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Party People
Typical San Diego bait and switch. We're sold one thing, and get another. Time for residents to stand up. First step is to elect representatives on the city council who care more about neighborhoods than developers. I'll be contacting the Stephen Whitburn for City Council campaign to see if he'll take a position on this one. Whitburn listens to neighborhoods. His opponent, lifelong political hack Gloria, takes his money, and his marching orders, from developers.— September 8, 2008 12:11 p.m.
Naysayer
In today's VOSD, CCDC Board Member LeSar again called me a "nay sayer" for attempting to actually participate in their sham of a public input process. What a shame that we cannot have better people on these boards...— September 8, 2008 11:58 a.m.
If Common Shareholders Are Wiped Out in Fannie/Freddie Bailout, Brandes Could Take Another Hit
I'm always amused by investment "professionals" who urge small investors to stay the course, and claim that you cannot time the market, who are themselves jumping in and out of bed with every new fashion. I'll repeat my theory of investing: When everybody is saying "this can only go up", time to sell.— September 7, 2008 8:23 a.m.
Conservative Wall Street Journal Heaps Praise on Liberal Mike Aguirre, Citing His Pension Battle
I saw that editorial in the UT and instantly knew it was penned by the geriatric Gene Klein. I saw him on KUSI a week or so back and was astonished. In a ten minute interview, every single thing he said was something I strongly disagree with. Yes, everything! That's rare. He also looked like he was on his last legs, gasping for breath, grossly overweight, and barely cogent. I'm waiting eagerly for the inevitable myocardial infarction, and his long overdue obituary. Maybe they'll bury him in a XXXL Chargers casket.— September 7, 2008 7:55 a.m.
Naysayer
Thanks A2Z, great resources! (...and call me Fred. Here at Abnormal Heights we're quite informal.)— September 7, 2008 7:48 a.m.
Local Newsweek Correspondent Pleads to Chargers: "Don't Bolt!"
JF is right. "Romantic candles" are dangerous. The scenario plays itself out time and again. I suspect the women instigate the situation more than men, so guys better beware. Here's what happens. Your honey wants a romantic evening, so she fires up candles and places them around the room, puts on some music, and turns off the lights. Together you down a bottle or two of wine, get naked, make love, and fall asleep. As you snore away in buzzed post-coital contentment, those candles continue to burn away. When that adorable old tea-saucer turned candle-holder gets hot enough, it cracks and the candle tumbles over. Hot wax spreads, perhaps onto paper or a drape, and the candle's pretty flame spreads. You don't hear the gentle rustle of flames creeping up the drapes, and as the toxic fumes fill the room your breathing becomes more shallow. When the neighbors' frantic pounding on the door awakens you, you'll stumble about disoriented, opening windows and giving the fire more oxygen. Confused, you grope around in the smoke and heat looking for your clothes. When JF arrives with his crew, he has to pull the half-naked pair out almost against their will. The firemen concentrate first on not letting the blaze spread to adjacent units, and then douse the fire. The paramedics provide oxygen, and refuse the pair's demands to be allowed back in to "save the cat". The cat probably escaped, but everything in the apartment is ruined, and it's difficult to recognize what's left. But the stains from melted candle wax in the carpet serves as a reminder... To all you guys out there, please, please...just after you take off your pants, be sure to snuff out her damn romantic candles. If you wait until after your orgasm, you know you'll probably fall asleep and forget. So let's all do JF and the paramedics a favor, and blow out those candles before we get blown. Best, Fred— September 5, 2008 8:45 a.m.
SEDC to be sued if not paying for outgoing prez' legal fees?
Disgraced former SEDC Chair Owen claimed at his final public meeting that the board is loyal first and foremost to itself, and only secondarily to the public and the city that appointed them. It's a truism that loyalty cannot be split, so basically the SEDC was run for years on the assumption that they were independent of oversight or scrutiny. This is proven by their refusal to provide auditors with the materials they require, how they have repeatedly and pointedly refused to provide named public records to Will Carless of VOSD, and how the Chair abused standard parliamentary procedure to block motions from new reform-minded board members during his reign. CCDC and SEDC have become so utterly untrustworthy that they ought to be abolished by the next City Council, followed-up with an independent forensic audit to find where the money disappeared. Best, Fred— September 5, 2008 8:21 a.m.
Port of San Diego makes wild proposal for Tenth Avenue terminal
A2Z, let's talk about using technologies to involve and connect San Diegans of divergent views as well as those who already agree. Your gizmo sounds cool. Got links? Best, Fred— September 4, 2008 12:02 p.m.
Beer Goggles, Mr. Yellow, Pea Jacket
Czechs know how to don beer goggles, yet turn out beautiful women with family names like "Fialova", which could be a violet or a viola. The "ova" ending means she's female, and might be linguistically related to "egg", as in Latin "ovum". Her father is likely to be called Mr. Violet. Likewise, Czech has family names like Rostomily, (cute) and Sikovny (clever-man, or "Sikovna" clever-woman). Are the rules the wise and venerable Mr. Alice described for English naming evolution universal, or a special case of our village peasant heritage? Spreading urine on cloth to aid in solar bleaching was widely practiced in the middle ages. Did "Pee" cloth come by its name through a distinctive color and odor? The questions just multiply when I read Matthew Alice.— September 4, 2008 noon
Port of San Diego makes wild proposal for Tenth Avenue terminal
Speaking as a longtime alien archeologist, I would much prefer that we not dig up the remains of a stadium planted on the former site of the 10th Avenue Marine Terminal.— September 4, 2008 11:45 a.m.