One checker, twenty-five customers |
The checkout lines were
already long when I first entered the Safeway nearest my house last
night. They had two checkers working, but the lines were backing up.
This being a common problem at this ...
Posted by on Fri, 24 Apr 2009 10:46:00 GMT |
Meryl who? |
I know better than to expect great service from Blockbuster Video. They're no worse than any other chain video store and you shouldn't expect too much from any business that hires teenagers at minimum...
Posted by on Thu, 26 Feb 2009 20:09:00 GMT |
50 years ago today |
Today is the 50th anniversary of the plane crash that killed Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and the Big Bopper. It kind of makes me wish that "Buddy" was up and running right now. Perhaps it would be a ...
Posted by on Mon, 02 Feb 2009 10:57:00 GMT |
Word of the Day |
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/panjandr... OK, so, it's a made-up word.But it's a good made-up word.And really, aren't they all made-up?I found it here.And it's in the dictionary. - Word Ne...
Posted by on Wed, 28 Jan 2009 19:15:00 GMT |
Jet Crash in University City |
An F-18 crashed in University City, the neighborhood of San Diego in which I grew up. It narrowly missed my high school. Unfortunately, it destroyed the house it landed on. But, all things considered,...
Posted by on Mon, 08 Dec 2008 15:09:00 GMT |
Funny People |
This is my submission to the Judd Apatow Funny People contest. It had to be 100 words or less. It won't win because, well, read on.----To win a walk-on role in a Judd Apatow film I would roadie for Ja...
Posted by on Fri, 05 Dec 2008 01:29:00 GMT |
After the fire |
Thank you to everyone who was concerned about my proximity to the Santa Cruz Mountains fire. We were fortunate that the wind never blew in our direction. We live about one mile North of Monte Toyon. F...
Posted by on Tue, 27 May 2008 19:21:00 GMT |
Olympic Torch Relay |
Is it just me, or did the overhead news footage of the San Francisco leg of the Olympic Torch relay - with the motorcade surrounded by two lines slightly faster-moving motorcycle cops, in turn contain...
Posted by on Wed, 09 Apr 2008 18:54:00 GMT |
Fear and Loitering |
Photophobia is not the fear of having your picture taken.But it ought to be.It was, however, the most unpleasant part of a bout of iritis I had a couple of years ago. I was quite irate about it.
Posted by on Sun, 30 Mar 2008 03:19:00 GMT |
Sick |
It's Day 7 of being sick.
Oh so thrilling.
I'm getting better, but I still wake up every morning feeling like John Hurt in "Alien". I'm just so sure that the little alien will be popping out of my int...
Posted by on Tue, 19 Feb 2008 20:29:00 GMT |
