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Good Cop: Bad Cop
Really? Cops "gunning down" Chargers. It seems the Chargers are the ones that CONTINIOUSLY break laws and get away with it. Just the other day, another one got off after throwing a champagne bottle at a bar patron (allegedly). To me, if a cop is working, they can break ANY LAW they want. But the day they run over a kid crossing the street, or cause an accident on their cell phone, they should be jailed and of course, lose their job. I remember as a teenager, hearing people complain when they saw cops speeding. I was always saying "Really? Are you that insane? A cop is going 85 on the freeway. So what! Maybe they're trying to catch up to something or who knows what.— December 8, 2009 11:31 p.m.
Smiling, Unaware
That experience at the book store was great. Especially the fact that it's a fellow student. I remember taking a whole bunch of books to sell at a used book store in Hillcrest once. They were all in fabulous condition. They guy looked thru them all and said they had no re-sale value. And, I had already been in the mindset you mentioned. That a $50 book would get me $8, and that the hardcover $28 dollar books would bring in $5. But no, they were useless to him. I think I said something pathetic sounding like "Not even $20 for all these?" He smiled and said "Why don't you donate them?" Which is what I did. Although, it's gotta be so much more frustrating for starving students.— December 8, 2009 11:27 p.m.
Rain, Rain, Go Away...
Good point, story. Scorp...that's a decent point. But, I really understand exactly what it is. San Diego gets rainfall so infrequently...that when it happens, most people (locals or trasnplants) just drive the same as they were previous days. And that's where the problems start piling up.— December 8, 2009 6:09 p.m.
Stairway to Heaven
I didn't bother reading the thread, so I don't know the point. I just saw the words "Led Zeppelin" in the comments and was curious about that.— December 8, 2009 10:47 a.m.
Rain, Rain, Go Away...
It's great that you rescued the dogs, Story. I hear so many people buying from breeders, just because they want a certain dog. And there are so many great dogs at the local shelters. Tiki and Red...the funniest thing about the SUV thing that I heard in a while, was that "cash for clunkers" program. I knew the second they announced that, it was a bad idea. And some reports now show that it cost the government an average of $20,000 per person and that the idea was to get those big gas guzzlers off the road, but they mostly traded them in for SUVs!— December 8, 2009 10:40 a.m.
Stairway to Heaven
Geek...the problem with your comments are twofold. First, Dave Grohl was in Nirvana. So, yes, in 20 years he will be remembered. Second, he's dabbled in other things that were successful (drumming on first Queens of the Stone Age record, for example; having multiple hits with Foo Fighters) And, regarding Hair Way to Steven (sorry...I was thinking of the other porno blog you guys did and just typed that) It's long been known by music fans, that Stairway to Heaven was ripped off. Not the fine lyrics, but the music. Page was known to steal riffs. Lost plenty of lawsuits, too. But, they opened for the band Spirit (Got a Line on You, and the classic album Dr. Sardonicus)...they had a song that was two minutes long, that is almost the exact same guitar chords as Stairway. So, as classic as that song is, it's not original. And Zep, as much as I love them, deserve a bit of a knock for that.— December 8, 2009 1:08 a.m.
Rain, Rain, Go Away...
Agree with refried. Wow, I was going to see a movie tonight in Fashion Valley. I ended up coming in off of the Hotel Circle exit, and they had all these roads closed that were flooded. Then I went by the Union-Tribune building, and that road was closed off. Had to jump on the I-8, to get on 163, to take Friars Road. Then, they had an entire parking lot that was closed, because the whole bottom level was flooded. You could see it down there from the other parking structure. I've never seen a parking lot so flooded. You'd need a boat to get in there.— December 8, 2009 12:59 a.m.
History 101; via Hollywood!!!
Problem with your JFK example...not whether or not the government was behind the conspiracy, but Oliver Stone makes crap up. So, showing his Nixon film, or JFK, or Reagan...you never know what facts the kids are getting, and whether they are facts. Our wonderful journalism teacher had us watch Absence of Malice. Not only a great flick, but a good lesson for journalism students.— December 7, 2009 7:09 p.m.
Party Crashing with the President, Car Crashing with Tiger
I never said I wrote those Tiger jokes, just that they were the latest. I thought of an idea, to take the Survivor song "Eye of the Tiger" and write a parody about him with an eye for Hooters and Fridays waitresses. Then, to make sure nobody else had done that, I googled. Sure enough, some people had (one was a lame song called "Club of the Tiger" about his golf club, which would've been better if it was "Iron of the Tiger" as it sounds more like "eye"). So, I put that idea away.— December 7, 2009 7 p.m.
Parachutting Accidents and Sex Changes
Yeah, what he said.— December 7, 2009 6:56 p.m.