Shout Out for the Home Teams from Carmel Mountain
I admit that I am not an avid football fan, but I was one in a screaming, yelling chorus of voices yesterday as Darren Sproles scored the winning TD for the Chargers. It seemed as though the entire condo complex …
Dead pigeons and thoughts on mortality
SAN DIEGO SUPER CHARGERS
SAN DIEGO SUPER CHARGERS, SAN DIEGO CHARGERS DARREN SPROLES carried the team on his small stature and Mike Scifries kicked the Colts into undesirable field position. LT was on the sideline. Antonio Gates & Chris Chambers were prime targets for …
The Idiotic Charles Barkley
I've read articles from people that complain about ex-athletes being hired to write or broadcast sports events. To me, it makes sense. Why not have a person like Dan Fouts, who is good looking, a great speaker, and knows about …
Life Discovered East of I-5
There it is like a stamp of approval: the landscaped Carmel Mountain logo on the southeast corner of Carmel Mountain Road and Rancho Carmel Drive. The design represents two mountains (maybe Twin Peaks?) and also the letter M. The center …
Lottery Tickets
The guy I've been playing racquetball with for 20 years, once had an interesting idea when we were in the sauna after the game. He said that if either of us wins the lottery, we should buy a mansion that …
Lesson Hidden
I have lived in Poway my entire life. Went to Pomerado Elementary School, Meadowbrook Middle all the way to Poway High. Some may look at that and say its boring, but i beg to differ. I agree, somtimes staying in …
Have You Loved Your Hills Today?
My shoes crunch on the decomposed granite, following the ancient trail weaving into the boulders, stark sentinels to lifetimes of history. Hiking into the Poway hills, my hills, I know I will hear what I’ve heard before. Silence and birds …
Plywood Palace
I live in the wealthy upscale community of Del Cerro. Almost every day I have to travel up and down the hill to get to the freeway the street that twists and winds over the obvious display of wealthy homes …
New Year's Resolutions for IB
Where to begin? There's so much apathy, right-wing nutjobbery, and outright corruption here that a list of a hundred resolutions this city should take wouldn't cover it. I'll try to keep it simple and straightforward and brief. I'll try. New …
Current Movie Arguments
A few of my friends argued about Benjamin Buttons. Some thought it was the greatest movie ever. The ones that had half a brain, like myself, enjoyed it. But also realized it had many flaws. I saw The Reader (it …
HAPPY NEW YEAR
HAPPY NEW YEAR one and all. It will take awhile to get used to writing 2009, especially on checks. Since I rarely do that any more (write checks) the learning curve might be different than in previous years. For those …
Teachers and Bumper Stickers
I've blogged about teachers before. It was a similar story that has popped up again on some of the cable shows, about a woman that was involved in pornography. There are complaints now of her working with kindergarten kids. When …
Benjamin Button Bazooka Blast
Okay, well, I lied. It wasn't a bazooka. It was a .38 caliber handgun. And, hey...I might exaggerate a title to get people to log on and read the blog. But it's worse what they do on TV. In the …
Back Home in San Diego
Four years ago, I left San Diego heartbroken from a marriage that was never meant to be. I sought comfort in Boston, but haughty sophisticates and frigid winter temps provided none. Focusing more on the temperature issue, I turned the …
Downtown living
Downtown housing seems to be a very popular topic. There are articles in the Reader, U-T, Metropolitan, and now right here on my blog. I have been asking our City Council, CCDC, CCAC, and anyone else who would listen, "Why …
Not Quite a Mission Hills Holiday
Lowlifes and Lowriders (an airplane drunk and a lowrider)
A few things on CNN Headline News today, that got me thinking about the law. Okay, who am I kidding, I'm always thinking about it. For some reason, I'm fascinated by all the crap that goes on with our legal …
Signs on the Road
I was driving home tonight, and saw a sign coming south bound on the 163. It was a few miles before hitting Friars, and it said "caution -- right lanes prepare to stop." It was after midnight, and I assumed …
Winter Bouquet
Flowers in Tijuana Estuary NP, Imperial Beach. The beads you see are dew; their solidity comes from their salinity, the result of being in a salt marsh.