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Sports Shortz -- The Ryan Leaf Edition
My friend Rebecca has an on-again/off again guy, and he told me at a party (right after the Chargers drafted Leaf), how he spent all this money having shirts made, and copyrighting the phrase "BeLEAF". I saw him after all of this, and he just shakes his head, talking about the $20,000 he spent on all the products, that now sit in a room in his house, and the trunk of his car.— November 8, 2008 8:43 p.m.
I'm a Pepper, You're a Pepper, She's a....Mrs. Fierce?
DIET DR. PEPPER UPDATE: In all this talk of McCains people knocking Sarah Palin and saying she was acting like a diva with all kinds of demands, her response has been: "I never asked for anything more than a Diet Dr. Pepper once in a while." If Dr. Pepper doesn't jump on this and do a commercial...— November 8, 2008 8:41 p.m.
Rise Against Lame Winters
Well Duhbya, what is the next line? I always thought it was "and I PRETEND to pray." Sometimes I hear it as that, other times it's "And I BEGAN to pray." I read an interview with Mama Cass the other day (an old one, obviously), and she said she sang it as "pretend" but that it was written as "began"...and it was a bit of confusion.— November 8, 2008 11:41 a.m.
Snickering at Proposition 8
antigeek, it amazes me sometimes, how little you understand about my taste in movies. I LOVE movies about relationships. If they are done well. If Brokeback Mountain wasn't two guys, but a man and woman having an affair, you'd have nothing. Just two idiots cheating on their spouses. Even how the relationship started, was flat out bizarre. Basically, a rape scene. "chick flicks" can be good. I loved When Harry Met Sally and Prince of Tides. I liked The English Patient. A good movie is a good movie, no matter what the subject matter is. Brokeback Mountain just isn't a very good movie.— November 8, 2008 1:43 a.m.
Letters
My damn girlfriend thinks Ollie is a funnier writer than I am! It irks me. I try to say "Baby, that cat can write about anything regarding those TV shows. I have to write ONLY what I witness at these parties, and I may not witness anything funny." If she starts shouting out his name in bed, we're thru!— November 8, 2008 1:39 a.m.
Creative Writing Class – First Day
This was interesting. So many people have the fear of public speaking. I can totally understand that at the high school level. I once remember having an oral book report on Pele in 8th grade. I spent two days memorizing his real name (something crazy like Pelemadisenvizjefmiewvcoiefcmefia). I got up there, and talked so fast, and was in such a hurry to get back to my seat, I didn't even say his real name. And, I received a C on the report. At SDSU, I still had the fear, but that was mostly because every 75% of the women in the class I was attracted to. As an adult, though, if you are speaking for some reason...I think you can trick yourself into not being scared. Tell yourself they are there to hear you. They don't expect you to be Einstein, or Barack, or whatever else. When I was in radio, I sometimes would speak to classes about my profession. The Make a Wish Foundation asks us if we'd do speaking engagements, to try and raise money. I've always passed on that, just because there's something about asking people (in their work place) for money, I'm just not comfortable with. Now, what would be insane and scarey, is to try and do stand up comedy. I've known a few people that tried it..and the problem there is, you're basically saying that you're funny, you will make these people laugh, and you don't want to waste their time at an attempt that falls flat. I don't know how anyone can do that.— November 7, 2008 1:19 a.m.
Adult(?) Tap Class in Balboa Park
This was a long, but very enjoyable, read. Loved the line about Fosse, the Midlife Years. Gregory Hines always made tap look so easy, that I thought if you just put on those loud shoes and went thru the motions, people would just assume you knew how to tap. You could probably fool people. In the new movie The Promotion (rent it, it's great), John C. Reily has a funny scene involving tap dancing (that actually doesn't make sense, but is funny nonetheless). And, the Kids in the Hall once did a skit where David Foley is the drunk father, threatening to always kill his kid (Kevin) while he sleeps. Therefore, he gives his dad tap shoes, so he "hears him coming".— November 7, 2008 1:14 a.m.
Snickering at Proposition 8
I agree with the above post. But wgw, what is your opinion on all the fighting over the cross on Mount Soledad? Why are we wasting millions fighting over that, when a judge ruled that it's not right. In fact, why did I just call it a "cross"? All the people that want it to stay, seem to want to call it a "war memorial"...yet everyone calls it the Mt Soledad cross, not the Mt Soledad War Memorial (with veterans of war that were all religions, some of which don't have a cross as their symbol). And, the whole argument about teachers teaching it in school is one big lie. Come on. Yeah, there was a class that had a field trip. That teacher should be fired. And, it wouldn't be hard for schools to say (no matter what the law is on it), that marriage isn't to be taught or discussed in the classroom. It's not relevant to what they're learning.— November 7, 2008 1:04 a.m.
Snickering at Proposition 8
Well Ponzi, I don't discuss with him what he does with his money. Unless it involves me and how much I'm getting ; - ) Surly, you actually have a great point. My girlfriend made an interesting observation. When we saw African-Americans with signs against gays getting married, and she said "Don't they realize that at one time, they were the ones discriminated against. You'd think they'd be more sympathetic for a group of people that isn't allowed to get married." And, I agree, Surly. I think they should be allowed to get married. My point is just that...I can understand someone that goes by the logic "marriage is between a man and a woman. not a man and three women. not two men. Or two women. Or a man and his pet dog."— November 6, 2008 9:11 p.m.
I Vote...For Death By Chocolate!
And speaking of fast food, I spent 3 and a half years slaving away at McDonald's in high school. We didn't get tips, so the Starbucks folks sure don't need any! I've never seen, or heard, about not getting the change back. That's odd.— November 6, 2008 11 a.m.