Mohawk Mountain Madness
They rise above Interstate 8 in subtle geologic splendor, their rocks blackened by a million suns, their ridges sculpted by desert winds, rare winter frosts, and infrequent rains... living reminders of the Old West in a brutally harsh environment which …
Triple Treat ("I ain't talkin' Baskin-Robbins!!!")
One of my most memorable excursions as a paid tourist occurred over Memorial Day Weekend, 1999. The adventure began as I was rolling west on Interstate 40 near Tucumcari, NM... I had just delivered a load of flammable liquids to …
Monkey Business In Manhattan
Daunted by metropolitan gridlock, dangerous low-clearance sites and Draconian truck restrictions, experienced professional truck drivers typically groan with displeasure at the thought of dragging a 53' wagon into NYC. Veteran of numerous commercial sightseeing jaunts to Brooklyn, Queens, and the …
My First Aerial Client
In 2009 I had begun sharing some of my aerial photos on Facebook and also at my photoblog DailyFrame. I was surprised and excited one day when I got an email from a friend of mine who works at Point …
Homeless Consultants On The Range
HOMELESS CONSULTANTS ON THE RANGE I never really figured out what a consultant does, and there are lots of things about the homeless that are mysteries to me (like, how do they make it?). So why not get two for …
Update San Diego, 2/24/2011
Remember the get rid of the penny and round up to the nickle. That way they could get and extra 2.5%. Now Ralph's is dropping your reward points of less than 500 in the last quarter of the year. That …
Apologies to Village Woodies And Others
I'll meet ya up the trail russl
i found out this AM that one of the Reader's proofreaders headed up the trail before us...i want to say that russl was very nice to me personally and never had anything derogatory to say to me in spite of …
21 Days to Change
It's 2011 and we're making our way into the Month of March, wow how quickly time has flown. What have you done to advance your health this year? Are you working towards any New Year's Resolutions? We often set up …
hands across the screen
i had some interesting thoughts yesterday visiting with people in the 2D world...and the 3D world..... it was about privacy and sharing...non sequitors eh this could become a problem of logic called "on the horns of a dilema".....if A then …
Younger Than Yesterday
Things I Would Never Know...
...unless I happened to be flying directly over the Hotel Del Coronado...or, maybe clicked HERE I guess looking at the beautiful Hotel Del and the view from the white sandy beaches at Coronado probably caused me to overlook an obvious …
Small Craft Sailing As A Zen Exercise
I was born in the Emerald City 48 years ago and I've witnessed some drastic changes in this burg, none of them for the better. Crowds, traffic, heller noise, crime... the whole nine yards. When I was young, my friends …
New Music Video
"The message of this music video is simple, we must first learn how to not live in self defeat and then be thankful for what we are and for what we have". - Paul Cannon The Paul Cannon Band has …
its raining
What Redevelopment REALLY Looks Like
I just walked over to the corner store and saw the cover of the UT discussing how San Diego is scrambling to lock up 4 BILLION dollars in redevelopment projects in case the Governor shuts down redevelopment altogether in March. …
Sand in the Potato Salad
I would rather live in Imperial Beach than any other place in the United States. I’m serious. It may very well be the best and the last of the “real” Southern California beach towns. I’ve heard it all . . …
It’s Hard to Change Direction When You Are Falling Off A Cliff
November. I’m driving south on 5 near Sea World Dr. during the afternoon rush hour. Happy as can be, not a care in the world except the itch on my arm from the flu shot I just endured. Then I …
Update San Diego, 2/15/2011
With the California budget coming up almost every day in politics and the newspapers I have looked at it as the next 9/11. We went from the Feudal Age to the Mechanical Age and are now moving into the Electronic …
That Old Box