Last-minute San Diego Halloween costumes
Mayoral Candidate. Everyone will want to see what's in your private datebook! http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/oct/31/34698/ Professional sports team owner. You don't have a license to print money, but you do have a license to steal it! http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/oct/31/34699/ Oh, and while we're at …
Chula Vista's Tourism Marketing District Director responds
Artist's rendering of what Chula Vista's bayfront does not look like right now. On October 24, the Chula Vista City Council voted to dissolve the Chula Vista Tourism Marketing District, citing possible misuse of funds and definite failure to bring …
Local Troop Leader for Catholic Boy Scouts Seeks to Start Youth Football Program
Joseph Paternal, Longtime Leader of St. James Parish Scout Troop #384, Garners $500,000 Grant From Philanthropist Gerald Sandusi to Start Urban Flag Football League. No Takers So Far http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/oct/25/34349/ "I can't understand the lack of response so far," said Paternal. …
San Diego History Center expresses regret over hiring Cecilia Gimenez to restore Depression-era paintings
Infamous Octogenarian Behind Monkeyface Jesus Brings Expertise to Charles Reiffel's "Mountains and Desert," Other Works. "Google would have been helpful here." http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/oct/25/34348/ Well, hello there, Monkeyface Jesus! So nice to see you again! "In hindsight, we probably should have checked …
Media watch: North County Times shifts to mostly-just-real-estate format
New owner Manchester: "We believe in giving people what they want." Business section permitted to remain, plus surf report, "for the weirdos in Leucadia." http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/oct/24/34261/ "In today's media-saturated environment, we know that consumers have an unprecedented number of choices when …
ESPN.com investigation links San Diego Charger "chill pills" with blackouts, loss of enthusiasm
All those empty seats at Qualcomm - EXPLAINED! http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/oct/24/34254/ On October 18, San Diego Chargers Director of Public Relations Bill Johnston posted a feisty letter to the so-called fans of the team that pays his salary. In the letter, he …
ChargersStickers.com traffic up 3000%
"We have no idea what's going on," said site owner Sadie Gumm. "But all of a sudden, we're getting hundreds of requests for Elmer Royal and Robert 'Stickum' Meachem. It's funny, I had always thought Royal's first name was Eddie. …
FLUXX nightclub brings back "meathook chic" for Halloween season
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/oct/18/33810/ What? FLUXX’s most seductive theme of all returns to the nightclub this weekend. FLUXX Flesh Factory is back, bringing whips, chains and fantasies of bloody slaughter to the downtown party scene. Who says we have to wait for Halloween …
Jung-Ho Pak announces formation of Orchestra Robotica
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/oct/17/33749/ Almost immediatley after Orchestra Nova announced the resignation of Jung-Ho Pak, the famed conductor released an announcement of his own: the formation of an all-robot orchestra that will, as Pak puts it, "finally exhibit the range of on-stage emotion …
Coach-Provocateur Turner and Philip Rivers perform ritual seppuku following Monday Night Football debacle
Chargers Head Coach and quarterback disembowel selves in hopes of atoning for atrocious play-calling and execution. http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/oct/17/33736/ Statement: "We have dishonored our beloved Chargers and their fans in front of the entire nation, during prime time viewing hours. We die …
Bug mutilates whale
Plush Toy Designer's Programming Glitch Leads to Creation of 3.2 Million Defective Whale Souvenirs for Sea World; Company Decides to "Alter" Killer Whale Nakai to Fit Product "What were we gonna do, throw out 3 million stuffed animals?" http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/oct/15/33593/ Sea …
Nuda Vista?
Chula Vista's Bayfront Ups Its Attractiveness Quotient with Addition of Hoochie-Coochie Parlor http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/oct/11/33372/ DELIGHTING IN THE LITERALNESS OF THE TERM "SHOWGIRLS," CHULA VISTA - Much has been made of the fact that the Eyecandy Showgirls Emporium slated to take up …
Coach-Provocateur Turner: "It's all part of the plan."
NBC reported today that Chargers Coach-Provocateur Norv Turner was in no mood to complain about the officiating during last Sunday's loss to the New Orleans Saints. From the questionable call regarding Melvin Ingram's helmet-tap of Saints quarterback Drew Brees (a …
Strong Mayor addresses Chamber of Commerce, attacks arch-enemy known as Brown
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/oct/08/33133/ You stay classy, Strong Mayor.
More Scandal!
SD on the QT Investigation Reveals California Gas Prices Tied to Single Viejas Slot Machine "Someone hit the triple-bar jackpot on two consecutive pulls last week. And now the rest of you are paying for it." GAMBLING WITH OUR FUTURE? …
Scandal!
Pro-Business Republican Politician Meets with Politically-Minded Republican Businessman! Local media blows lid off of real-estate developer's plan to develop real estate! THEY HAD LUNCH http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/oct/08/33113/ EXCLUSIVE: Photo evidence of DeMaio-Manchester lunch meeting! Picture shows the two men leaving San Diego's …
SDQT National Edition: U.S. airline passengers clench cheeks following news of "Colon Blow" Bomber
Following Apprehension of Bahir "Booty" Baddour, American flyers brace for increased airport security measures. "Oh, crap." http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/oct/04/32886/ "It's not difficult to see what's coming, even if it is difficult to think about it" said Joe Pucker, who flies regularly for …
SDQT National Edition: President Obama reverses position on HHS mandate
COVERING THIS STORY LIKE A JIMMY HAT, SAN DIEGO - During a surprise ad-hoc press conference during a fundraising lunch at the home of Mission Hills doyenne Adrienne Hedgefund, the President announced that he had decided to drop the so-called …
U-T San Diego introduces SLU-T
Papa Doug's daily looks to maximize appeal by "combining the popular Sports and Leisure sections and moving them to the front pages of the paper. The SLU-T puts the stuff you love on full display on street corners all over …
Mayor Sanders endorses Carl DeMaio for mayor during zoo visit
Wasted, Exhausted Veteran Takes Occasion to Warn His Chosen Successor About Perils of Office Visit to zoo's "Extreme Jungle" exhibit apparently sparks memory of famed Guns 'n Roses lyric. http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/oct/01/32601/ "[GnR frontman] Axl Rose may have gotten fat and happy," …