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East Village Tavern and Bowl
This is a great place to go if you have guests from out of town. The whole novelty of a bowling alley, and lots of sports on the big screens while you eat, is kind of interesting. Great selection of appetizers and items you'd see at most sports bars. I hadn't bowled since I was a kid. I had to roll a few games here to see what it was like. I don't think my score improved from when I was 10!— June 7, 2009 1:36 a.m.
Cheese Shop
Sometimes the service here can lag...but the waiters are all so nice, you don't mind. An incredible value. I've gotten a few different breakfast plates. And I was with one friend that only likes eating at Denny's (yeah, these are the friends I sometimes roll with; what can ya do?). He thought the breakfast selection here was better than Denny's. I also loved their pastrami sandwich when I was in for lunch. When we couldn't decide on dessert one time, our waiter scored us 3 chocolate chip cookies. Free. Gotta love that.— June 7, 2009 1:33 a.m.
Buca di Beppo
I've been here twice, enjoyed the food both times (but dang, these portions are huge...and I'm trying to diet). The Mira Mesa location has weird pictures around the bathroom walls, that show various kids urinating. One photo like that would be cute. But 25 is just kind of creepy.— June 7, 2009 1:30 a.m.
Wine Steals
My girlfriend is addicted to this place. The pizzas are great. We loved the salad. And obviously, great selection of wine. Nice patio seating outside, for when we bring our dog. Although, not much to look at if you sit there. Worth a trip to Point Loma, though.— June 7, 2009 1:26 a.m.
Callahan's Pub & Brewery
Try the Irish Nachos here. They're amazing (without the jalapeno for me).— June 7, 2009 1:24 a.m.
Idiotic Football Players
Well Spliff...I can give you an explanation to the very first sentence in your post from above. You say someone would have low self-esteem because they are "not happy with who they are." Well, let's use Bernie Madoff for example. Let's say he looks in the mirror in prison, and isn't happy with who he is. That doesn't mean he has low self-esteem. It just means he realizes what a pathetic person he was, to swindle so many people out of their money. Or perhaps another prisoner, that murdered an innocent victim. They might have no problem in the self-esteem department, but deeply regret their previous actions.— June 7, 2009 12:44 a.m.
Idiotic Football Players
SD...you can't be serious. What the hell do you think it is that Spliff has to teach me? I'd love to hear that. I'd also like to know what it is you think I need to be open minded about. That being said...I have no problem with Spliff and his punctuation or spelling. These are posts to a blog, so people can write any way they like. It's all good. Although, I'd like to think that WHAT people write (which, may also include spelling, punctuation...but only to a small degree), can lead you to determine how intelligent they are. Along with the content of what they say. But anyway, back to me being open minded. Martin Luther King, Jr. said that you should judge someone, not based on the color of their skin, but the content of their character. Well, if police officers are "profiling" or "racially profiling" as some accuse, I wonder...if you're wearing a Raiders jersey, lots of gold chains, blasting music out of your car with tinted windows, isn't that, right there, YOUR CHARACTER??!!! It doesn't mean every Raiders fan is that way. It doesn't mean every fan of hip-hop/rap is that way. It doesn't mean people with tinted windows are that way. But, we come to conclusions based on many things. And I think police officers probably get used to knowing what to look for. I was with one cop friend, and he pointed out someone (Caucasian) and said "He's done time." I asked how he knew, and he talked about the various tattoos, that he could tell were done in prison. He talked about what a few of the things on them meant. Did he profile, based on this persons appearance? Yep. Was that wrong? Nope. Because, he didn't pull out his club and beat him. He didn't bug the guy, heck, he didn't even stare at him. Just made an observation. And, those observations cops need to make on a daily basis, often help save their lives.— June 6, 2009 12:51 a.m.
Racquetball Rorschach
That sounds a lot like Balderdash, SD. Which is a fun game, but like MsG says above, after a few drinks...or if you run out of fake definitions, people just start writing about objects around them. A definition will be something along the lines of: an imported coffee table made in South Africa.— June 6, 2009 12:43 a.m.
Idiotic Football Players
Well, it's the same argument I would use for why someone is homosexual. It's not because they "choose" to be that way. Or because a guy can't find a woman to go out with him, so he decides to date guys. It doesn't work that way. And if someone is dressing and living like the opposite sex, maybe it's because they feel that's who they really are. Although, there's are people that just dress like women, but never have a desire to have a sex change, so...who knows all the different mind sets there are. I just don't think "self-esteem" applies to any of them.— June 5, 2009 3:36 p.m.
NBA -- Playoffs and Personalities
Well, it was both. I didn't like Bird or people calling me Bird. I didn't like him because he talked too much smack. I think that's bad form in team sports, although I realize everyone does it. I had no problem with Ali or any boxer, as you step in the ring and if you talked before, your fists better back it up. Bird was also a cry baby. And, being a Lakers fan back in the day, there was that rivalry with Magic and the Lakers. You can't say that winning it all, is all that matters. Otherwise, you have to disregard the amazing career a person like Charles Barkley had just because he never got a ring. When I say Luke isn't good, well, I mean compared to OTHER NBA players. I hate when people call you on a comment like that. I mean, I was at a party once where a chubby woman said that Jennifer Aniston wasn't pretty, and you should've seen the crap she got from people. Her only point was...in regard to the other movie stars, Aniston was just an average looking woman. Nothing wrong with a comment like that. I once played against Luke and his brother in a basketball tournament. Needless to say, they smoked us. After the game, I asked Bill Walton who was standing nearby, why he doesn't play. He kinda snapped at me and said "I can't even move my foot! It doesn't bend." You have to get off this kick about Americcca treating blacks so bad. Yes, there was a time they couldn't play basketball. But...can you fault Kobe and the rest, for making millions playing in the NBA just because in 1940 they couldn't? Heck, Kobe Bryants dad played here for the San Diego Clippers. I used to watch him as a kid. And, he was a fat dude they called "Jelly Bean" Bryant. So, even the generation BEFORE Kobe, should have no beef with how America treated blacks (Hey...Kobe and beef in the same sentence, that was weird). Speaking of weird, that's yet another reason you can't go by a name like Pau not sounding "American." Because Kobe, Carmelo, Spud, Kareem,will.i.am, Muhammid Ali...lots of names African-Americans have that doesn't give any indication they were born in the U.S. Spliff, you are what I call a "reverse hater" (I just made that phrase up...but I think I'm gonna use it more). Regarding the spelling of soccer...that lame sport doesn't deserve to be spelled properly! The nerve of them, to call it "football" in other countries. That's an insult to our guys that throw around the pigskin.— June 5, 2009 3:33 p.m.