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The sale to Vail rumors were flying this week, and there’s nothing this town likes more than a good rumor – other than beer. The rumors were so prevalent that MMSA CEO Rusty Gregory did choose to make the following statement on Thursday: “Mammoth Mountain is a highly coveted asset by those that are in [...]

By Clouds McCloud Pisces: This much we know is true: Pisces get lost easily; they can remember outfits better than phone numbers; Clouds likes to use semi-colons; just because Pisces seem flighty doesn’t mean they’re idiots; case in point, Piscean Albert Einstein who once said; “The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination.” [...]

My daughter Margaux turns one on Monday, and she’s just become aware of the television. Nick Jr has the capacity to reduce her to a stupor – for about two minutes, whereupon she gets bored and continues her four-limbed assault upon anything within reach. Today, I noticed that its Wild Safari Week on Nick Jr [...]

It turns out that on Friday, March 1, Pope Benedict XVI wasn’t the only one who stepped down from his position. On Thursday, The Sheet received a copy of a message from Mammoth Unified’s Board of Education to School District staff announcing that Superintendent Rich Boccia was resigning, effective immediately. The message read as follows: [...]

By Clouds McCloud Aquarius: Since you’ve entered a time when incredible change is ready to enter your life, Clouds thought some advice from a member of your opposite sign, Leo, might help. From Oscar-winner Ben Affleck: “You have to work harder than you think you possibly can. Can’t hold grudges. It’s hard, but you can’t [...]

After the vote to rescind penalties and interest for an illegal home rental at Wednesday’s Town Council meeting, Teri Stehlik approached Councilman John Eastman and asked him why he voted to essentially derail more than two years’ worth of work on T.O.T. (illegal home rental) enforcement. “He told me he didn’t understand,” said Stehlik. “He [...]

In his book “Wait: The Art and Science of Delay,” Frank Partnoy talks about the Bing Nursery School experiments conducted at Stanford University, where researchers presented four-year olds with a single marshmallow and gave them a choice. They could either eat the marshmallow right away, or, if they did not eat it and could wait [...]

By Clouds McCloud Aquarius: We recently entered the Chinese Zodiac’s Year of the Snake. That means it should be a fairly interesting and enjoyable year. Snake years can be lucky financial years, but tend to be very malleable and often usher in unexpected changes. To help, try being as prepared as W. C. Fields: “Always [...]

Just in time for Valentine’s Day, Vane offers insight on how to bait your hook

What’s the kiss of death in Mammoth Lakes? Apparently, being named the Fifty Center’s Person of the Year. Six weeks after being awarded that dubious accolade, Dave Wilbrecht is history, having resigned (or rather, being forced to resign) on Wednesday. Will we ever know what really happened? As recently as the Jan. 2 Town Council [...]