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Strike Three! You're Out! A 9-year-old pitching sensation.
In one of Magic Johnsons books....he talks about parents hating him in youth basketball, because he made all the shots. Not just parents of kids on the other team, but his own team. They wanted to see their kids score. So, he started passing the ball all the time. Insane. Although, anti...your hardcore liberal views don't always mesh with this philosophy. I've argued with some liberals, one being my friend that's a professor at Berkley...he was happy that the UC schools lowered the entrance scores for certain races that weren't being represented well in the schools. I thought that was wrong. There were some Asian students that got better test scores, but couldn't get in, because minorities with lower test scores got special treatment. What's your opinion on that?— August 30, 2008 5:58 p.m.
Pregnant Parking, Wasps' Nests, Suggested Donations, "Arms" Hotels
Nice gemini. That was a great post. I guess my logic isn't that pregnant women shouldn't shop. But, that it might be hard for someone that is 150 pounds overweight to walk, so maybe there should be designated parking spaces for them. And, before you know it, they start having different spaces for all kinds of things. The worst, though, is seeing a handicapped person, with the stickers and placard and everything, park in a REGULAR spot. I want to slap 'em and say, "Look at those 8 spaces near the front, that I'm not allowed to park in. Utilize those!!! Don't take one of the spaces I could use." Them damn folks in wheelchairs and crutches. They got it made.— August 30, 2008 11:57 a.m.
Caylee Case...and Roman Polanski in Paris
UPDATE: just saw on the news, they re-arrested the mom. Weird. The lawyer is out front, saying he won't talk to the media, or be bullied into making statements.— August 30, 2008 1:17 a.m.
Dive Bar Dwellers
Holy crap! A fan club. I thought if my name, and club, was ever used in the same sentence, it would be about someone that witnessed me eating two club sandwiches at a restaurant, and what a pig I was. Well, here's an update on the crazy woman in the article. She text messaged my friend. Said she got fired because of the story. My friend, and I, don't buy it. He said she often "loses" jobs. And, it really doesn't make sense. Because, I do not say the name of the woman that slapped me. Even though, it is the same woman that is mentioned later in the story. I wrote it like that on purpose. She had been sending me a bunch of emails, about joining some kind of networking group. I never responded. Yet I kept getting the emails. And, at another party I went with her to, it was at this huge house. A few big name newscasters were there. It was odd, because she'd come over and talk to me, about how much she liked a friend of mine. Yet...oh well, I don't want to get into it all. But, yeah, she's a bit bizarre. I've always said if a woman hit/slapped me, I'd have no problem laying them out. But, she caught me off guard. And, when everyone laughed, it became more of a drunken person acting weird, and I let it go.— August 30, 2008 1:14 a.m.
Jack in the Box, Rubio’s, Charlotte Russe, WD-40, and Callaway Golf face a double whammy:
I can't do the "response to post #8" and all that, because I can't remember who said what. And I'm too lazy to scroll back up. But, Picnic'n chicken. I remember that place. I loved it. Regarding them making a profit, hate to burst your bubble, but they probably still are. All thru high school I worked at McDonald's in Mira Mesa (mid-80s). My owner told me the large Cokes we were selling for $.89, only cost him 5 cents. And, the hamburgers we were selling for $.49, only cost him about 12 cents. A friend of mine that recently sold the Subway Sandwiches he owned in Point Loma, told me the Coke prices haven't gone up much. A large soda (which he probably sold for $1.25 or something), only cost him around 7 cents. So, even on those value menues, they make a profit. But, a friend of mine pointed something out. You can see the cheap stuff plastered all over the windows. But once you're inside, you don't see it anywhere. They hope that you forgot all that once you're in the door, and buy a $6 burger, a huge shake, etc. And, I usually do. I figure, unless you're homeless living on the streets, buy the food you like, and don't worry as much about the prices.— August 29, 2008 1:58 a.m.
Pregnant Parking, Wasps' Nests, Suggested Donations, "Arms" Hotels
Thank you, Spark. You said it better than I was about to. I'm all for chivalry. I hold doors open for women. I pick up checks. I would tip my hat...if, I wore a hat. But it's one thing to be disabled, and "need" to still go to the mall, and having the convenience of "handicapped parking". Or, having something that feels like "50 pounds of bricks", and DECIDING to go out for a day of shopping (on a side note: if it's 50 pounds, why is the kid 7 pounds when it's born?) I've said before...women get the short end of the stick. In so many health related things....having babies, breast cancer, etc etc etc. But, I hate when women play the "men would never be able to have a kid" card. That's crap. I've seen first hand, that women have a lower tolerance for pain then men.— August 29, 2008 1:16 a.m.
Money (That's What Everyone Wants)
UPDATE: I heard on the news today, that someone robbed a bank in San Diego. Two dye packs went off, so the robber thru them out the car window. Other cars stopped to pick up the loot. Cops showed up, arrested another driver. Bank employees said, "No, no...that isn't the thief." Cops said, "Oh. Well, he is now." They're charging the other drivers with a few things. I love it. But, an expensive lawyer will get them out of the charges. They'll simply say "Uh, we stopped to pick up the money, to return it." And, you won't be able to prove otherwise.— August 29, 2008 1:11 a.m.
Money (That's What Everyone Wants)
I have the perfect solution to that. I noticed the same thing. And, I was guilty of it. And I thought how odd it was that that person must wonder why my head is down. Part of me thought I was doing them a favor, in case they didn't want to talk, or have any kind of greeting. So, what I do now is, as we're approaching (say, 40 feet and closer), I look down. As to not make them feel awkward as to why a dude is staring at them. And, just as we approach I look up, smile, say "hello" or "How ya doin?" Because, as you say, to not do that would just be weird, since you both obviously noticed each other a few minutes prior. And, if you look at them early on (say, at the 40 feet mark), they might not even notice you looking at them, and you think they do (like in the movie In Bruges, when Colin Farrell is mad at the midget for not saying "hi" to him when they passed on the street). Or, they wonder why you're spending so much time looking at them.— August 28, 2008 10:42 a.m.
NBA Players Recent Tragedies
Thanks for posting that. I'll check it out. Nice play on "Wayne's World".— August 28, 2008 10:38 a.m.
Pregnant Parking, Wasps' Nests, Suggested Donations, "Arms" Hotels
Sometimes...the "donation" has to be paid. For example, at the Petco Parking lot last weekend, it was a "suggested donation" of $5 to go see all those great bands (Black Keys, Grand Ole Party, Kinky, Common, Buddy Akai). Two people were at the door collecting $5 from everyone. And, I remember at bars, when certain bands were playing there'd be a "donation", and you pretty much had to pay that to get in. I asked what the deal was once. I was told something about a law, that had to do with an entertainment permit if there is a cover at the door, but that it's different if there's a "donation", or something like that. It's all a blur now. But...I'll bet if Paul sent a penny, they wouldn't send the item. If you wrote and asked why, they'd say "It will cost us more in postage," or some such thing. Regarding the pregnant women parking...hey, if a pregnant woman can walk around the mall, using her husbands credit card to buy baby clothes (and I'm sure, clothing for herself), she can surely walk the extra 500 feet to park further back!!!!— August 28, 2008 1:42 a.m.