Duke Cunningham Can't Have Gun
Don Bauder 9:47 p.m., May 25
Confessions of a South Bay Baby
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Learning Japanese at Forty
It’s nine-thirty on a Tuesday evening, and I’m cramming for a test. In front of me, on my dining room table, is a small stack of homemade flash cards. All of them bear symbols that ...
Book Nerd Nirvana
I’m standing in line for the big sale. There's about forty of us here, waiting breathlessly for the event to begin. I only have five dollars in my pocket, but it should be more than ...
Random Observations during an Eight-Minute Trolley Ride
It’s seven o’clock on a Saturday morning, and I’m standing at the Linda Vista Trolley Station, one of two people shivering in the frigid air. My ride’s about a minute late, but it comes as ...
Old Men in Chula Vista are Different Now
I’m sitting alone in the Chula Vista library, reading a book about Jimi Hendrix, when an old man approaches me and begins to stare. He’s one of the library’s morning regulars. Most of them are ...
