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Skeeters

I worked in the garden last weekend. went to the orange big box store and the nursery with the decadent dessert shop. Unloading the car- 4 cubic yards of potting soil, one flat of drought ...

GOP's Wyland and Independent Fletcher Get Big Tobacco Money

Mark Wyland, the Republican state senator from North County who will be termed out of office in two years, is already laying plans for the future. Yesterday his campaign committee, Taxpayers for Wyland - Board ...

Live Interview with the Cardiff Kook

Cardiff Kook Tells All Kook: (also "Kuk") A surfing beginner; someone who gets in the way or into trouble because of ignorance or inexperience (also see "Dork," "Geek"). The intersection of 101 and Chesterfield Dr. ...

Caffeinated Chronicles-II

Coffee at the Nautical Bean in Oceanside Harbor is to a sunny morning what Halle Barry is to a night of loving. OK, I'm presuming because I haven't had the privilege to truly compare, but ...

Caffeinated Chronicles-I

Curling up with a good book at home never appealed to me. To truly enjoy reading I have to have life around me; life from which I can then escape and hide in the cocoon ...

Dreaming Insomnia in North County

This is not what I had in mind. This is not how I imagined it. My eyes hurt and I have an enormous headache; it doesn’t have Excedrin written all over it. I feel like ...

The rebirth of Cardiff's own Jonathan Jones

It’s another Thursday winter night in Linda Vista. Inside the tiny building, scattered smokers huddle near the deserted entrance as Morena Boulevard turns in for the night. Inside, the stage lights suddenly flash on, illuminating ...

The Boys Next Door

Although I’ve never caught a glimpse of them I can picture them in my mind. I’ve never actually seen them because of the fence and the giant hedge that separates us. If I listen closely ...

My Neighbor's Boob Job

I was trying to get out of my apartment. I had to move out of the crazy building due to my landlord putting the complex on the market. Or maybe I was really moving because ...

How to Boil Water.

Fact. We are the fattest developed nation on the planet. 30% of us are classified as being obese with over 4 million americans topping the scales over 300lbs. A big part of the problem is ...

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