Almost Time to Fire Up the Encanto Gas Holder Shredder at SDG&E
In 2001, San Diego Gas and Electric Company (SDG&E) entered into a Voluntary Cleanup Agreement with the California Department of Toxic Substance Control. The reason for the VCA was to get a handle on numerous complaints of improper asbestos handling …
Update Little Falls 3/12/2010
Wonder why the cost of tires is going up?. The worlds largest rubber exporters are Thailand, Indonesia and Malaysia. Vietnam produces 7E5 metric tons a year but is not a member of the International Rubber Consortium. The IRC wants Vietnam …
12 sittin at the table with my wife..AM
Once again we are gonna change the clocks! I for one am glad! I do not like to sit around in the evening and then look at the clock and realize it is only 6:30pm. Winter time is the time …
beware of wet dirt!!!
Spring slinging season is in the air oh it's slingin' time again in case ur lonely i sure miss the ur mud clingin' to my hair rollin' in the mud sure makes me hungry a state of mind i can …
Biology Notes
With today's warmer weather, the bees are out in force in the orange blossoms. Hopefully not all blossoms will produce oranges, or there is the fear that limbs will snap off from the weight later in the year. Three falcons …
Should The Banks Pay Us?
Sorry I've been out of touch. Hope you missed my blogging & will read it again. I will be raring to go tomorrow when I pick up my Girl Scout Cookies! Rehashing old news: The City Streets Division has fixed …
Satire Saunters into the Reader! A word on Walter Mencken’s February 24 installment of “S.D. on the Q.T.”
This blog entry started out as a simple comment, a reply to other reader comments on Walter Mencken’s second installment of “S.D. on the Q.T.,” which still seems to invite discussion of its literary form, a bit rare in the …
Analysis of SDG&E WEBA Application to CPUC and Supporting Arguments (Part I)
In 2007, several wildfires raged through San Diego County. Many acres were burned, and several victims were killed or injured. Many others were forced to evacuate their homes and communities. The net result of those wildfires were many claims of …
i guess i just wish...../Pistol Pete
that every comment Pistol Pete had said to me hadn't been deleted after he was banned we had some real light hearted fun in print i know he was a bad actor..and had some very questionable attitudes he definitely loved …
Update Little Falls 3/10/2010
A good reason for Kim JonIL of North Korea to settle down and join the World economy. A new port in Kozmino will bring Modern Russia on line and with the East Siberian-Pacific Ocean Pipe Line (ESPO) will allow Vladimir …
Update: Beautiful Jessie has come home! And: What we learned about lost/found animals
Mica and I were touched by a neighbor's plight after I saw flyers up all over Banker’s Hill with pictures of a beautiful cat with big aquamarine eyes, snuggled close in the partially visible, bare shoulders and arms of her …
The Early Daze, part 7
When J and Quinn moved in together late in the summer of 1990, my time on Ward Road was over, but I chose (for reasons chain-bound to my barely functional, first-love induced, emotional retardation) to stay in San Diego for …
Complexity as Necessary to Advance All Financial Fraud
Do you remember when the only things one could invest in were stocks and bonds? That, and maybe some ponies in claiming races if business at the track wasn't too rich and risky for one's constitution. I was hoping that …
Tundra # 8
Tundra changed in many ways over that first year with Mushroom. His new roaming territory had expanded greatly and now included several square blocks in any direction. Many times I saw him prowling the sidewalks, lacing a track in and …
Update Little Falls 3/08/2010
Last of the Mohegan's!. Lynn Malerba will be the first woman chief since 1723. The tribe now runs the Mohegan Sun Casino, one of the Worlds largest gambling and hotel facilities. It employes nearly 10,000 people. Her Mohegan name "Mutawi …
Destination: The French Gourmet
It recently dawned on me that I've spent most of my blogging time writing about my work commute, or life in my Palatial Wooden Shack on the outskirts of eastern Tijuana. As much as I harp on my six hour …
Ramona Grass-roots Advocacy Group Opposes SDG&E WEBA Application now before CPUC
WEBA Approval by CPUC = “Limitless” Higher Utility Rates The Mussey Grade Road Alliance is opposing the Wildfire Expense Balancing Account (WEBA) application submitted by San Diego Gas and Electric Company (SDG&E;) and other investor owned utilities (“IOUs”) to the …
Party Crasher Returns - elsewhere
Party Crasher Returns - elsewhere
http://www.sandiego.com/crasher/party-crasher-ombac-s-unjust-dessert Tho the Reader's Crasher column existed before Josh Board wrote it (Daniel Ridge had the gig until late 2003), Josh seems to have taken the column name and format with him to sandiego.com -- meanwhile, the Reader revived its …
Update Little Falls, 3/07/2010
Well it has been 1 year, 2 months and 7 days since the Sun Cafe closed. John is still feeling the loss of the relationship with Judy and her family. I am on the third job change from the closing, …
SDG&E WEBA Plan Opposed by CPUC Consumer Protection & Safety Division
Nicholas Sher, attorney for consumer protection and safety at the California Public Utilities Commission, is opposing the application by San Diego Gas and Electric Company (SDG&E) and other investor-owned utilities (“IOUs”) to pass on wildfire legal expenses onto consumers through …