Kids in the News -- Some Famous, Some Unknown
I heard Miley Cyrus had another stalker. I think she's up to three at this point. And as scary as that is, I really don't care. Because her parents have done so much wrong with how they've guided her career. …
Reality Shows -- From Brazilian Politicians to our own Octomom
When I heard about a Brazilian TV show host that was being accused of running a death squad for ratings, I didn't give it much thought. I figured it was in another country, and I didn't really care. I did …
Try Our Shoes On For Size
Try being in our shoes before you judge all of us; we are not all like that. Most of the homeless you see are just the top layer of those that are really out here. those who are in the …
The Star of India in Downtown San Diego is Getting a Face Lift!!
Early Tuesday morning the Star of India took sail and moved from its location at the Embarcadero in the Columbia District to a South Bay dry dock in National City for its yearly inspection and hull repairs. The Maritime Museum …
San Diego City Council Votes to Include San Diego Unified School District in New Downtown San Diego Library!
The San Diego City Council endorses plan to include the San Diego Unified School District to lease the sixth and seventh floors of the new Downtown San Diego Central Library located in the East Village/Ballpark District right next to Downtown …
The Java Journey
If I was only allowed one word to describe people from the Northeast it would be, intense. I say this not as a derogatory phrase but as a harsh reality that has grown over the past few decades. Schools, business’, …
"It's better than St Paul", an Interview with Mike
How many of us bother to stop and talk to our homeless neighbors? Sounds like an oxymoron doesn’t it? We do have neighbors and when we get to know them, when we take the time to know them, we discover …
Milwaukee Mayor in a Fight, Cops and Shoplifters in Flight
I think I just did a blog a week ago, about someone in a bank chasing a robber and promptly being fired. Well, it's happened again. This time it was a student, working at Best Buy in Colorado. He tackled …
SVDP
Saint Vincent de Paul’s in San Diego CA, a place of help and comfort or a place of hell and, pocket bank. I am a homeless male and I am 26 years old I have been on the streets since …
The Nut
I get in these moods… I have to go outside and mess with stuff. Yardwork, cars, art whatever catches my attention. I popped the hood on the Chevy and stood staring at the stock 216 Stovebolt engine. On the oil …
Voters Want Better Insults, Polls Show
It wasn’t the insult of the century. It’s not going to be tweeted exponentially or launch council member Rudy Ramirez to Youtube immortality. But, it was an insult nonetheless. And in the vanilla-bland world of Chula Vista politics, it registered …
A Fireman in the Alley
Three girls walk into a bar on a Friday afternoon. The bar is called the Alley. From the outside it looks like an old fashioned kind of nautically swanky place along the coast. The building hangs off the corner of …
Beating the Ban: Park & Recreation Style
Since the alcohol ban on the beaches that took place almost two years ago, the young, festered crowd of PB has been actively searching for a creative way to bypass the system. And sure enough, before too long… they found …
So Long, Dante...We Hardly Knew Ye!
"Being In The NFL Is A Privilege...Not A Right!" --"Philly Billy" Werndel, sports-talk jock. In all of the hubub over Michael Vick's Traveling Redemption Show and Flagellation Hour, we almost forgot that there was another case involving an NFL star …
Our Idiotic Country -- Criminals Getting Paid
I seem to rant about this in a blog at least once a week. But hey...it's a cathardic feeling to type about all these losers that get to benefit from our society. Of course, put them in other countries, and …
That Ocean is One Fickle Bitch
Not to sound too OB... but the ocean really is a perfect balance of karmic energy. Wait, wait... let me explain. The ying and yang... no, no. The universal balance... um, what I mean is... the ocean has a way …
It's Time...Is He Ready?
"In Order To Be The Man, You Gotta Beat The Man-- "Nature Boy" Ric Flair Well, it looks like Hades had itself a helluva cold snap...for Michael Vick is now a Philidelphia Eagle. Megajinkies--what a turn of the screw this …
Famous Faces in the News -- Dylan, Pitino, Phelps, George Michael
Jesse Jackson says something stupid about once a week. Well, I'm guessing he says something stupid daily. It's once a week that the rest of us get to hear what it is. College basketball coach Rick Pitino got into some …
Enjoying the Early Dusk
The sun finally dropped behind the hills as I set the old dinning room chair out in front of the apartment. The apartment is one of the last three remaining from the Jumba Hot Springs Hotel days that has the …
Babies, Breast Feeding, and More
I was thinking a lot about breast feeding today. It's not the usual thing guys think of when they see womens breasts. Even if you have a baby, I'm sure you don't look at your wife in a nice outfit …