View From the Top
On Monday I was scouting locations for a magazine shoot and ended up on top of some of the highest rooftops in San Diego. Wow! What a trip! The building engineers at Bayside and Grande North were kind enough to …
The Early Daze, part 9
what some Canadian r saying about the Ann Coulter/Ontario visit
u will see that many phrase r repeated over and over again but don't let that stop u from reading...the new writer is just calling on a phrase he/she intends to speak about...Canadian also like to quote people...it's a Brit …
Update Little Falls 3/24/2010
Walking to dinner I seen some signs of Spring. Seen two small black beetles walking on the side walk, the trees are starting to push out buds, and there are sings of green in the grasses. I have been watching …
Spin, Spin, Spin
As I watched Kevin Faulconer and Tony Young on KUSI this morning, it struck me how dishonest they both were. They both seem to deny the things they and the Mayor have done to strip protection from the citizens of …
A Safe Internet
It amazes me how we have expensive security systems on our homes, high tech locks on our cars, alarms that go off at a moments notice of being near something that doesn't belong to you, but we buy, sell, communicate, …
Update Little Falls 3/23/2010
Beijing-Spring sandstorms. I would suggest a solution to this problem. To read a story in the Saturday Evening post of 1/17/1931 page 14, you would think of a better time for Beijing. You would see the Baluchitherium roaming the bogs …
Tundra # 10
Update Little Falls 3/22/2010
Walked over to the dam on Sunday after the 10:30 mass. The sun was out, the water flow is a bit slower now and most of the ice is gone. A few tree limbs are jamed in one of the …
The Freedom of Information Act and the Fed Discount Window
Most of us had never heard of the Federal Reserve Discount Window until the Crash of 2008. Ordinarily, very few banks had to use the access to ready cash that a discount window facility was empowered to loan. There are …
TGIF Sun Lovers
it's that first weekend of Spring...the beaches r hopping...and u can get a beer on any watercraft u can swim to i'm doin' the happy dance!!
Green Shamrocks
This blog is dedicated to the memory of someone I had the pleasure of calling FRIEND, a special Irishman, attorney, and dear friend to many, Dan Broderick. I know he's watching over us all and probably wondering why we don't …
On Demand
I like to watch movies and I like the On Demand concept. On the internet. Cox made some website changes awhile ago. They have a place to click to take you to a page to see what movies are available …
Inked/edited
you wrote me back into your book with scribbled words dripping honeyed in between the spaces of your ribs bruises on the knives edge of your hips long dark hair flowing to add a curtain to the twinkle in your …
Update Little Falls 3/20/2010
I see French President Nicolas Sarkozy has the beef in his hands. But to be French means eating croissants, brie and duck confit. Ref: The Wall Street Journal, 3/20-21/10 page A16 A note on oil exploration in the Gulf of …
Thieves, Liars and Politicians
I was speaking with a friend, recently, about how confusing the laws of this country can be. It seems that if you break into someone's home and steal, you are a thief, and go to jail. If you are a …
Sempra Energy cutting jobs?
Word comes this morning that Sempra Energy, with revenues falling in 2009 to only $8 billion down from around $11 billion each for 2007 and the Crash of 2008, is cutting jobs at corporate by shifting responsibilities down to its …
Update Little Falls 3/19/2010
I see Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is talking about hatching chickens now with Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and Foreign Minister Scrgey Lavrov, about nuclear power in Iran. The U.S. Senate and House talk about pork-barrel spending all …
21st Century Mailing
Update Little Falls 3/18/2010
A look at the history of the tastes of the art of former Federal Reserve Chairmans. The sense of freedom in the expression of art may enhance the development of investment of money in expressed directions. Ref: The Wall Street …