Hexagonic dining
This time around, we dined at only 1 restaurant during Restaurant Week. We chose Hexagone because it was new to us. My friend (heretofore in this blog to be known as DA) and I were there last Monday night. I …
Doodle 3
12/04/2009- Ok I know I have been in a cave for a long time or a semi time warp or even in another dimension. But does anyone know where Osama Bin Laden is?? I must've missed it when he was …
The Buttons
When I was a kid growing up in Clairemont in the late sixties, naturally, I walked everywhere…to school, to my friend Albert’s house a block over, to the store for candy bars with my hard-earned weekly allowance, to the canyon, …
Newly Much-Bigger City Solar Fee No Problem for Stand-Alone Systems?
At first, I was vastly disappointed by the huge hike in the permit fee that San Diego will be now charging for "all" solar systems, but it seems that "all" solar systems actually means "all that want to be counted …
Update Little Falls 1/22/2010
We may have found Princess Eadgyth of the English Royal family, half-sister to King Athelstan. The remains are in the Magdebury Cathedral in Germany. Ref: USA Today,1/21/10 page 4D Good story on green energy and fossil fuel subsidies. Ref: Star …
Update Little Falls 1/20/2010
Just a note that Haiti's presidential Palace, a Beaux Arts structure was built by U.S. Navy engineers in 1918 and it has met it's match. They should have used Marines!. Ref: USA Today, 1/19/10 page 11A Also I see the …
San Diego City Council to Review SDG&E as to Electric Franchise?
It is about time, isn't it? The members of the San Diego City Council appear to have power under the Electric Franchise (city ordinance 10466 of 1970) to review the actions of the franchise grantee for illegalities. According to the …
a mediation on a Goddess and pic of the growth
I'm a sandalwood savage banking up the fire and embers of my Goddesses essence tending ever tending my lovers sacred flame for 2000 years i have tended her fire waiting for my Goddess to form bringer of substance's for my …
A wallow on old wood
Update Little Falls 1/21/2010
Well Irwin Jacobs will be moving on with Carver yacht and marquis Yacht in Pulaski,Wis with the recall of 200 workers in the next few weeks. the J&D acquisitions LLC under Jacobs and John Paul DeJoria with John Paul Mitchell …
Is that my Penis?
So, after taking yesterday off, I come into work and get involved in a very strange conversation with two of the women at work. I have known them for years, and we have talked about the strangest things. They are …
On Opportunities for the Governator to Get Things Right: Prison Overcrowding, California Cadet Corps, and Pardons for Hazardous Heroic Duty
Certain things have to get done by the Governor of California today at the latest to have done the right thing for state prison overcrowding. At least that's the opinion of a juxtaposition of judges at the federal level who …
$$$ and Dolphin Shorts
It was the summer of 77. Summer vacation was just about over, and my friend and I were bored. We flipped on the TV (we were able tune 3 channels in those days) and suddenly appearing on our screen was …
Grinding the Face of the Poor
I was afraid that by returning to SD I would start another cycle of face grinding which is comparable to a school of sharks smelling your blood in the water. Luckily, things have turned out pretty good and I am …
Bootie Boy and Savali Man
I have much to write and so little time. Yesterday was a joy despite all the talk of being on the street...I have it better than so many others without jobs or vehicles or money. I will get through until …
Sped-Up Sunset Scenes
A few scenes from a mid-January sunset on Ocean Beach, played back at 4 to 10 times normal speed. Highlights include a steady stream of beachgoers, a big squad of birds doing a fly-by, and set after set of waves …
Adjusting the SDG&E Franchise Fee & Solving Our Short-Term Deficit
We need to increase the annual SDG&E electricity franchise fee from 3% to 20% (Section 17, Ordinance 10466). The fee was set after considerable negotiation in good faith in 1970. It has remained at 3% ever since then,, including after …
CCDC and other disappointments
The internet can be interesting and with the economy we seem to look for deals. So, I signed up with Half Price San Diego, hoping for some coupons. Instead ALL of their e-mails are unintelligible: "<img src="http://www.halfpricesandiego.com/newsletter/images/header.gif" alt="Half Price San …
Island Escape Within the City
It has been a long three weeks at work. I am tired. I want to sleep for days. The holiday craziness with its seven day workweek and 16 hour workday has finally ended, weeks after Christmas. Walking dogs for a …
We were all going to...DIE!!!
My six year old son loves to read the news. So, there I was, reading the comic-strip page, and there he was reading the important stuff. He goes on to tell me (this was earlier this week) that an unknown …