Driving Pet Peeves
I've touched on some of these things before, but thought it was about time to make one ultimate list of the things that bother me most on the roads. Anything you want to add, I'm always looking to expand my …
Daisy's Pushing Daisies
Jessica Simpson is famous to different people for different reasons. To music fans, for her crappy pop songs. To football fans, for dating Tony Romo and ruining his mojo. To fans of bad reality TV, she had that show with …
Dog Owners Delight
There are a lot of Dog owners in California - Ok this is popcorn/fluff but what can I say? I go door to door and I deal with dogs a lot, I mean they are usually the first ones to …
They Are Not Good For Music
Since yesterday I have learned something about Art Cars. I am told that the Art Car is a sort of tradition at the Burning Man> festival; a paradoxically exclusive and surprisingly expensive community experiment held yearly in the scorching Nevada …
Walking and Chewing Gum at the Same Time
I was with my dog at the park and he was playing with one of his favorite friends, Opie, who is a Beagle mix. Aside from wrestling, they run around after each other. It's so odd to watch, because they'll …
Our City Has Problems
Mayor Sanders is blaming bloggers for some of the City's problems. Huh?? Wouldn't that require someone, even the Mayor himself, to read our blogs?? Rather than sitting in the office, get out and walk around the streets. That is what …
"They say (You can never go Home!) I Did!
In 1956, I was 2 years old and lived behind the old red brick building on the southwest corner of Menlo Ave. & Univeristy Ave.s There was a home that had a cement wall separating it from the parkling lot …
The Premier, in which Things (viz., the "Point" of This Blog) become Clear
This is highly apocryphal, but it's said that Ernest Hemingway was once challenged to write a story in only six words. His response? "For sale. Baby shoes. Never Worn." The anecdote is usually told to novice writers in an attempt …
From The Way Folks Act Today...
"If you're gonna step up--you're gonna get knocked down!" --Drowning Pool, from "Step Up." You often wonder what would possess a person to act like a total boor on TV. Or, for that matter, in life itself. Honestly, when Kanye …
Update in Little Falls 9/16/2009
A few things learned in the last few days. The three gorges reservoir in Yichang in Hubei Province was raised to 175 meters whith the 26 turbogenerators normally running, shut down to raise the water level. Lee Boo-Jin daughter of …
Winter Shelter in the East Village District in Downtown San Diego 2010 Rejected!
The City Council of San Diego proposed to have a vacant lot in the East Village District in Downtown San Diego as the spot for setting up a temporary winter homeless shelter. Downtown San Diego Condo and Loft homeowners, residents …
The Star of India has Returned to the Embarcadero in Downtown San Diego!
After more than three weeks of maintenance the Maritime Museum’s staff celebrated the Star of India’s return at the Embarcadero in Downtown San Diego on Friday September 11th, 2009 with music from the Navy band and cannon blasts. To read …
I Guess That's Why They Call it the Blues -- Elton John and Jimmy Carter Stuff
As I sat down to type this blog, all prepared with a topic at hand, I hear that idiot Keith Olbermann talking about Jimmy Carter. The man that was one of the worst Presidents in history, has officially become one …
Idiotic Athletes -- The Michael Jordan and Serena Williams Editions
A lot of times when a celebrity does something crazy, another celebrity will do something that takes away some of the bad press they would've gotten. Or a celebrity will die, which gets people talking about that, instead of the …
Chocolate cars in Tijuana
The majority of my neighbors own automobiles but many of them are chocolates(our family vehicle included). A chocolate is an unregistered automobile. They are not at all uncommon on the streets of Tijuana. Many of the poorer families down here …
Put Me in Coach, I'm Ready to Play...
In Kentucky, a high school football coach is being tried for reckless homicide for the death of a player. The kid collapsed during a practice and died last year in August, when temperatures were in the mid-90s. This is the …
Update in little falls 9/14/2009
On Sunday morning fog was heavy. The Canadian geese were flying in between eight and ten AM in waves of four flocks. At ten AM looking out at the mississippi river the water was like glass, the trees are starting …
Old Guys Rule (or Colonel Mustard w/ a Revolver in the Conservatory)
I remember being about 11 when the movie "Going in Style" came on HBO. It was about three old guys (George Burns, Art Carney, and Lee Strasberg), who decide to rob a bank. I only saw it once, but if …
Update in Little Falls 9/12/09
The hunting season is about to start in Minnesota, and an interesting thing is happening. The mallards are moving into town, at the Mississippi river dam. They are learning when the hunting season is and seeking protection in town. I …
From 11-Months to 115 Years Old
In New York, a couple is facing charges after they photographed their 11-month-old and 5-year-old sons posing with guns. The 24-year-old mom thought the photos would be funny. Well, apparently not all the people she emailed them did. One called …