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Feeding the Beast
"You don't hear about folks from the mid-west running to the doctor every time someone hurts their feelings." You don't hear about people from the South doing that, either. "They just take it outside...." Here, they sue.— November 16, 2009 6:35 p.m.
Bonus Blog: Classic YouTube Moments
Re #3: (With great disappointment): http://www.austin360.com/blogs/content/shared-gen… Want more Gladys? http://www.gladyshardy.com/ http://www.amazon.com/Love-Jesus-But-Drink-Little… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DqvWQgE7lek http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3XVRwgNoLU&featur… Possible suspects: http://greatertuna.com/— November 16, 2009 9:12 a.m.
Feeding the Beast
Hey Grant, look what was on the front page of Yahoo! this morn: http://msn.careerbuilder.com/Article/MSN-2083-Wor… Let me know what your particular SCDH scores. :) "I need to condition myself to not be in a frenzy all the time and approach life in the present moment. Ugh, that was really new-agey. Oh, well. That may be part of the master plane." No, THAT was really new-agey. (The typo, I mean.) :) "Disclaimer..." <delete> Grant, it's California. I'm pretty sure at least a few visits to a shrink are mandatory, just like New York (see Woody Allen). The participants of this site alone could keep every San Diego APA member's schedule completely booked. ;)— November 16, 2009 8:47 a.m.
Bonus Blog: Classic YouTube Moments
I remember the Gladys conversation when it originally aired. Absolutely hilarious. I guess you've seen Mariah's reaction to "Ken Lee." http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnlSLN63Loc&NR=1 Most gracious. Good on her. (Of course, she probably laughed her ass off later.)— November 15, 2009 11:37 p.m.
Loosening Family Ties
Fred sed: "He knows how to do it." "To know and not to do is really to not yet know." -- Chinese proverb God in the sky or God in the bottle. What's the difference? Alcoholics and drug addicts frequently become religious addicts next, not realizing that they're just bouncing from one mood-altering addiction to another. At least the religious addicts seem somewhat happier (even if more annoying).— November 15, 2009 10:45 p.m.
Frosty and the Icebird
"That bouncy thing didn't work right, though--bet they don't sell them anymore--ate gravel every time :)" Say it ain't so! I was gonna bounce on over to eBay & get one! :(— November 15, 2009 9:20 p.m.
Feeding the Beast
Re #34: Because I'm not THERE, Daniels. There needs to be some footwork involved for interviews, touring sites, pics and possibly video, etc. Needs to be somebody in SD. If somebody doesn't pick up the ball and run with it, it'll remain on my backburner until the happy day when/if I return. :)— November 15, 2009 7:54 p.m.
Feeding the Beast
I just had an idea, while reading this "Wish List" at the Helen Woodward Center http://www.animalcenter.org/donate/goods.aspx ...which is a place that's as close to the brick-and-mortar part of my idea as any I've ever seen -- except for the central idea of being an umbrella organization, which is the most important part. SOMEONE...say, someone with a lot of time on her hands that loves animals, for example...should do a blog exclusively on the San Diego animal charities. A new one every week, with their mission statement, goals, history, activities, wish list, any YouTube vids pertaining to them (which you can usually embed within the blog), website, their contact info, etc. If I were down there, I'd do it myself. Run around to the facilities, take pictures to go with the blog. Maybe even original video. Kinda the internet version of what I was thinking of, bringing them all under the "umbrella" of the blog itself. Blog title each week is the name of the organization. Free publicity for them, most likely resulting in new membership and donations. Contacts may be made that never would have occurred otherwise. Big opportunity to change the trajectory of some lives of people, and animals. In fact, I could see this blog and this blogger becoming a very well-known figure, a voice for these orgs and the animals they support. It would just have to be a consistent weekly column. It might start with an introductory entry that contains a helpful list of links (such as the one above) to all the orgs the writer intends to cover in the coming weeks. Then, just check them off as you conduct visits and interviews. A nicely balanced rotation between very large orgs and very small ones, wild animals and domestic ones would make it more interesting. Whaddya say? :)— November 15, 2009 7:32 p.m.
Feeding the Beast
Ms G related: "I do have one bit of news that might cheer you up - the San Diego Humane Society and the North County San Diego Humane Society are merging. http://www.sdhumane.org/site/PageServer?... Their reason? Together we can do more. People are starting to get it. Consolidation = power." YES! That is AWESOME! I'm so glad to hear that. I wish that group after group of the other little animal charities would follow suit. There were so many. Orgs for turtles, bats, house rabbits, assistance dogs, and everything else you could possibly think of. This looks like a pretty good directory of animal charities in SD. http://www.volunteermatch.org/search/orgs.jsp?r=m… In fact, just glancing at the list, PAWS says they need an accountant. I was always fascinated by this particular place http://www.animalcenter.org/therapeuticriding/ ...but never made it up there for a visit. Sounds like a marvelous facility. For me, it would be especially wonderful to be around horses again, so the therapeutic riding program always interested me. I hope you 'do' get a job in animal welfare, Grant! Hopefully one that pays the rent! And I'm ELATED to hear that Clyde is still alive and well! Lying in the sun, chillin' like a furry little villian! Those cagey old rascal boys -- both Sylvester and Clyde probably have a half-dozen different women feeding them. Schuysters. Kudos to you as well, Cuddles! Got a whole herd, huh? How many head ya got?— November 15, 2009 6:59 p.m.
Basically Little Dinosaurs
"Ya been robbed, AG!!!!!" Story of my life, Cuddle. More than you know. I tend to agree. Dubai is mos def not "San Diego Craigslist." We'll not even mention the fact that beyond THAT immediate disqualification, there really doesn't seem to be a set price. It just states that the land "has large gold deposits estimated to contain well over one $Billion dollars in reserves. Located in Bolivia, South America".....whiiiiiich makes it sound like a total scam, on top of everything else. It's probably those goshdarn Nigerians again. :) So, who wants to email them?— November 15, 2009 6:22 p.m.