Berkeley Odd News

Dec. 7, 2009 In what sports historians are already calling a “cheetah-like assault on a hallowed record previously thought untouchable,” legendary golfer Tiger Woods is mounting the first serious challenge to legendary basketball player Wilt Chamberlain’s all-time scoring...

Who says you can't take it with you? This doll sure appears to be reaching for the bag beside her in anticipation of moving from one family's home to another's, yard-sale style, in the great unregulated American marketplace that comes...

Sept. 13, 2009 In mid-August, Punditty Project alter ego beat reporter Slim Fattison was wandering through the desert at dawn after two weeks of fasting, which he followed with another two weeks of subsisting on honey, locusts, mushrooms and water...

Aug. 22, 2009 COMPILED FROM PUNDITTY PROJECT SOURCES On a recent day hike through Lime Ridge Open Space in Contra Costa County, California, Punditty Project stringer Huck McShannigan spied a jackrabbit about 30 feet off the trail. Having just purchased...

The Eerie Orbs of Jewel Lake by Zane E. Punditty, esq. As Punditty did wander near Berkeley's Jewel Lake, He spyeth two ducks merrily at play. He pulled out his camera, for pictures to take, And clicked several times, ere...

Rest in Peace, Walter Cronkite Walter Cronkite Nov. 4, 1916 - July 17, 2009 Image from the Cape Girardeau, MO, Mississippi River floodwall. Cronkite was born in St. Joseph, MO. www.punditty.com ------------------------------ T he Punditty Project is retroactively sponsored by...

Berkeley held it's annual Chocolate and Chalk Art Festival on May 30, so Punditty and a friend took a stroll to see what we could see. There were good chalk drawings, bad chalk drawings, chalk doodles, chalk chickenscratch and even...

Anyone who has seen the "Star Wars" movies knows that Jedi mind tricks are excellent tools to have at one's disposal. This fellow, working the crowd at the BART station in downtown Berkeley on a recent spring afternoon, would be...

Or was it hacked? Or perhaps there's another explanation? This screen image appeared at approximately 11:40 PDT on April 17, 2009, when The Punditty Project attempted to visit reddit.com. Such phrases as "And I suppose you're perfect?" "Quick buy a...