Open Forum archive for August, 2010

The Memory Remains--As Do The Nightmares

"Ash to ash, dust to dust, fade to black/but the memory remains!" --Metallica, from "The Memory Remains" on THE BLACK ...

You Want A Philips Or A Slotted Head With That...Part Four

"There's Got To Be A Morning After, If We Can Make It To The Dawn!" --Maureen McGovern, from "The Morning ...

You Want A Philips Or A Slotted Head With That...Part Three

"The Beat Goes On--The Beat Goes On!" --Sonny and Cher 27-Aug-2010, 09:00hrs. On the bus to Oceanside and the Family ...

Si Vis Bellum? Es Barbarus, Nunc Morere!

"The Only Way To Be's Victorious-- SC#@& The Fools Who Think It's Glorious!" --Deep Purple, from "Under The Gun" on ...

You Want A Slotted Head Or A Philips With That...Part Two

"Anticipation...anticipation. it's making me wait!" Carly Simon, from "Anticipation." 18-August-2010, 12:30hrs. I make my trip to the Oceanside Social Security ...

You Want A Slotted Head Or A Phillips With That?

"Here it come...you're never gonna stop it!" --Twisted Sister, from "You Can't Stop Rock And Roll!" (my favorite TS song, ...

Doing The Laundromat Shuffle...

"Call it Peace, Call It Reason-- Call It Hate, Or Call It Treason... But I Ain't Marching No More!" --from ...

On the Benefits of Recreational Summertime Walking through Death Valley

I assume delusion is in the eye of the beholder. Now, I am not so deluded as to think that ...

Salvation Army in Retreat from County Camp Expansion

Mussey Grade Road Alliance Assault Ends Salvation Army Expansion In Our Time Salvation Army Major Linda Markiewicz announced that the ...

Kinder, Gentler SDG&E Proposes 7% Rate Increase RE Uninsured Wildfire Legal Costs

SUPERIOR COURT JUSTICE COMPLEX - San Diego Gas and Electric Company (SDG&E) has introduced its general rate increase application with ...

Taking A Trip To The Food Bank...

"Tonight, Lucullus is host to Lucullus!" --Marcus Gaeius Lucullus, Roman statesman, general, and gourmand. August 4th, 2010--16:45 hrs. Woke up ...

The American Christian Theocracy of the Majority

I recognize that there is a Christian theocracy in America. All Americans who are Christians are among the people who ...

Jim Hill and my Happy Heart Attack Anniversary

It is now a year since I had my last heart attack sufficiently painful enough to have me call for ...

A Ghost From My Past...A Ghost In The Machine.

"I'll be damned, here comes your ghost again! But that's not unusual, It's just that the moon is fulll, And ...