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Idiotic Football Players
All breeds of dog are occasionally aggressive. I have been bit once. By a pug!!! No one is going to report on that. I did not have the media swooping in to broadcast the vicious attack on my person by a pug. The size and strength of the dog is indicative of the amount of damage they can do. Unfortunately for pitbulls, that amount is considerable. Think back. Remember when Dobermans were the scary breed? Do you ever hear about them now? No. It was because the media used them in movies to portray a dangerous animal, and they starting being bred and trained to have aggressive traits. This is common now with the pitbull breed. I wish it would go away. I really do. There is a wonderful dog at the Humane Society. She has scars all over her and she is huge. She also was a breeder. Her stomach sags and she is painful to look at. She is one of the favorite animals there. She is loving and sweet and I don't think anyone will adopt her. Because she looks scary, like she could kill you in a second, no one is willing to take the risk. If you pet her, she rolls over on her stomach and wags her stub. All dogs are risky. Little dogs are far more likely to bite you than a big dog. Like I stated above, that does not constitute a media barrage. I would be a laughing stock. Could you imagine? "I've just been bitten by a pug! Send someone immediately!!" Once they stopped laughing, they would advise me to go the hospital and get a shot or something.— May 23, 2009 3:45 p.m.
Federal Defenders fights to stop courtroom shackles in San Diego
It is an inherent right for a woman to change her mind. I've started paying more attention to The Reader blogs. Refried, you are an exceptional writer.— May 23, 2009 11:28 a.m.
Idiotic Football Players
Ryan "Spleef" strikes again. Read this - "after a woman let the dog out of the cage in the backyard". You say you "don't buy" the fact that pitbulls are no more dangerous than other dogs. How many poodles are kept in cages? The retards that keep these poor creatures confined, who constantly abuse them, who give them amphetamines, who put gunpowder in their food to keep them in a heightened state of pain and readily angered for fighting purposes are not responsible? It is the breed?!?! Come on, even you, who is trigger-happy to blame the person and not the upbringing should see that these poor dogs are not usually owned for family purposes. My mother rescued a pitbull named Dano. This guy is the sweetest thing you have ever encountered. He is now 12 years old. He was originally used as a guard dog for a meth house. When she first got him, they thought he was at least 9. She has had him for ten years. Guess what? Showered with love, he thrived.— May 23, 2009 11:10 a.m.
The Osprey Family of Ocean Beach
Thank you for capturing that on "film"!! Your videos are award-worthy. Seriously, you should consider doing a documentary on Ocean Beach. This sounds really cheesy, but when I watch these I get goosebumps. There is a ton of history here. My husband grew up in Point Loma, and he and his friends remember when the Hell's Angels took up residence in OB briefly, and also when the Strand showed X-rated movies. Not that that is important, but it is interesting. In the village of Point Loma, what is now La Scala used to be a bar called "The Booby Trap". You can guess what kind of bar it was. Our peninsula is a veritable smorgasbord of stories. You strike me as someone with the talent to bring it to life. Think about it!— May 23, 2009 10:21 a.m.
Surfers and Sunset at the Pier
Your videos are so good! I just watched the one with Shady the Cat and I felt like I was there. I loved that last clip of her walking toward the camera, but stretching first. Soooo cat-like. I live in the area and recognize your home. Sorry to get off track with your current post, but as a fellow animal lover I have to thank you for taking care of her. Is she still around? This video is fantastic, as well.— May 22, 2009 5:16 p.m.
Growing Old Gracefully?
Beauty is a blessing and curse. You are discounted if you are, discounted if you are not. More so if you are not, but if you are, you never know if that is your only value. I was born an ugly duckling who turned into a swan in 10th grade. Fortunately, I had to develop a sense of humor to get me through the early years. I also read alot, which allowed me to hold my own in a conversation. But I still cannot get past the demands heaped on us by Madison Avenue and the media to continue this quest for eternal youth when it becomes no longer fun, but a fight.— May 18, 2009 7:19 p.m.
Being Funny
It was fun. Perry Ferrell is a riot, and Dave Navarro kicked ass, as usual. And nobody got up on their political soapbox, which was a relief.— May 17, 2009 10:48 a.m.
Being Funny
Chelsea Handler is going to be in Playboy. Just goes to show you what they can do with a little airbrushing. You know what's funny? Trent Reznor's starting to look like Henry Rollins. I've never seen him so huge! What did you think of the concert?— May 17, 2009 10:33 a.m.
Big Bottoms
Want to hear something interesting? It is actually more difficult to be an older mother. When women are young, they are closer to their emotional state as teens, and tend to be more carefree in their parenting and enjoy playing with their kids. Older mothers are more inclined to approach parenting as a project, and become overly involved in their kids lives while trying to juggle a husband, a house and most times, a job. They experience more stress. If I think about it, I would have been a much better mother in my twenties. I don't know now if I would even want the responsibility (I have no children). Did you see the movie "He's Just Not That Into You"? The scene where Jennifer Aniston sees her sister's husbands sitting on the couch, drinking beer and watching sports while the women where all taking care of the dishes, groceries, etc? That scene summed up the attitude of a lot of men. My question is this - why do women pick up where their husband's mothers left off? I would be the same way if I had someone cleaing up after me all the time. That is a huge problem in most marriages. Women having to do the majority of the housework. Men are not judged on the cleanliness of the home. If a house is dirty, it is always "Oh, my God, she is such a bad housekeeper!" And the man makes the majority of the mess. I am not saying all men are like this. My husband does a fair amount of housework compared to most of his friends. I'm not saying that he was always like this. When we first got married, we would invite people over for dinner. I would clean all day, then cook the meal while he set the table. By the time dinner was served, I was tired and pissed-off. And I would be bewildered by how he could watch TV while I was scrubbing and cleaning like a madwomen. I realized, after spending time with his parents, that this is how he was raised. It really just did not occur to him to do serious cleaning. Someone had always done it. We solved this problem - we now have someone come about every three weeks to do serious cleaning, and we keep it pretty tidy in between.— April 20, 2009 3:25 p.m.
Big Bottoms
Are you aware that even though most children have two parents, about 90% of the parenting falls to the mother? To demonize women who travel with their children is insensitive. I would say that most of the time they have no choice. And I doubt very much they are traveling for their "social life". It is usually to see grandparents or other relatives. Women are prone to major depression twice as much as men. Studies have shown that this is in part due to their subordinate position in a male dominated world. Giving birth it a physically terrifying, painful and exhausting process, yet they are expected to just go home and carry on as if they had a mole removed. Not to mention the postpartum depression that affects the majority of woman after childbirth due to the almost instantaneous decline of estrogen. They are also inundated with images in the media that indicate they should be feeling nothing but maternal bliss after the birth of their children. Nothing could be further from the truth. Most mothers of young children are exhausted, isolated, loathed for being working mothers as well as stay at home moms, and the ones I know tell me in private that if they had to do it over, they would give it more thought, because they were completely unprepared for the lack of support from their spouses. And please don't tell me, well, they should not have had kids. If men gave birth, the human race would cease to exist.— April 20, 2009 2:26 p.m.