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You thought I was done! Ha! Not by a long shot (I always wanted to say that...from the time I heard Clint Eastwood say it in some cheesy 70s flick). But really, I almost am. continuing with Cuddle: Regarding the women on The View. As offensive as it may be, I stand by that statement. Those women are complete dingbats. I used to think Whoopi was a brilliant comedian. With a brilliant mind. I've seen enough of her now to know that's not the case. Even Baba Wawa. She's absolutely, without a doubt, a moron. She gets mad when people interrupt her. Hey...you got 4 other women on the show! Have your own show like Joy if you don't like interruptions! --Regarding old lady tased. I stand by that, too. I just don't like an officer doing it because he is "dared to." But she was being rude, yelling, and not providing info an officer needs during a traffic stop. What would you suggest we do to people that do this (regardless of age). Keep asking them politely, while they curse, spit, scream and yell? Do we tackle them and cuff them? Do we billy club them? Or, do we warn them that they'll be tased. And if they continue, tase them. Oh...almost forgot. Then give them money so they don't sue. Yes, I'll make fun of that situation until the day I die. --Regarding the box on top of the van. You are ABSOLUTELY CORRECT. That would be horrible if the kid in the box, hit an overhead bridge like I said. I apologize for that. Had it happened, I would've been horrified by the prospect of it. But in light of it not happening, I thought it was an easy joke. I realize now, it wasn't. To say that, sounds like I wished harm to that child, which I didn't. I'm just trying to type a blog on a news story, and the possibilities of what could've happened were so horrible...although, with balloon boy...if the child had been in it, well, it's a crazy father/family, that would've been the ones creating the device and not monitoring a young child, enabling him to get inside the balloon. Heck, they even named the kid Falcon. So, had he fallen out of the balloon like a falcon flying thru the air, I would've been absolutely mortified. But, since they merely wasted my afternoon watching a bogus thing they rigged up for a reality show, I feel I at least owe it to myself, to make fun of them in any way I see fit.
— October 29, 2009 1:46 a.m.

Stringers Are NOT Reader Reporters, plus Taylor Swift's Taylor Guitar, Local Blogger Silenced By Killers, Wavves Calls SD "Wretched," SDMA Fishwrap, Zappa, Weiland, Axl, Blackheart, Ms. Beatle, Halford, Mower, more

To continue (again with apologies to Jay Sanford, who has only ticked off the drummer of The Shambles once, a bassist in the Beat Farmers, and Arthur Lee of Love, even more times than I had!) Cuddle, regarding Hispanics appearance being funny. Nowhere did I say that. It was a story about costumes, and I said the one with the huge mustache looked like Cheech Marin. It did! You ask if calling people "illegal aliens" is funny. Well, I don't think I've ever even used that phrase before. But, the costumes at Target were called "Illegal Aliens". Therefore, it would've been hard not to use the term. Just as if I blog about Jason Campbell being a horrible QB for the Redskins...well, it might offend some Indians (or family members of Jason). But that's what the team is called at the moment. --Regarding Black Barbie. Yes, that was a bad stereotype I made, regarding the Corvette having spinners. But this stems from an evening I spent with black comedian David Alan Grier, one of the funniest men on the planet. He was telling me and others, about buying a Cadillac Escalade, and how blacks all bug him for not having "cool rims" on it. He then went on and on about how blacks all have spinners on their tires and how they think it's cool. I probably should've cited that source at the time, to deflect that negativity to him! --Regarding it being illegal to speak English. Well my dear, you got that completely wrong. Are you that dense that you can't even get the point of my blogs? No wonder you're offended daily. I said it should be ILLEGAL TO DRIVE IF YOU CANNOT SPEAK ENGLISH. And I gave reasons why (not reading street signs, or understanding what emergency vehicles...cops, ambulances, firetrucks, might be shouting thru a loud speaker).
— October 29, 2009 1:39 a.m.

Stringers Are NOT Reader Reporters, plus Taylor Swift's Taylor Guitar, Local Blogger Silenced By Killers, Wavves Calls SD "Wretched," SDMA Fishwrap, Zappa, Weiland, Axl, Blackheart, Ms. Beatle, Halford, Mower, more

Adam, Russl, Refried: Contrary to popular belief, I hate even being mentioned in the same sentence as Limbaugh or those guys. I hate people like Howard Stern that really does try to tick people off, just so he gets ratings. I think that's disgusting. I'm just stating my opinions. And, I'm all for debating them. In Pete fashion, I'll respond to each of Cuddlefishes points (does she sound like someone anyone would want to "cuddle" with?) --Regarding incest. You still haven't answered the question, probably because you know you're wrong. You said it's common. How common? I say 1% or less (among consenting adults). And yes, there is something funny, when it involves to adults that "supposedly" did this NOT AGAINST their own wills. --Regarding suicidal people. Not, it isn't funny. I feel they either do it for attention, or have mental problems. Nothing funny about either of those things. But much as we laughed when Mel Gibson pushed one off with him in Lethal Weapon, I'm just trying to bring levity to a situation that turned out fine. Nobody died, but many thousands were held up for 9 hours. I was also making fun of police procedures, which don't seem to talk them down in a timely fashion. --Regarding student missing. No, nothing funny. I was just wondering how that happens. And why it happens at a Metallica concert, and not at Yo Yo Ma. It reminded me of a previous blog about the kind of music you listen to showing your intelligence. --Regarding Downs Syndrome. Nope. I don't make fun of disabilities. In fact, because of a guy I met at a party (I wrote about him for Crasher, to appear in a few weeks), I'm now going to volunteer as a basketball coach for the Special Olympics. My point with that picture was, Radiohead was listed as a "smart" group. Yet the singer looked, well...weird.
— October 29, 2009 1:33 a.m.

Stringers Are NOT Reader Reporters, plus Taylor Swift's Taylor Guitar, Local Blogger Silenced By Killers, Wavves Calls SD "Wretched," SDMA Fishwrap, Zappa, Weiland, Axl, Blackheart, Ms. Beatle, Halford, Mower, more

Geek: Wow, you nailed me good. I can't spell "dictionary". Heck, that's why I've never owned one. I don't know how to spell it, and can never find them in the book stores. I'm usually looking in the wrong letter. Also got me on the dog. I'm trying to pass it off as a Maltese. But everyone that sees it claims it's a St. Bernard. But golly, I'm gonna keep trying. It just sounds so much cooler having a Maltese. You say I try to bait you. But long ago, you said you stopped reading my blogs. So baiting you would be pointless, no? You wouldn't see it. And really, don't flatter yourself. I talk about whatever topic, news story, song, movie...floats my boat at that moment. Speaking of emails about cats and dogs, well...let's talk about the time I helped you move. You spent 2 hours looking for your cat, as you left the door open. And I loaded the truck with boxes. And you wonder why I make fun of women and their cats? (cue Amy Poehler voice: Really?) And yes, SDaniels has 10 times, heck 20 times, the vocabulary I have. She rarely wins debates with me, though. Especially when she comes into them with logic like "most cops go around abusing people." My definition of "most" means "over 51%". And if she believes that, doesn't matter how intelligent she may be when it comes to books, words, math, or whatever. She's just an...oh wait...don't want to offend. I'll switch that to: She's just naive.
— October 29, 2009 1:10 a.m.

Friends Are Like Jewels

I had many conversations with Robert at the party. I believe I even wrote about a few of them in the column (re-read; we talked about his shirt, we talked about jewelry, and he told me about many of the photos in the collage we were looking at…among other things). I talked to Sundi multiple times. The first was when I called for directions and she screamed at me (Map Quest has them wrong). At the party, I approached her, as she was screaming at someone else for putting pineapple on the wrong part of the table. My girlfriend even commented “Yikes. Maybe we should avoid her.” When I did talk to her, she told me about the antique store she used to work at or own. That was a 10 minute conversation. She also told me about how wonderful Robert was. I told her I loved her backyard and how I’d have a party here every weekend with a yard like that. She responded that they used to, but don’t have as much time. And then she explained why they wanted to do this party for Robert. She concluded by saying “But this isn’t about me, it’s about Robert. Go enjoy yourself, and don’t worry about me.” My girlfriend witnessed this, as well as another woman named Jan, who was sitting nearby. A few days after the party, Sundi felt the need to contact Jan via email. I read this email and was disgusted. Sundi went on and on about how I never talked to her and how could I possibly write a story about “Robert” without mentioning her. She cursed and said vile things, including the fact that I should not write about Roberts family as they “did nothing but show up, I did it all.” Uh, okay. I ignored this, and turned in the story as I usually would. With my observations about a variety of things, not just all Robert. And he seemed to like the results. He posted it on his Facebook, and many of his friends family posted that they enjoyed it. I even heard from many of his friends and family, that thanked me for such a wonderful article. Sundi then felt the need to post another vile letter on his website about how horrible the article was. That letter was toned down, though. As to whether or not I was drunk, well…I had a can of Dr. Pepper and one glass of wine. Not only did I hold a conversation with Jan (and did three videos…judge in those if I sound “tipsy”, but an older woman who no longer drives, was asking people if they could give her a ride home. I volunteered, but told her I wasn’t leaving for another 30 minutes. She said that was fine. We walked a far distance to where my car was parked, talking the entire time. I drove her from this location to a building in Little Italy, and I’m sure she can contend, that I was sober. My girlfriend drove (she drank cranberry juice), but we had a conversation the entire drive back to Little Italy. Again, Tam, I have no clue what you think was deleted. Nothing was from this site, unless you are referring to Facebook. And Sundi controls all that.
— October 29, 2009 12:41 a.m.

Stringers Are NOT Reader Reporters, plus Taylor Swift's Taylor Guitar, Local Blogger Silenced By Killers, Wavves Calls SD "Wretched," SDMA Fishwrap, Zappa, Weiland, Axl, Blackheart, Ms. Beatle, Halford, Mower, more

So using that logic Pete, do you feel people could do anything in public they wanted? Maybe public nudity, or ??? After all, you want to say you should be free to live your life as you want, and not worry about what kids might see. Should there not be age restrictions on R rated films? Should teenagers be allowed bo buy alcohol? Or, should you NOT be allowed to drink a can of beer while walking down the street. It really doesn't make sense, because you'd have anarchy. When the simple fact is...it's not hard to refrain from cursing at the Padres game, since children are present. Or from wearing a shirt with an offensive phrase, etc. Now, the debate you guys had about the dead body being pictured in a news story...that is a more interesting debate, as I can see both sides. With this, I can't.
— October 28, 2009 4:22 p.m.

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Stringers Are NOT Reader Reporters, plus Taylor Swift's Taylor Guitar, Local Blogger Silenced By Killers, Wavves Calls SD "Wretched," SDMA Fishwrap, Zappa, Weiland, Axl, Blackheart, Ms. Beatle, Halford, Mower, more

Stringers Are NOT Reader Reporters, plus Taylor Swift's Taylor Guitar, Local Blogger Silenced By Killers, Wavves Calls SD "Wretched," SDMA Fishwrap, Zappa, Weiland, Axl, Blackheart, Ms. Beatle, Halford, Mower, more

Stringers Are NOT Reader Reporters, plus Taylor Swift's Taylor Guitar, Local Blogger Silenced By Killers, Wavves Calls SD "Wretched," SDMA Fishwrap, Zappa, Weiland, Axl, Blackheart, Ms. Beatle, Halford, Mower, more

Stringers Are NOT Reader Reporters, plus Taylor Swift's Taylor Guitar, Local Blogger Silenced By Killers, Wavves Calls SD "Wretched," SDMA Fishwrap, Zappa, Weiland, Axl, Blackheart, Ms. Beatle, Halford, Mower, more

Friends Are Like Jewels

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