Otay's Ranch Hero
Symbiosis
“The great Tao flows everywhere. all things are born from it, yet it doesn’t create them. It pours itself into its work, yet it makes no claim. It nourishes infinite worlds, yet it doesn’t hold on to them.” --Lao Tzu, …
The Hozan Exists!
Observe the radness which is today's Runner-Up: Talking Heads – Speaking in Tongues Picture Disc - $100 (Normal Heights) Who's cooler than David Byrne?1 The big Winner of the Day, however, has to be: Mitutoyo Machinists Tool Kit - $550 …
Is It A Closure--Or Merely An End?
"For at five o'clock, they take me to the gallows pole. The sands of life, for me, are running low!" --Iron Maiden, from "Hallowed Be Thy Name." Tonight, at 21:00 hours (EST), there will be an execution in Virginia, at …
Thanksgiving...The Reason vs The Fiction.
"Thanksgiving...is where you get the turkey and I get the feathers." --from a Pat Oliphant cartoon (1977) In a few weeks, we will be celebrating Thanksgiving, or as my grandmother Franny calls it (yes, she'll be celebrating birthday number 95 …
Weird Police, Weird DUI
Anyone hear that 911 call last week? The one where an older woman was reporting a drunk driver and the 911 operator asks if she’s following them. She replies, “I am them.” The operator has the great response of “You …
No Trial in Encanto Gas Holder Asbestos Mess
On October 16, defendants San Diego Gas & Electric Company (SDG&E) and Sempra Energy won their motion for summary judgment in the San Diego Superior Court Proposition 65 matter entitled Encanto Gas Holder Victims et al. v. SDG&E et al. …
Kearny Mesa Dog Park
Way To Bridge The Generation Gap
Seeing as I've been slacking lately1, I'll throw a few bonus listing up. For starters, I really love how >>>TECHNiCAL ViRGiN--A SEXi LADiES BOOk<< - $7 (Normal Heights) "answers all questions you may be afraid to ask" in a mere …
Update Little Falls 11/09/2009
A note on energy. T. Boone Pickens says natural gas supplys will be gone in 30 years. He recommends fuel cells or batterys. Mr Pickens also has predicted oil prices to be $300.00 a barrel by 2019. Ref: Star Tribune, …
Andersen Shines in Multimedia
Multimedia instruction by Andre Andersen makes my day shine! It has been my most rewarding experience with a faculty at Grossmont-Cuyamaca community college. The Business Office Technology 151 online class on Microsoft Outlook 2007 has opened my eyes in the …
Caging Elephants and Catching Trains
I was super swamped over the weekend. And this caused me to miss an opera some college kids were putting on at Point Loma Nazarene. I’m not much of an opera fan, but one of the kids wanted a write-up …
La Mesa: the Jewel of East County.
I've been in East County Denial for the past 6 years. You see, I moved to La Mesa from Lakeside (the heart of E.C.).With those gained 12 westward miles, I wanted to believe I could dismiss the East for good. …
Art Collaboration Project
I've been collaborating with local digital artist Ryan Trenhaile on a photography/digital media project. Ryan has re-interpreted some of my black and white pictures with a distressed color effect and added elements here and there. These include a shot in …
Losing Z Gallerie
Check what you write. Even if you are writing a product description, or instructions, anything that may be read by others, proofread it. And remember spell check does not notice improper word usage. I found this when I was looking …
What'll You Think Of Next?
Runner-Up award for the day goes to the wildly inappropriate, yet thoroughly entertaining: Going to London soon? - $150 I believe in the versatility of the craig. Use it for everything, I say to you! But use the categories, people, …
A Few Observations Over the Weekend
I was driving thru Mission Valley and noticed two Hooter's girls standing on the corner working. By working, I mean, for the restaurant. One had a hoola hoop, but on her arm. Another had a sign. I couldn't read what …
i'm awful and i admit it
and i can't help it...how could i when presented with this post Halloween epicurean cruelty.... not pass it's mostly gross quality and it's tasty meatloafian recipe along hey...i have dibs on that middle finger!!!!! and a double scoop of mashed …
Dangerous Cart
A dangerous moving cart was stopped by Robert LaMarche on Friday, November 6, 2009 around 7:00 in the morning at the west side of San Diego City College Learning Resource Center. The cart was rolling down the hill near the …