Making it past 27
The death of Amy Winehouse, a chain smoking crack cocaine user, at the age of 27 on July 23, 2011 reminded Fulano of the long list of rock singers who died at age 27. Brian Jones, Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, …
organic panic
step back jack in the bean stalk bonnie and me trippin on the thc organic panic business model fashion sense politics sick no cents too much spent lil wayne for mayor prayer stay or go clues no rules pay to …
train
been on a train travelling out of my mind behind the wheel can't see ahead crashes behind looking for a brake or a sign been on this train travelling out of my mind too long its time
Update San Diego, 8/02/2011
You wonder why there is no money in San Diego and no jobs for native born Americans. The remittances to Mexico from the U.S., that is from Mexicans working in the U.S. and sending their money back to Mexico was …
mirror
That mirror is never going to be clean and shiny again You know that Might as well be cracked . Maybe the person that's looking at it isn't the fairest at all. Might as well ask - mirror mirror on …
Electricity
San Diego is the perfect place to live, depending on of course, where you live. Right now, it's hot. Of course, San Diego is hot. Which is anything over 78. Here in America's finest city, unless you live west of …
the car...the all important first car
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-eFghOaxD4 i had one...sigh... Sunday over the Golden Gate Bridge on the road to Stinson Beach for a picnic and back heaven on 4 wheels !!!
A Small Town 4th of July
i'm sure sorry i missed this nothing is more down to earth then a small town 4th of July celebration...for 16 years i was involved in many different ways in one in Condon Oregon....from the simplicity of happy eater of …
Redevelopment Being Paid For With Corporate Tax Breaks
Its no secret that I have been very critical of Redevelopment Agencies and how the money actually creates blight and destroys the most valuable assets neighborhoods possess. They typically target "blight" by demolishing a neighborhood's most historic buildings and replacing …
Coming Home
Caffeinated Chronicles-II
Retire Cal Chancellor Birgeneau
University of California Berkeley Chancellor Birgeneau ($500,000 salary) has forgotten that he is a public servant, steward of the public money, not overseer of his own fiefdom. These are not isolated examples: recruits (uses California tax $) out of state …
UC President Picks Pockets of Californians
University of California (UC) tuition, fee increases are an insult. Californians face mortgage defaults, 12% unemployment, pay reductions, loss of unemployment benefits. No layoff or wage reductions for UC Chancellors, Vice Chancellors, Faculty during greatest recession of modern times. There …
Marshall's Mojo
It was a great talk, a great performance. What did you say or do yesterday to contribute to your own happiness? I tweeted about it, I woke up thinking about it, and I pondered its significance while walking the dogs …
playing chicken
I've been seduced in the past by the scent of roasted chicken. I've written stories about the longing for a bit of crispy skin in the middle of shopping, to crack open the plastic cage and rip off just a …
blooming Underpass
http://www.flickr.com/photos/20890521@N02/5965711412/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/20890521@N02/5965262065/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/20890521@N02/5978996303/ So check the progress. can't wait till next week. love this public art, created and supported by Sam Durand's San Diego Urban Corps. PS I figured out the photo upload finally,
Growing Up
i think more and more lately about myself and how i fit into anyones life I'm changing in many ways now...and often waiting for the Universe to signal me that i can still go on living productively I've known forever …
Who The Hell Is Karma??
he blended into the jungle graceful as a fluid cat as he walked along the trail... only his luminous blue face could be glimpsed thru the lush follage barest sunbeam flashed upon him barest moonbeam reached out to illuminate his …
Powis Castle
It was nineteen hundred and ninety four, when dinosaurs apparently still roamed the planet Earth and my Spanish wasn't all that stellar, and I wandered into the Caliente Race and Sports book at well before eight in the morning. Slaking …
Darkness at the Edge of Town
I Live in North Pacific Beach on the edge of La Jolla. Whenever I share that with someone the inevitable response is, “Oh, that is a very nice area.” But similar to the fictional Sunnydale, CA of the Buffy T.V. …