The Tragedy of the Chicken
When I was young my dad would take me to do laundry on Newport Ave. Those weekly laundry sessions are some of the first memories I have. One time, when I was six or seven - the year was maybe …
Do You Love Vintage Jewels?
In the Victorian era and up until the 1930s, jewelers strung crystal beads on fine silver or gold chain to ensure that the necklace and bracelet would never break. If you find a chain strung strand at a flea market …
MOM INTERRUPTED
Being a single mother is a challenge that no other could understand unless they are themselves are a single parent. Thinking that this would be the hardest challenge I would ever face in my lifetime, I have recently found otherwise. …
Update Little Falls 1/14/2010
World's most energy-efficient skyscraper. A 71 story building, The Pearl River Tower will feature solar energy and wind turbines to reduce carbon dioxide consumption by 58%. Ref; The Wall Street Journal, 1/13/10 page C1 & C6 The Mars Rover, Spirit …
Good News: San Diego Budget Deficit Now Only $77M
Last night's State of the City address informs us that clever maneuverings have reduced the projected city budget deficit over the next 18 months to only $77 million. The mayor's address included a long list of expensive civic needful things. …
Common sense is not common
A friend sent me the 'joke' entered below (beginning with A woman) & the comment preceding is by me. Sometimes over-regulation is redundant & ridiculous. This is a situation where a little common sense could have made a difference. But, …
Update Little Falls 1/13/2010
If you put all your plug's in one outlet you will be blacked out, as in Venezuela's hydroelectric power plants. Ref: Star Tribune, 1/13/10 page A9 Lead in your products, Cadmium in your products. The manufactures say you get what …
State of City Address Tonight -- One Night Only!
San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders delivers his 2010 State of the City address tonight. What I am looking for is a concrete plan to increase funding to the City of San Diego without raising everybody's taxes. There is a way …
WOW Addiction
Update Little Falls 1/12/2010
Good story on gaming revenues in Macau. With just over one-half as many visitors they spend almost three times as much as the people in Las Vegas. Ref: U.S.A.Today 1/12/10 page 2B You will not live long working for the …
DVR vs Real Time
Last night while watching previous episodes of LETTERMAN and CONAN, I came to realize that I hardly watch anything live.. Even Charger games. My friends and I started to delay watching the game until one hour after it started to …
On the Utilitarian Calculus of Ideal Democracy in America
In America, the utilitarian calculus of an ideal democracy is that each person gets one vote on any matter of importance that requires us to vote on it, and after the vote, the majority rules. We are not living in …
Should San Diego Public Schools be Private?
Coronado Middle School is not a public school, at least not in my eyes. You need to be wealthy enough to live in Coronado to attend and this excludes the poor and the middle class - making it a "private …
More Surf Scenes from Osprey
Here's more surfing footage from a mid-December day at Sunset Cliffs' Osprey, which seems to have been Neighbor John's go-to break for the month. John is a serious surfer who puts in an average of a few hours per day, …
Despite Crash of 2008, RBS Sempra Share More Than Doubles in Value
$1.5B Investment Nets $4B Bids Apparently, three bids for the Royal Bank of Scotland's share of RBS Sempra Commodities came in at about $4 billion each. None of the bidders are talking, and neither are Sempra or RBS. Royal Bank …
Pounding the Pavement
Yesterday, I decided to feel even worse about my current state of unemployment by going into Blockbuster at the corner of El Cajon and Florida Street, to see if they were hiring. They were not. I called them last week, …
Update Little Falls 1/09/2010
Well Platinum Equity just bought Little Falls for $70E6. Mr Irwin Jacobs is going to the rich side of the street with the yacht group of Carver and Marquis boats at $6.05E6 which are made in Pulaski, Wis. I would …
Just walking, downtown
On a recent walk, a friend and I stumbled on a section of sidewalk on 9th between F & G, west side of street. I had my camera, so I took pictures. There is a tree which has outgrown its …
Last Wishes
People who know me also know I have my problems. The main problem is dealt with by me consuming a fairly significant daily quantity of hypertension and congestive heart failure medications, but the weirdness of my coronary artery subsystem is …