THOUGHTS OF MY DAD ON VETERANS DAY
A box was delivered to my home today. I felt as though I had been blindsided as I looked at the contents. There was an American flag which had been folded and carefully placed inside a plastic bag, an envelope …
CPUC's Consumer Protection and Safety Division In Need Of Wildfire Cause Data
In a matter that has been before California's Public Utilities Commission for the last two years, CPUC's Consumer Protection and Safety Division (CPSD) has come out in favor of CPSD investigators gathering their own data on California wildfire causes relating …
true love between farmhouses and trees
grow and sweetly rub up against me bloom your lilacs thru my windowsill creep pridefully thru slits in my porch don't show your faces morning glory i want you but my farmhouse decries your spiteful blue a pest unbidden and …
Update San Diego, 11/10/2010
Don't forget the Duch helped England fend off the Spanish Armada in 1588. They also forced the Portuguese the Spanish allies from the indian ocean. The duch investors bought Russian grain fields and German vineyards. About all the Spanish did …
Creepy.
I know I said creepy people are creepy, but you'e the reason why I don't believe in absolutism.
The Early Daze, part 17
Making Our Own Solar Panels?
A few days ago, my brother was telling me that people could actually make their own solar panels, and I argued that this could not possibly be so. I may be very wrong about that. Today I stumbled on an …
Kevin Beiser: Serra Mesan passionate about education
Just interviewed Kevin Beiser, who was recently elected to the San Diego Unified School District Board of Trustees. One word to describe him: Passionate. He's passionate about public education, students, parents, teachers. He's passionate about keeping budget cuts away from …
Update San Diego, 11/09/2010
On America's Southwest Culture. A good story of Mexican Culture, and out look at life. So what do you think they think of Americans. Ref; Los Angeles Times, 11/09/10 page A1 & A4. Don't forget the British destroyed China in …
Nobody Seems to Like SDG&E Proposed PeakShift at Home Rate Hike
Once I show people the A1007009 PeakShift at Work/PeakShift at Home rate hike application by San Diego Gas and Electric Company, not one of them appears to be in favor of getting billed more just because their power usage happens …
One Can Skip 2 Semesters of Algebra At City College
I wish to announce that the San Diego City College student who approached me at the beginning of this semester, without any prior credit for any college-level mathematics, earlier today passed the assessment examination for MATH 119 Statistics enrollment. I …
Update San Diego, 11/08/2010
Supertankers are Loosing money. The golobal oil-tanker flet will expand by 86.5E6 deadweight tons or 27% of the existing tonage in the next two years. This will bring up the total to 526 ships or 320.5 deadweight tons. There are …
My Adventure in Ruffin Canyon
SDG&E And UCSD Are Not PG&E And San Bruno, We Hope
Onell Soto reported yesterday that San Diego Gas and Electric Company has found a way to simulate deliveries of purified natural gas from the San Diego sewage treatment plant in Point Loma to the campus of the University of California …
Grape Soda
The sound of the grape soda I was swirling was something very familiar to me. I don’t hear it often, as we don’t drink soda that much in our family. The sound wasn’t spectacular or something you would brag about, …
Living an OBecian Life
"Move out ! We're livin' the dream here !" Who are these impertinent young men to tell me that ? I've lived thirty years longer, I raised them, I should know how to enjoy life! But did I? Was I? …
Doubts About Customers Paying For PG&E Solar Panel Production
Pacific Gas and Electric Company's recent application A1011002 to have customers pay for PG&E;'s involvement in San Jose solar panel production makes me wonder what this California public utility is up to. The A1011002 filing requests that the California Public …
New School Board Trustee Lives in Serra Mesa
Newly elected San Diego Unified School District Board of Trustees member Kevin Beiser lives in Serra Mesa, according to his campaign literature. I'm freelancing an education story today for Patch.com and my assignment is to track down the two new …
Old Horton Plaza Department Store Due For Wrecking Ball?
Whether the half-cent sales tax had passed or not, it appears the 130,000 square feet of retail space in the old Robinson's department store in Horton Plaza is not far away from the wrecking ball. Roger Showley reported this morning …
Workout Routines
Workout routines are what exercises, how many sets, how many reps etc. that you do for each muscle. For example, 3 sets of the flat bench press, 3 sets on the incline bench press, and 2 sets of flat bench …