A Classic Footrace
The most ludicrous spectacle I have ever witnessed in my entire life occurred in the late '90s in the parking lot of the Flyin' Hook on the West Side of OKC (Flying J Travel Plaza, Morgan Road, Exit 140 on …
Kiting/Dragon and Fish kites
looking out over the blue Pacific from the cliffs at Blacks Beach is inspiring even if you don't have a kite harness strapped to your back..... i was talking to an old friend today and as we chatted a little …
So Far, So Great!
The $300 Gnat
I used to haul Hazardous Waste from CA clear to PA and GA, and it was a fairly serious gig: half the loads were Class 3 Flammable Liquids & Class 4 Flammable Solids, while the other half consisted of Class …
H.I.M. Coronation Featuring Cornel Campbell
Last Cup of Coffee
When Occupy SF Occupied My Car
I began the week a brooding and self-pitying writer, who was spending far too much time sucking on sour grapes until they were bitter raisins. I even went back and forth via email with an editor who had rejected one …
Update San Diego, 10/11/11
I see Governor Brown signed a bill to not prevent-that is to allow-castration of documented U.S. citizens. Now he is protecting undocumented immigrants, Ref: San Diego Union-Tribune, 10/11/11 pp A1. Seeing that most cars stolen in San Diego County are …
Excerpt From A Nautical Classic...
"...gave forth the cheering order that called each man to his station, to perform the desired evolution. The confident assurances which the young officer had given to the pilot respecting the qualities of his vessel, and his own ability to …
Excerpts From A Mountaineering Classic...
"Now Leo and Erich were introduced to the Concerto of the Eiger Stonefall. The score is richly orchestrated. There are small stones with a high whistling note like flutes and fiddles. The medium-sized lumps hum fairly fiercely and yet their …
Schopenhauer Was The Man...
"Just as the wayfarer only surveys and recognizes the road he has come when he reaches some high place and can look back over it in its entirety, so we ourselves are only able to recognize and value a stage …
Hello, Ladies - and some enlightened Gentlemen
Paying for Grades
I covered a story last week about a middle school in North Carolina that let kids pay for grades. You heard me right. $40 for an A, $20 for a B, $10 for a C...and F, that's on the house. …
Class Warfare
this weekend Occupy Wall Street started to protest in San Diego...the group was both anticipated and and disdained by various factions of citizens here i think the thing that has bothered me most about the criticism of certain factions around …
Ladino: the Jewish Spanish Language
Ladino, also known as Judeo-Spanish, is the spoken and written Hispanic language of Jews of Spanish origin. Ladino did not become a specifically Jewish language until after the expulsion from Spain in 1492 - it was merely the language of …
Super Dollar
Life on the Rim: The Surf Along the Pacific Ring of Fire
We’ve all heard the jokes about California someday sliding into the sea. We all live in secret fear of the “Big One” being so close to the San Andreas Fault. Or do we? In the time I’ve been in southern …
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