Toni Dockter

Toni Dockter was born and raised in Southern California. She was also born a writer and matured into a social commentator. After enough schooling, she high-tailed it north to the better half of the state, where she met her better half, Twonky Zotz. They own an environmental company where she works -- draining valuable hours from time needed to write. Oh well... After writing 3 novels, 3 YA books, 3 animation screenplays, and over 500 blogs which are all mostly unread, she remains undaunted in her quest to become a "famous" writer. Or any kind of writer that people actually read would be fine, too.

My Love of Baseball – Part 3

When I was in elementary school, my Mom married a chap I called Fred Fred—because his name was alFRED FREDrick. (He never asked me to call him “Dad” or any other such nonsense.) But to his face I called him Mr. Davis—the entire time he lived in our house. Fred Fred was an OK sort. … Read more

Why I Love Baseball – Part 2

Baseball is the best sport in America. For me no other sport exemplifies Heart and Hustle as much as Baseball. I like that it’s inclusive in nature. It’s the most “average” of the sports. Regular people can play baseball—and excel at it. You never hear, “He’s not big enough to play baseball.” OR “She’s not … Read more

Why I Love Baseball – Part 1

Baseball is NOT about A Player. It’s NOT about THE PLAYERS. It’s NOT about ONE TEAM or the Owners or Managers (or the leagues, or commissioner, or umps, or agents, or endorsements, or even the hot dogs. OK, maybe a little about the hotdogs). Baseball is about life in America. It’s about hot summer days … Read more

Freaked Out by Family Photos – Maria Shriver Started It!

Next month in Long Beach, CA I’m quite excited to be attending The Women’s Conference, “The Nation’s Premier Women’s Conference,” founded in 1985 and organized by the First Lady of California each year since then. I really wanted to go last year. Maria Shriver puts on one heckuva shindig! But I wasn’t on top of … Read more

The Perfumes of My Life

[Part 1 of a 2-part series.] The ability to smell is our most important sense. This is proven by what happens to our senses in the starving to death process. Taste goes first. Then sight. Then sound. And lastly smell. It has to do with self-preservation, the location in the brain of the olfactory bulb … Read more

The Pat Tillman Movie – Best Documentary of 2010

There can’t possibly be a more emotionally compelling film produced this year than The Tillman Story—because not only is it inspirational, gut wrenching, humorous, tragic, suspenseful, lovely, and infuriating, IT’S TRUE. The film by director Amir Bar-Lev covers the amazing life of Pat Tillman: from the hometown boy growing up in New Almaden, California—to his college football … Read more

Nasty Women VS Nasty Men: Is One Worse Than the Other?

Is it me, or is nastiness from a woman harder to take than from a man? I wondered this after I read on Amazon.com a woman’s review of a book by a female author. The commentary was below-the-garter-belt awful. OK, no one wears a garter belt any more, but that’s the best I can do … Read more

More Skinny Models = More Body Problems

First Ralph Lauren was doing it. Then Ann Taylor. I blogged about both for photo-shopping their models into Skeletors. Later both companies apologized. Coincidence? You be the judge. Now Nordstrom is doing the same scary-thin thing. Check out these models. And at the risk of sounding like my mother, can’t these young ladies stand up … Read more