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Starbucks, the new street corner
Nah, according to my wife, it's the extra shot of espresso... and of course the chocolate. When she makes them at home, she uses real chocolate instead of sauce. Next time you go into starbuck's, ask them for a marocchino and see how funny they look at you.— August 8, 2011 8:54 a.m.
Starbucks, the new street corner
"12.conspicuous consumption isn't the fad of the day in this economy now /:+( "belt tightening includes Starbucks coffee tabs My wife and I have lived with relatively tightened belts for the last 30 yrs or so for one reason. For the next 20 yrs or so, if we live to normal expectancy, we don't have to worry about tightening those belts and can "consume conspicuously" on occasion should we desire to do so.— August 7, 2011 5:44 p.m.
Starbucks, the new street corner
I think the ethereal pleasure derived from that occasional Venti Mocha with the extra shot of espresso is well worth the extra $13 you would have from banking that grand for a year. However, if necessary, I would sacrifice it rather than give up my Don Julio Real.— August 7, 2011 5:39 p.m.
Chamber of Commerce Backs Pension Reform
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Ack! Catwoman!
Scott, I'm somewhat suprised that you haven't made any reference to the the passing of Annette Charles. Granted she wasn't a big "star", but Grease was, still is really, an iconic film.— August 5, 2011 10:03 a.m.
Will Southern Cal Newspapers Combine?
Buying gold is a purely speculative buy, not a security buy, despite what some people think or say.— August 4, 2011 10:56 a.m.
Nuclear Steam Generator Transporter Heads East
It went through Temecula last night and headed out towards French Valley. It's going to take back roads to avoid some bridges incapable of holding its weight then get back on I-15 going north in Murrieta. Permits have been issued for it in Victorville, so it seems that they are going thru the Cajon Pass at some point, so I would imagine there would be a freeway closure coming up fairly soon. Hopefully they do it during the week so the gambling junkies on their way to Vegas don't have a fit. Clive, Utah is in the northwestern part of Utah east of SLC, so one would imagine an I-15 route most of the way BTW, the name of the company doing the move is Perkins Specialized Transportation Contracting— August 4, 2011 10:48 a.m.
Nuclear Steam Generator Transporter Heads East
The last dental xray I had was about a year ago. Apparently, at some point I had chipped a maxillary second molar,which led to decay and by the time I felt it and got to the dentist, I needed the dreaded root canal. LSS, when they did the rays, they didn't xray. They put an electronic sensor in my mouth and the looked at the image on a laptop. No xray machine, no films to look at, it was very cool. Digital xrays, very little radiation, done in a flash. BTW, my dentist said the amount of radiation exposure during a standard dental xray exam is about the equivalent of a cross country airline flight. I been on hundreds of airline flights in my time and I've driven past SanO thousands of times, so I guess the damage is done. Good thing we wanted to stop after 2 kids, I guess. LOL!!!!!— August 4, 2011 10:01 a.m.
Who Watches the UCAN Watchdog?
I recall reading in City Beat a few months ago that it was Sol Price who helped Zucchet get his position at UCAN. Essentially, he made a "donation" to them providing most of the funding for his position. According to the City Beat article, the day he resigned, Sol Price called and asked him what he needed. Zucchet said he needed a job and help with legal bills. The two men met that afternoon, and Price laid out for Zucchet how he was going to fund a new position at the nonprofit organization of Zucchet’s choosing— July 30, 2011 11:27 p.m.
UCSD's New Vice Chancellorship for "Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion" Draws Critical Blast
When I was a freshman at Berkeley, in 1969,the fees were about $150 per semester. When our oldest daughter enrolled at UCLA in 2000, the "educational fee" was about $1200 per term. Throw in all of the other misc fees and it was about $3k for the entire year. Our youngest daughter considered attending Berkeley when she graduated HS 5 years ago. At that time the undergrad fees were more than $8k. BTW, you can place the blame for tuitions squarely on the back of Ronald Reagan. During the Vietnam war era, Berkeley was pretty much an epicenter for student protests of the war. Reagan had a hard-on for Berkeley because of that. Just after he took office, he managed to get the regents to fire Berkeley's president. It finally came out in about 2002 that during his campaign for governor he was in cahoots with JEH and his feds to try and crack down on all the liberals there. After Berkeleys's president was fired, Reagan managed to get the UC budget cut by about 10% AND introduce the new "special fees" that, in effect, were the beginning of charging tuition. Our "great communicator even went as far as calling in the national guard to break up a rally that the police had "helped" escalate into a riot. A lot of people forget some of the crap Reagan pulled as governor. But some of us were there and remember it with clarity.— July 30, 2011 9:40 p.m.