Entries
WHY??
Questions from the brain of an experienced WHYner. Why is the sky blue?? Had to start with that one as it is the one most quoted! Why, when watching a rented/on demand movie do they have the information that the …
Stimulating
Today's Washington Post contains an article on the budget, written by Michael Gerson, in which he states: "And then came the budget--idealogically ambitious, politically ruthless and radical to its core". Those are some pretty harsh words. He sounds a lot …
Smoke gets in your eyes
Sunday night there was a movie on CBS: Jesse Stone, On Thin Ice. This is the 4th in a series adapted from books written by Robert B Parker (author of Spenser). Tom Selleck is Jesse Stone. It was pretty good …
Roy's restaurant and city livin
Summertime, and the livin' is easy. Very nice 80 degrees downtown on Saturday. It was a loverly day for taking a walk around the neighborhood. Unfortunately, the nice weather seems to have increased the homeless population. A large, about 15, …
San Diego building, building, building
I was wandering around the internet looking for information on "affordable" housing in San Diego. I noticed a news article on the proposed Senior Center. This is the opening paragraph: "DOWNTOWN SAN DIEGO — A charity's plan to create a …
My top sports movies
In The Reader is a blog by Daily Crasher (2/25/09) wherein he lists his favorite sports movies. So, I decided that was a good idea for me! Mr. Crasher likes boxing movies. Since I particularly dislike the concept of two …
SD Politics
This is totally unbelievable. According to a news story today, Mayor Jerry Sanders appears to agree with me. "Mayor Jerry Sanders office is considering eliminating or consolidating the city's 2 nonprofit redevelopment agencies...the CCDC and SEDC." I opine he should …
Potpourri
I got a bill today from ATT. I recently switched to Cox for their bundle price and therefore canceled my service with ATT. I mention this because they sent me an actual paper bill for 0.16! It cost about 3 …
Multifarious
A therapist's mantra: do NOT dwell on things you cannot do, rather think about what you CAN do. That is a great concept that requires lots and lots of practice. Embrace your disease, injury, limiting physical anomalies. Chin up, put …
Miscellany
Since I am still doing research on some issues, I am not quite prepared to write. So today is "random" thoughts by a woman with lots of opinions. Why does our City seem to just ignore the homeless problem? Why …
RAIN
"It seems it never rains in southern California.... it pours, man it pours." Those are lyrics from a song released in 1972 by Albert Hammond. My mother & kid sister were visiting from Michigan. I was living in Fullerton (Orange …
Economic Stimulus
Hats off to our new President, Barack Obama. He is pushing forward even in the face of Cabinet nominees with problems. The economic stimulus bill is laden with pork and needs to be trimmed. Old habits are hard to break …
Fairness at IRS?
Okay, let me try to get this straight. The infamous IRS seizes property/assets, garnishees wages, and whatever else they can do to squeeze money out of ordinary working Americans. BUT, a Congressperson or a Kennedy, and they don't seem to …
Homelessness
The Pittsburgh Steelers are Super Bowl Champs. Congratulations. And it wasn't one of those lopsided blow-out games that happen often in the Super Bowl. Springsteen was certainly energized & made good choices on the songs he sang. All in all, …
Super Bowl
THE SUPER BOWL on Sunday, February 1st. If some of you have forgotten since the last playoff game (the delay must be due to TV coverage), the Pittsburgh Steelers are playing against the Arizona Cardinals. The game is being played …
Downtown living
About living downtown. It can be wonderful one moment, crazy the next. Quiet one moment, noisy the next. It was a lovely quiet during the rain on Friday morning. Until those guys started power washing F St. It was raining!! …
Restaurant Week
Well, another Restaurant Week done for me. Tonight we returned to a favorite place, Kous Kous Moroccan Bistro in Hillcrest. We were greeted at the door by the man in charge, Moumen Nouri. Gracious and upbeat as always. We were …
Inauguration Day
Wow, what a fantastic, emotional, uplifting, glorious, historic day. January 20, 2009, will be a day to remember for a long, long time. We, as Americans, can once again be proud. I feel like thanking everyone who came out to …
Sports
Baseball is Life, everything else is just details. At Petco Park, the section I sit in, developed into a "family" type atmosphere. If someone wasn't at a game, we wondered if something was wrong. Most of the time people advised …
Donovan's
If it's Thursday, it must be Donovan's. We had reservations for 4 but a last minute change made it 5. The hostess indicated it was not a problem and we took a circuitous route to the mezzanine, where we were …