Early Morning Parrot Party
Wild parrots are all over Ocean Beach this time of year, and you don't have to see them to feel their presence. The parrots squawk and screech quite loudly, particularly in the hours after sunrise and before sunset. In this …
Last Chance Homeless
Wow, what incredible weather we had yesterday. Okay...maybe the weather is incredible today, but I haven't been outside yet. My girlfriend and I went downtown. We called a friend to see if she wanted to meet us at a certain …
Roy's restaurant and city livin
Summertime, and the livin' is easy. Very nice 80 degrees downtown on Saturday. It was a loverly day for taking a walk around the neighborhood. Unfortunately, the nice weather seems to have increased the homeless population. A large, about 15, …
Going Native
Between National Boundaries
Imagine a line drawn in the sand. It's drawn in a mostly arbitrary spot, to do nothing more than make a distinction between one side and the other. So how did our identities and emotions become tied to it? Imagine …
Past Cable Channel Lineups
Anybody know of or memorized the entire cable TV channel lineups of the 60s and 70s? Did most of them carry all of the Los Angeles VHF stations? Did any carry some of the Los Angeles UHF stations? Reposted from …
Uh...... Porch Studies
Passing Trains of Thought
The trains don't bother me so much anymore, I'm actually relieved they still exist. I’m getting used to the freight shaking my trailer late at night and during the in-between hours of my day as I stare blankly at my …
Softball at Robb Field
Robb Field is one of the most significant recreational resources in Ocean Beach, with several playing fields used for sports like football, soccer, and softball, as well as a large skateboard park and courts for tennis and handball. In this …
Racism in the News
Last week, maybe the week before, the New York Post had a cartoon that showed cops shooting a chimp. It was right after police had to kill the ape living with that woman in Jersey (thinking about it...if your an …
Sketch Artists, Homeless, and Jobless.
This morning I'm dropping my dog off at his day care, and a homeless guy attacked me. I was running across the street with my dog, because cars were waiting to turn. And I know when I'm in a car, …
Tijuana/San Diego buses #1
In a cover article this past summer, you folks at the READER mentioned a place in far northeastern Tijuana that is referred to as El Fin Del Mundo(The End of the World). It's a place I know well. I am …
Clatter
Clatter to the cart people, there but for fortune go I Clatter outside the glass door No patio here to buffer The poet wakes up as the old Push noisy carts down the alley Gathering yesterdays Remains traded for food …
San Diego building, building, building
I was wandering around the internet looking for information on "affordable" housing in San Diego. I noticed a news article on the proposed Senior Center. This is the opening paragraph: "DOWNTOWN SAN DIEGO — A charity's plan to create a …
Memores of Analog TV: The 60s
Memories of Analog TV: The 60s (Feb 11, 2009) Back in the 60s, we didn't have all those digital channels, but we had access to a 12 channel cable system. Over the air, we picked up channel 6, 8, 10, …
Banker's Hill/Mercy Outpatient
Banker’s Hill is the skull on the hill, shaken and pounded by arrival and departure. Bones of sturdy Victorians, peeled, abraided, and painted down into preserved sites of heritage, rise stiffly into historical markers among clipped grass plots. Increasingly, these …
My top sports movies
In The Reader is a blog by Daily Crasher (2/25/09) wherein he lists his favorite sports movies. So, I decided that was a good idea for me! Mr. Crasher likes boxing movies. Since I particularly dislike the concept of two …
Greatest Sports Movies Ever
The LA Times did a list of the best football movies right before the Super Bowl. And that, combined with the Oscars, got me thinking about my favorite sports films. So, I thought I'd write a blog listing my 20 …
Streets and Alleys
This morning, just before the 9am bells church bells began to ring, we took the Canon HV-30 for a walk along Froude Street, which is the eastern boundary of Ocean Beach. A light morning fog was giving way to bright …