The chicken or the ego? Are chickens the proper enterprise for the modern family? Let’s get real about this right now. Chickens teach us about husbandry, domesticity, and death. The sole caveat to raising your …
December 19, 2020
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Raise your own eggs, a prince of a cat, intimate life with a duck
1980’s Fade to Black: The best thriller you forgot about finally gets its due
Fade to Black has long been one of my favorite movies about the movies. I was lucky enough to see it new in 1980, a number of times, thanks to having just started work at …
December 18, 2020
Cali Comfort BBQ: slow and low, safe and easy
If your pandemic bingo card has restaurants re-opening in response to a judge declaring strip clubs can not be shut down by the state’s stay at home order, well congratulations! — you might win 2020. …
December 18, 2020
Hate for the holidays
Not yet in the holiday spirit? Here’s a trio of yuletide-themed cartoons from the 1930s certain to provide a much-needed Christmas goose. Santa’s Workshop (1932) In my teens, my friend Timothy Murphy asked me, “You …
December 18, 2020
Biggest local beverage stories of 2020
It will surprise exactly no one that most of the biggest beer and beverage stories of 2020 revolve around the most impactful happening of this or any year: the covid-19 pandemic. Public response to the …
December 18, 2020
The Hemlock Society presents Soylent Green
The Hemlock Society's monthly “Right to Die Film Series'' isn't going to let a pandemic keep it down. The group’s next meeting will be held virtually on December 20 with SOD (Suicide on Demand) as …
December 18, 2020
Book of Deuteronomy: love everyone to life
Point Loma Community Presbyterian Church Contact: 2128 Chatsworth Boulevard, San Diego 619-223-1633 www.pointlomachurch.org Membership: 965 Pastor: Karla Shaw Age: 45 Born: Bismarck, North Dakota Formation: Messiah University, Mechanicsburg, PA; Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena Years Ordained: …
December 18, 2020
Pavarotti hurt opera more than he helped it
Opera, opera, opera. What are we to do with opera? Even those who love opera can’t agree on what it is, what it should be, or what it could be. I recently shared a meme …
December 18, 2020
Brandon Gong’s on set workout look
Sometimes one’s job dictates one’s style. In the case of a photographer on-set, fashion choices must be ergonomic, comfortable, and durable. When you’re lifting heavy cameras and lights and running around to capture the perfect …
December 17, 2020
A poem for the beginning of winter by Timothy Steele
Toward the Winter Solstice Although the roof is just a story high, It dizzies me a little to look down. I lariat-twirl the rope of Christmas lights And cast it to the weeping birch’s crown; …
December 17, 2020
Needle to the groove
Since the shutdown of our venues county-wide in March, record sales are trending upwards for most of our local record vendors. One reason for the uptick in sales is that old heads are sharing the …
December 17, 2020
Joseph Sfeir fused modern Spanish architecture
The 3900-square-foot estate at 545 Rimini Road in Del Mar exudes “timeless elegance situated on an oversized lot highlighting private grounds, stunning terraces and ocean views,” according to listing materials retrieved from realtor.com. “Rich in …
December 17, 2020
Pizza Bella: best pizza in America
Happy Fonso bongos away to a recorded song coming out of his car. “Working for tips,” his cardboard signs says. “Your help is needed and appreciated. Thanks!” Except, since the lockdown, Old Town is pretty-much …
The Prom: Bashing bumpkins
Thespian rhymes with lesbian. Ain’t that a hoot? Seldom has confronting homophobia head on appeared more proudly patronizing or signaled less pleasure than here. It would be one thing were The Prom a satire warning …
December 17, 2020
Neo-beat poetry
The titular frontman of the Scott West Band has recorded with guest contributors such as Cake bassist Gabe Nelson, Lee Rocker (Stray Cats), and Prairie Prince (The Tubes, Jefferson Starship). Since the early 2000s, he’s …
December 17, 2020