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San Diego Is Chargers' Problem
[Erroneous and embarrassing post removed. -- the mgmt.]— August 7, 2008 7:43 a.m.
Sempra spins Sunrise Powerlink in the Union-Tribune
* large outdoor water evaporator and malerial larvae sanctuary = residential back yard swimming pool— August 6, 2008 3:35 p.m.
Sempra spins Sunrise Powerlink in the Union-Tribune
Trestles, when you fly into Sky Harbor, just look out the window at the thousands of Tempe and Mesa tract homes, each with its own large outdoor water evaporator and malerial larvae sanctuary* surrounded by a darling mini-grass farm, the produce of which is carefully harvested, bagged, and thrown away each Saturday morning. We're not much better here in San Diego, ruinously attempting to alter the landscape in a vain host an upper-class sport orignally meant only for grassy scotts highlands, not Pacific coastal desert. We ought to go to Stage 2 water alert now rather than later. The longer we wait to start conserving, the worse it inevitably will get.— August 6, 2008 3:29 p.m.
Mission Hills Nation's 5th Most Overpriced Neighborhood, Says Forbes.com
A recent article where Janed Guymon Casady mentions "the big house": http://www.sandiego.com/index.php?option=com_sdca…— August 6, 2008 2:58 p.m.
Mission Hills Nation's 5th Most Overpriced Neighborhood, Says Forbes.com
The Ned Guymon Mystery and Detective Fiction Collection (16,000 volumes) was donated to the college by E. T. Guymon, Jr., a San Diego businessman, alumnus of Occidental College, and an inveterate collector. Because he was a personal friend of many of the authors whose works he collected, many items in the collection contain very personal, entertaining inscriptions. Consisting of first editions, manuscripts, film scripts, photographs, and other material relating to mystery and detective fiction from 1592 to 1975, the collection is especially notable for the large number of original dust jackets which were kept with the titles. Sherlock Holmes was created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and appeared for the first time in literature in Beeton's Christmas Annual , an annual "bonus" publication of Beeton's Magazine. One of the treasures of the Guymon Mystery and Detective Fiction Collection is a copy of this inauspicious first appearance of perhaps the greatest detective in English literature. Doyle was paid only 25 pounds for his efforts, yet the character he created has become so famous that Holmes seems to have a life of his own, often eclipsing that of his creator. From: http://departments.oxy.edu/library/geninfo/collec…— August 6, 2008 2:49 p.m.
San Diego Is Chargers' Problem
Is there a bookie somewhere I can place a bet the Chargers are out of San Diego in 2012..??— August 6, 2008 1:19 p.m.
Mission Hills Nation's 5th Most Overpriced Neighborhood, Says Forbes.com
...and a photo circa 1975 http://www.sandiegohistory.org/showcase/images/20…— August 6, 2008 10:25 a.m.
Mission Hills Nation's 5th Most Overpriced Neighborhood, Says Forbes.com
I found this cryptic description of 2055 Sunset in the Journal of San Diego History: Raymond, Robert S. AD 1212 1921-1931 Bluelines and vellums. Guymon, E. T., Esq., residence, 2055 Sunset Blvd., 32 bluelines and vellums, September 1921. Guymon, E. T., residence, floor plans, 4 bluelines, September 30, 1931. Guess it's a listing of architectural documents in their collection. http://www.sandiegohistory.org/journal/v49-3/arch…— August 6, 2008 10:23 a.m.
Lawn Mower Man
If I didn't write funny stuff, I'd be constantly angry at the state of our world, our country, our state, and especially our San Diego today. It really is disheartening to have enough information and experience to draw reasonable conclusions, and yet see nothing much done in mitigation of likely consequences. I allow myself to write whimsical or satirical bits to mix in with the serious stuff. You gotta laugh or cry. I've noticed that people who've survived the worst the world has to offer often have the best sense of humor. So instead of getting red in the face from shouting about what's going on around us, I sometimes just let loose with my best efforts to poke fun. Josh, you should hear me sing sometime. I performed for the city council a few years back, at the vote to go ahead with illegally issued ballpark bond indebtedness, singing: Rip me off with a ballpark Give me corporate pork Buy me a mayor and council seat After the vote our team always gets beat You've surely seen my song about Scott "Million Gallon Man" Peters, and the newest take-off, "SEDC Shredding Safari. "Let's go shredding now, SEDC's learning how...." If I were to write nothing but serious fact-filled posts I'd bore people and just drive up my own blood pressure. Besides, some folks like my jabs at the establishment, or find it amusing when I go along with the likes of fumber and take him seriously. (Hi fumber! Yes, I'm still corpulently corrupt with oozing sores festering all over my carrion infested carcass, thank you kindly.) Have a look at Scam Diego, Bauder's blog...maybe you'll like some of my humor there too. I'm glad to contribute to San Diego's civic discussion in my own highly personalized way. In my own judgement, I think I'd make a lousy journalist. I'm too opinionated and confrontational, and wouldn't hide it in my reporting. But if I could find a gig writing humorously about politics and society, I'd take it. Until then, the dry world of technology pays me well and allows me the freedom to write elsewhere as I choose. Best, Fred— August 6, 2008 10:04 a.m.
Sempra spins Sunrise Powerlink in the Union-Tribune
There's no more or less water on the world today than in the past. It's a closed system. H2O molecules are fungible, and it's likely one molecule that passed through George Washington is in my system right now. So the question is its location and quality. Consider how much we have debased not only our fresh water but also the world's salt water, we had better get on with technologies for cleaning water whether we like it or not. Yet we have come nowhere close to mitigating our usage of water. We're still grass farming in the deserts, sprinkling golf courses and growing water intensive crops like rice where we oughtn't. The imbalanced pricing of water must be reworked to reflect today's urban realities, rather than an emerging agricultural exporting California of a hundred years ago. The incentives to agriculture have done their bit, and now it's time to renegotiate and rethink based on what we know from recent advancements in life science. As Don says, this issue is not going away. In fact, it only becomes more important with time, quick fixes, and neglect. Best, Fred— August 6, 2008 9:37 a.m.