Rebuilding a Neighborhood’s Perception, One Event at a Time: South Bay Movie in the Park
San Diegans are more familiar with Balboa Park when it comes to watching free movies on the lawn. Summer brings the largely anticipated event where I, along with masses of other free moviegoers, lug our chairs, blankets and coolers battling …
$0 to $10,000 Faster Than Jesus
(NOTE: Since the writing of this piece, the government has amended their indictment, accusing FullTilt, many of whose players still haven't gotten their money back, of being a "global ponzi scheme." Renowned players and FullTilt principles Howard Lederer, whose father …
Liar Liar Pants on Fire /edit
this was written back in 2010...when i was still a comedian...hahahahaha...my "Come Rattle My Cage" blog is public again for those who might want a laugh or two One day, when a seamstress was sewing while sitting close to a …
The Hitcher Snippet
it came up blazing...screaming out a summer imperative.... ~~the golden waves of grain parted by a modern Moses called asphalt~~ ~*~ wheatland ripened a Stang...ROAD CRUISADER....old..... renovated.....beloved...... dusty desert winding highway...top down..... wheels singing the song of hot asphalt and …
The Good Mother
she had no practice to become the "good mother".....she had no "good mother" of her own so she had no model.....she only remembered her mother and her mother's sisters drinking....being too loud and cuffing her and her sister around......hiding in …
SPORTS ARENA, HANCOCK, HALLOWEEN
Today there were a group of ladies (at least it looked like ladies in tutus) standing on the center divider between In-and-Out and Chipotle; the corner of Sports Arena and Rosecrans, as I walked to work. I couldn’t read the …
The Dictator's Ringtone (a short story)
oh so pretty
use to think that sadness made its rounds daily making sure to tag my vulnerable self ever hopeful it would be gentle lot's of worry all could see tried to hide but it always seemed to find me side by …
5772
September 28, 2011 starts the New Year for Jews, Rosh Hashanah. "Rosh Hashanah" means "head of the year." It is year 5772 in the Hebrew calendar. Did you ever wonder how the Jews figured out it was going to be …
Autumn's In Her Eyes (another Snippet)
he was asleep when the explosion came...a mini dynamite blast somewhere in his head his brain felt like that fried egg searing in the pan in the 80's commercial about drug use the needle went into the bottle...the fluid went …
If you name a boy Brandon or Carson, they're already gay
Every year we see that list of the most popular baby names. And every year, there is this debate. Do you name your child something exotic to get noticed, or something drab so he can make it through childhood under …
a Spring Chicken Salad with Wedding Dressing please
a friend here was telling me about an idea she had for wedding dressing...that spicy special treat that makes a Spring chicken salad taste just right i hope she whips it up pronto and sends some to me mix a …
sunday
sunday todays sermon hopeful words float in the air deaf to my eclair pro-fes-sor prosperity of thought text book toast not what i sought judge judy coffees not hot system fail go straight to jail john's band eggman not so …
swoop
swoop swipe ripe roiling spoiling boiling change the game where's the girls in the grass skirts tiki punch lunch gotta hunch decide for or against no penalty if wrong just turn around follow the sound round and round small in …
We're Losing The Wrong Ones...
With nothing but respect and perhaps a twinge of sadness, I noted the passing of Jerry Schad earlier this week. Every once in a great while, I'll encounter someone like Schad and think to myself: "Ya know, everything this guy …
oh la laaa la la laaa
i like fairy tales especially what walt and company created once upon a times and happily ever afters always nice goes well with rhymes sugar and spice oh la laaa la la laaa cause we have too much crime dirt …
hip hop and a jump / forever
hip hop and a jump skip to my darlin never knew lou that ain't no lie i only love you xoxoxoxoxoxoxo it's early mornin today tomorrow borrow time love from a capsule i've found no cure looked around bands playing …
If I Make it to Eleven (a short story)
Today I’m finally gonna do it. I’m gonna kill Frank, my stepfather. It’s exactly thirty days since I decided I had to, before he kills Jackie first. Jackie’s my little brother, and he’s not even three yet, and you can’t …
coffee or donuts
what ever happened to my coffee AND donuts ? earlier today shortly after 10 am i had a few donut holes at work ...mmmm ok since zee holes had been sitting out awhile - still a notch above satisfactory . …
BLACKOUT: : The Best Thing That Ever Happened to PB?
BLACKOUT The noise was not coming from blaring speakers overhead, but from the voices of groups of friends and acquaintances engaged in lively conversation. Candles lit most high tables, and patrons shared the chips and salsa they brought in from …