10 Points for Denial on July 19th to Save Mission Trails Regional Park
10 points were discussed by a local citizen in a letter to the San Diego Planning Commission, CEC, and local elected officials. The full letter which follows, answers and clarifies these serious points. Three Initiation Criteria The proposed amendment is …
Hanging out at the Del Mar Racetrack in the '50s
The Del Mar racetrack was my world in the early 1950s. First came the Fair, which was called the Del Mar Agricultural Fair in those days and consisted mostly of fruit exhibits in the large buildings and livestock in the …
Mexicans living outside of Mexico vote differently
The results of the Mexican presidential elections held yesterday were significantly different than the polls going into the election. The last poll going into the elections showed the PRI candidate, Enrique Peña Nieto, with a 15% point lead. The almost …
Community College.... What I learned in school today...
Mexican-American History: That dude does not know what language the Celts and Iberians spoke before Spanish in Spain, he just wants to know if we have any questions. "Some indegenous language I have no knoledge of," he said... Got it. …
aRT Analysis & Interpretation
Interpreting Aed Abit, "Six Degrees of Inner Turbulance: Contemporary Art" In this ad, the artist uses words, space, and color to represent the oppression societies throughout the world submit themselves to by omitting color in their lives, and choosing to …
in·di·vid·u·al (noun) 1. a single human being, as distinguished from a group.
Everyone is dif·fer·ent… and it makes this human necessity to work in groups sound complicated, and dysfunctional, but it isn’t. An individual needs both, alienation from society and assimilation into it. If rather than focusing on our differences we took …
The Value of Women
It has come to my attention lately that people, whether through jokes, or in all seriousness, throw around words like “lady-like,” “man chauvinism,” and “sexism,” way too easily. And yes, although to a certain extent I often find myself following …
July 4th--America's Day In The Sun!
"The Tree Of Liberty Must Be Nourished From Time To Time With The Blood Of Tyrants and Patriots." --Thomas Jefferson "Patriotism Is A Virtue Of The Vicious!" --Oscar Wlide On the 4th of July, will that mean only fireworks and …
Let em Roll
She stood up, disturbed by the sound of the red cubes on the glass tabletop. Stretching slowly, her back puffing up then sliding, arching up and tucking slowly. Kit Kat jumped down, so lightly she was almost floating before she …
Sometimes I crack myself up.
If you want to fall asleep at will, there are several very easy tips I can share that will have you snoozing and snorting like a comatose overfed puppy. First make a list of all the lonely people you know, …
Just South of the Base
Come on Noreen; let’s get moving the ceremony starts in a half hour. Dick’s cackling voice bounced off the linoleum floors and bounded down the hallway to where Noreen was pulling the pink foam curlers from her hair with one …
What is Time anyway...?
“What is time”? An interesting question our entrepreneur nephew posed to me one day. To me, it is a very easy question to answer because the answer is undeniably conspicuous, prevalent and tangible. For instance, whatever form, be it a …
You can’t choose your neighbors
Karl “Mind-Your-Own-Business” Smarks lives on the floor below mine, and when he moved in last year we “had words.” He was carrying a box from a car with Montana license plates and wearing a T-shirt printed: Yeah, I’m Old. Get …
Quail Brush Opposition Packs House to Oppose Initiating the Rezone of Open Space
Request for Community Action: Save Mission Trails requests that you step-up your letters and attend 2 Key Meetings, July 19 - 9 AM & 1 PM (click for details) SPECIAL REPORT: Community and environmental protection group members numbering nearly 200 …
Nan and the Greenstalks
http://www.sandiegoreader.com/weblogs/nan/2012/jun/24/nan-and-the-greenstalks/#c123530
Tales of an Insomniac: The First Month in San Diego
Reminiscing of past events is often necessary to motivate and inspire those around a person and even stir a possible spark within oneself in order to step up and succeed. Last month I had a very turbulent story about my …
Part I : The Past
In Buenos Aires, a science officer also received the alert. As he drove toward base in his beater 1980 Citroen, he began hyper reflecting. 'It's the end of the world! It's the end of the world!' He thought to himself, …
My Beer in a Box
The crew at BeerSunFun knows that to find some of the most unique and best-tasting food and beer around San Diego, one has to seek out hole-in-the-wall establishments. Little did we know that we would find ourselves circling blocks and …
WHERE BACON THRIVES AND VODKA GOES TO DIE
There was once a time when people cared about things of true value. This is how you will be set up if you read the introduction to the dinner menu at Craft & Commerce. Not-so coincidentally, that is how you …
