker, but I'm an ol' softie for the classic Christmas special. Sure,... Ryan Olson http://www.chicoer.com

The whole “lipstick on a pig” discussion got me thinking about other popular animal-based turns of phrase. Using some of them, here’s how I see the current horse race from the catbird seat: When John McCain first introduced Alaska Gov.... Ryan Olson http://www.chicoer.com

Some of my friends have been scratching their heads because I've been mentioning something called "hobo stew." I mentioned it on my Facebook account, but I started the references in an e-mail to colleagues for a luncheon. Here's the relevant... Ryan Olson http://www.chicoer.com

I shouldn't be dipping my toes too much into the political realm, but this upcoming election has generated some light-hearted questions in my mind: - I see posters up for something called "Bangkok Dangerous." Is it promoting a new Nicolas... Ryan Olson http://www.chicoer.com

The return of "Beverly Hills 90210" airs tonight on the CW (which airs locally as a subchannel of KHSL-TV 12). There has been a lot of hubbub made over the fact that the CW didn't release a preview copy for... Ryan Olson http://www.chicoer.com

This weekend will likely be a glorious celebration of the end of summer. I hope you have time to attend a cool musical event that will help the victims of this year's wildfires. At 9 p.m. Saturday, Nick's Night Club... Ryan Olson http://www.chicoer.com

Heading home from work tonight showed that the four-day Labor Day weekend has begun. It's a three-day weekend for us working stiffs, but it appears that most Chico State students have Friday off so they've stretched the festivities into another... Ryan Olson http://www.chicoer.com

Over the years, some have expressed an interest in bringing back streetcars to Chico. After all, once upon a time, streetcar lines threaded through the heart of Chico. Some cars went all the way to San Francisco. My colleague Vince... Ryan Olson http://www.chicoer.com

As I noted earlier, NBC is having announcers in New York do the call on events happening half a world away. I'm not the only that's noticed, The New York Times did a story titled "New York-Based Crews Just Call... Ryan Olson http://www.chicoer.com

In my earlier post, I was somewhat hopeful that NBC took pains to note when their Olympic announcers were in New York instead of live in China. Maybe I shouldn't have been so hopeful after I found out that some... Ryan Olson http://www.chicoer.com

Confession time. Every time I move to a new city, especially since becoming an adult, I feel bad that I didn't take full advantage of the place I'm leaving. This happened when I left San Diego for the east and... Ryan Olson http://www.chicoer.com

Watching the overnight, live coverage of the Olympics on USA Network has been interesting. One huge thing caught my eye, or rather my ear. When equestrian dressage and soccer started, the NBC announcers took care to note that they were... Ryan Olson http://www.chicoer.com