New Mom.
Peoples opinons on what its like to be a new mom differ from night and day. Some people really love it (THATS ME!) and some people are not so into it. While I can understand the other aspect of it …
MY HOOD.
Many people get different illusions of what it is like to live in southeast San Diego. Some people are afraid because it is the heart of the ghetto, some people are intrigued by the "FLAVA" of the neighborhood and some …
Rain for a Parched week
Gimmick
"There it was. The unbearable thing was not the fear that the Great Spirit had forsaken man, nor even that in granting awareness of death, He had made man’s hope ridiculous, but that from the beginning He had made no …
Near Death On Mission
Update San Diego, 9/30/2010
Looking at Bill Gates and Warren Buffett in Bejing I am told there are 875,000 millionairs in China, in American dollars, but the average Chineese income is around $3,600.00 a year.The Chinese told Bill and Warren that they are not …
Rescue of a Pirate
Scooter Riders of San Diego
I am a black American man who rides a scooter. Neighbors shout “Euro-Negro!” as I cruise through the hood on this un-American vehicle wearing slim-fit slacks and a cardigan made of cloned lamb’s wool available only from a top-secret facility …
Random Observations during an Eight-Minute Trolley Ride
It’s seven o’clock on a Saturday morning, and I’m standing at the Linda Vista Trolley Station, one of two people shivering in the frigid air. My ride’s about a minute late, but it comes as no surprise. That’s because I …
back at the ranch
I crashed the cymbal and tore into the drum set for the final fill. I had just finished playing for the first time at a popular local jam session and I wanted to make sure everyone would remember me. Judging …
Pb sucks, and I'm old!
Let me begin by telling you that I’m not a d-bag, a frat boy, or a surfer dude. I live in PB. That said, I buck the trend of a typical resident as best I can. Anyways, I’m what I’d …
47
"I'm not just a number! Dammit, I'm a man!" --Bob Seger, from "Feel Like A Number." What does 47 mean to me right now? Well, many things, really: 1) In elementary school, I wore number 47 on my softball jersey …
Update San Diego, 9/30/2010
Talk about moving up fast. Kim Jong-un is now 2nd in command to his father. He is a four star geneal, member of the Central Commitee and vice chairman of the Central Military Commission. Kim Jong il's sister Kim Kyong …
1st chapter
I have always wanted to write some fiction..... I was laying on the bed looking up at the fan. I was keeping beat with the click, click of the rotating blade. I was thinking how did I end up here? …
WEDNESDAY
SO here I am again. It is another wednesday and it has been a great week. I went to the Disc Golf tourney this weekend and I was so excited for my friends who had a chance to win 25,000$. …
Warriors Just 19
this is a memoriam and a sad sad tribute to those lads who lost their way in Viet Nam "The tools of conquest do not necessarily come with bombs and explosives and fallout. There are weapons that are simply thoughts, …
Update San Diego, 9/28/2010
Jong-un youngest son of Kim Jong-il was made a four-star general in the Korean People's Army- KPA. Jong-un was educated at the Swiss International School of Berne under the name of Pak Chol. He made many friends with American childrenof …
Not at the end of Lonely Street
Not at the end of Lonely Street It’s 1:15 AM and, exhausted, I toss my panties on the bedroom floor. They land on the current San Diego Reader, which is lying on top of yesterday’s socks. Kiki the Cat is …
El Blvd de los Muertos (The Blvd of the Dead)
"The guy down the street saw her last night," shouted Eric as he walked through the front door. "See ma, I told you she was real. The guy down the street saw her last night!" Trini and I were watching …
The Early Daze, part 15