Bars that get scammed out of money.

I was having an argument with my stepbrother the other day about the movie A SIMPLE PLAN. It starred the talented Billy Bob Thornton, Bridget Fonda, and Bill Paxson. My main problem with it was, the characters did things that …

I heard about a woman, I believe she lives in Texas, who now hired a big name lawyer, to sue an airline. Was she ticked she couldn't get peanuts? Or because the only movie they were showing was a Martin …

The media reporting on the cop shooting in Oceanside.

Okay, I'm totally confused. Why is it the media, and everyone else, is so upset about this cop in Oceanside not being jailed? Don't get me wrong. I'm all for punishing cops when they do something wrong. But, listen up …

Two stories involving guns that "went off".

I have no problem with guns. I have no problem with the NRA. I do have a problem with people that own guns, and their kids get to them, and shoot up a school. Or a neighbor. Or themselves. The …

Two of the worst movies you'll ever see.

So, my parents went and saw "Definately, Maybe". They told me it was good. I shouldn't listen to them. They saw The Bucket List, said it was great, and it wasn't. But, they used to always be tough on movies, …

Are African-Americans more racist?

I heard a sports show talking about this the other day. And, I remembered reading the story in the sports section of the Union-Tribune a week earlier. Serena and Venus Williams, the best women tennis players of the last 8 …

Why playing pickup basketball games can be so difficult.

I graduated high school weighing 165 lbs. I was 6'1". But, without a daily three hour practice, and merely playing hoops once a week, the pounds crept up. It got worse when in my mid-20s, I just stopped playing basketball. …

What I'm doing on Easter Sunday.

So, it's Easter Sunday. It's 90 degrees. And, I was thinking about how much fun Easter was when I was a kid. The coloring of eggs (even though my moms side of the family was Jewish). A few times my …

Free tickets doesn't always entice people to get out.

I have a friend. I won't say her name, in case she reads this. But, it rhymes with Ronnie. So often we plan to go to concerts, and she flakes out on me. Often times, it's not a big deal, …

Stingrays go on a killing spree.

For a year, San Diego had a professional basketball team called the San Diego Stingrays. I bought one of their shirts at a game. The logo looked cool, and I figured if people bought the products and attended games, it …

Obama bombs, trying to clear up the Jeremiah Wright mess. And fails.

I'm still an Obama supporter. But, I think he failed miserably in his 30 minute speech talking about the Reverand Jeremiah Wright (note to Weird Al Yankovic: do a parody of Three Dog Nights "Joy to the World": Jeremiah was …

Military homecomings surprising the kids, and shaving heads for a cancer patient.

Well, a few things are so overdone, that I think they don't work anymore. I fear even saying what it is. I know people will just think I'm a jerk. But, I was leaving the house around noon, and the …

The woman in the Eliot Spitzer case. And, Heather Mills, taking some of McCartney's money.

Okay, maybe the title is a bit misleading. Heather Mills could hardly be called that. In fact, I'm not so sure why everyone is up in arms about her getting $50 million. It's actually a lot less than she could've …

In La Jolla, one woman is making a lot of noise about the homeless there.

A woman was in the newspaper a few weeks back. She said she was going to hire people to sit, in three hour shifts, on the benches in La Jolla. Her reason? To keep the homeless off of them. I …

The woman that sat on the toilet for two years.

I'm so pissed. And, as I type that, I realize it could be a pun with this story. I've been hearing for the last week, about a woman that was on a toilet for two years. And, there weren't many …

A rapper named Brother Ali performed at 'Canes.

I'm tired of the hipsters that think they're too cool for school, knocking 'Canes Bar & Grill in Mission Beach. When I overhear these losers in the smoking section of the Casbah, they'll talk about some great band coming to …

Honor student busted for selling a bag of Skittles. And, flavored cocaine might be next.

I was being interviewed on the radio this morning, and had a huge argument with the talk show host about cops giving a woman a hard time because she left her baby in the car while she went to put …

An actress busted driving while intoxicated.

So, the actress that played Mary-Ann on Gilligan's Island spent 5 days in jail, and got 6 months probation for driving under the influence. The officers smelled the booze on her, when she was driving home from a surprise birthday …

Winston Hayes, a 46-year-old loser and lawbreaker, collects over a million bucks after being shot at by police.

What is wrong with our legal system? I know I sound like a broken record (hey...we're going to have to update that phrase, now with records fazed out). Last week in L.A., a man was awarded $1.3 million because it …

Stupid drivers, stupid shoppers, and stupid journalists.

Getting thru the idiots during the course of my day, can get tiresome. I'm in the gas station, and the guy in front of me is complaining about a bottle of Coke he bought the day before. He was screaming, …

Keith Richards as a spokesman for your company?

I love old rock 'n roll bands. But one that I get tired of hearing about is The Rolling Stones. To me, they have just as many lame songs as great songs. Sure, Sticky Fingers, Exile on Main Street, and …

A boring blog about politics (sorry...I'm honest)

All this stuff with the Democratic primaries is fascinating to me. The things people say on the talk shows, and the idiots you meet in everyday life. My girlfriends friend said "I'll vote for Obama, just because he's black." She...isn't …

A golfer hits an endangered hawk.

I was reading a USA Today today. I didn't buy it (my old journalism teacher called it a "McPaper"). They always have a stack of them at the Macaroni Grill. I took one as I was leaving. There was a …

When to tell people their car lights are on.

My brother Lewis was telling me a story about someone that left their lights on outside his business. They sternly said, "They go off on their own." Lew then told me, "It's weird, because so many cars are like that …

A couple lawsuits in the news.

I just saw in an entertainment magazine, that the driving instructor in the Barot movie, is suing. He has no way in hell of winning this one. But, I'll give him credit. He's only asking for $400,000, not $4 million. …

A woman in Leucadia is hit by a train.

As I was leaving the house today, I heard them say on the local news, that a 35-year-old woman in Leucadia died after being hit by a train. My first thought was about how a friend and I were surprised …

A documentary chronicling the weirdest relationship ever.

The documentary is called Crazy Love. Which, I always thought was a nice ballad by Poco, but I'll never be able to feel the same way about the song now. I'll still be able to enjoy the local band Louis …

Bees and wasps, used for bad instead of good.

I always loved the song WASP, on the Doors last album. It's one of the first uses of electronic drums. Bees and wasps used in movies I always like, although find the scenes usually unrealistic. In "Election," when one stung …

A few of my former teachers, and one that taught the Affleck brothers.

I'm not sure why when I blog, I like to title them with song lyrics. Often times, the lyric has nothing to do with what I'm going to write. But, I had read in the L.A. Times last week, about …

A kid makes up a fake Web page about his principal.

I blogged about a high school kid that lied and said some big colleges offered him a scholarship. I said I didn't think it was that big of a deal, and got a few letters and calls, saying that it …