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A well-timed contribution of special interest
Logan Jenkins never "pulled his punches" as a columnist and this is not a "new version" of his pre-retirement self. Logan is a native son, graceful writer, nuanced thinker and sardonic observer. Having an Airbnb rental next door doesn't lend itself to that kind of expression, nor does the politicking downtown to protect this neighborhood-destroying gig-economy new wrinkle. Logan tells it like it is, like always.— July 7, 2018 1:52 p.m.
Romance of the beach fire tainted
Back to installed concrete fire rings. They are old-timey San Diego, convivial and drive off the evening damp, and they are old-timey dangerous, too. I personally know two kids who have fallen into live embers and been burned. But I also appreciate those donors who contributed to keep concrete fire rings on the beaches. In this low-wage unregulated gig-economy world, some enterprising guy now supplies mobile firepits and fuel that burn close to boardwalk residences and pollute the air everyone breathes? Not good. There oughta be a law and serious pro-active law enforcement to prohibit it. (The same could be said for ocean kayaks stacked on the sand and swarming the waters off south La Jolla Shores.) So Cassander was right all along: the City IS derelict in protecting San Diego's beaches, our #1 natural resource. Let's get a Mayor who will pay attention.— July 7, 2018 1:37 p.m.
The Digital Gym, five years in
I am not an analyst at the movies: I am all-in. If they are scary, I am unhappily frightened. I cite early-life experiences with the terrifying "Spiral Staircase" and "Great Expectations" with Ethel Barrymore as helpless Miss Havisham getting burned alive in her moldy wedding finery. I made myself go see "Get Out" and it was okay because it was also funny, but I nearly walked out of "Beast" which had no such mitigating quality.— July 6, 2018 9:31 p.m.
Romance of the beach fire tainted
Dwbat, no number of winky smiley-faces can camouflage your bossy impulses that elicit such killer smackdowns from Cassander. I am waiting to see how long it takes for you to get the message: MYOB. Disagree if you wish, but lay off correcting, directing and offering condescending editorial guidance to others.— July 6, 2018 8:58 p.m.
A well-timed contribution of special interest
"Hefting rocks glasses at the yacht club" is a great San Diego image. The scandalous buying of political outcomes by special interests that accompanies such business-as-usual bonhomie here is really getting old. But there is hopeful change happening. Community organizer and Border activist Christian Ramirez this week was just three votes shy of qualifying for the November runoff for District 8 City Council and he may seek a recount. ACLU lawyer and Council candidate Monica Montgomery narrowly won the District 4 Council race over Labor puppet and incumbent City Council president Myrtle Cole. Ramirez and Montgomery are intelligent, devoted, up from the grassroots and with populist ideas. They share common ground with Councilmember Georgette Gomez who came from the Environmental Health Coalition to win her City Heights Council seat where she is a force for better housing, education and transportation opportunities for her community.— July 6, 2018 8:20 p.m.
The Digital Gym, five years in
You couldn't know that calling a person "Bates" in San Diego first elicits memories of a fallen former Congressman, Scotty, not the terrifying movie "Psycho" set at the Bates Motel. But I get the reference: I never did see that film because, long ago, someone told me the story on a road trip and it freaked me out. Mainly, I do appreciate that you champion brave movie enterprises like the Digital Gym.— July 6, 2018 7:24 p.m.
Morning beers flow in Terminal 2
Nice to know that if one flies Southwest or Alaska out of Terminal 1, your seatmates won't be drunk from the get-go.— July 5, 2018 7:44 p.m.
The Digital Gym, five years in
As I read about the Digital Gym's anniversary, I wonder if they still have that plastic shower curtain across the entrance to the inner sanctum. I have only gone there once, to see a movie about Cuba, in the theater's early days. (The entire time I was there, I thought about fire safety, sort of like the Ghost Ship up in Oakland.) What's preventing this proprietor from running a retrospective of Frederick Wiseman's work?— July 5, 2018 6:58 p.m.
San Diego third best recreation city
Oh please, climate, geography and outdoor attractions have not suddenly changed in San Diego, to cause us now to have so few and such expensive movie houses. Something else is afoot. Even as recently as ten years ago San Diego had many more movie theater choices than we do today. We should ask Scott Marks. I'm betting it's related to technological change.— July 4, 2018 10:15 p.m.
When San Diego fat cats run out of cash
This is the second time I've noticed The Reader posting "comments" that are work-from-home job ads (see facebook entry above from "Mario Jensen.") What's with this new practice?— July 3, 2018 10:50 a.m.