You never really know anyone...unless you are married to themor raise them as small children. We don't really even knowour parents, our aunts and uncles or our grandparents. Someare child molesters, thieves, liars and yes sometimes evencriminals. So,...
Wednesday, October 31, 2007
Piling on...is great...until it happens to you!
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It's a Day of Progress
A couple of stories in today's Daily Pilot give a normal, somewhat active Newport Beach resident a glimmer of hope.First story - $27M may go toward city hall. It appears as though the City of Newport Beach will dance with the devil and draw up a new...
Tuesday, October 30, 2007
Mosaic
Cancer Bitch has been traveling. She spent Friday-Monday in Philadelphia, having promised herself that after chemo she would take a mosaic workshop with Isaiah Zagar, whose insider-outsider artwork she loves and admires. And she did just that. She is...
Laguna Beach Rehab Home?
As seen in the OC Register, ex Raider/USC Quarterback Todd Marinovich pled guilty to his latest drug arrest and was sentenced to one year in a LAGUNA BEACH recovery center and 5 years probation.What? Newport Beach recovery/sober living/rehab homes not...
Only We Were Fooled
So I was leaving the bank this afternoon and ran into a Deputy Sheriff (large, intimidating guy) and asked him,"Was it a surprise what happened to Sheriff Carona?"His response,"To who."I guess only the people who DIDN'T work for him were surpris...
Supervisor John Moorlach's Take on the Sheriff
As expected, Supervisor John Moorlach has asked embattled Sheriff Carona to resign.Here's Supervisor Moorlach's statement from his MOORLACH UPDATE -- Sheriff Carona -- October 30, 2007:"Put this under “Tomorrow’s News.” At today’s Board of Supervisors...
Total Buzz - Sheriff Carona Saga Detailed
Take a look at the OCRegister.com's Total Buzz section on the Sheriff indictment on Federal Corruption Charges.Great coverage by Martin Wiscol and Peggy Lo...
CdMRA News: Upcoming Meetings Of Importance
This came to my by email yesterday...they are an informed and involved group huh?That reminds me, I still owe them my $12 membership fee...although I don't live in CDM anymore...Based on feedback from many of our members on these topics, you may wish...
Master of the Obvious
Congrats to the OCRegister's Jeff Overley for stating the obvious in his article,"Big bucks in City Hall debate."Big bucks have already been spent (someone had to pay for this phone poll) and more will be spent trying to put the City into massive, long...
Indict This!
It's all over the Internet (which the Daily Pilot says you shouldn't trust...), the newspapers, and the morning news (click here, here, here, here and here for some easy reading...).Sheriff Mike Carona has been indicted on Federal Corruption Charges.Oops.I...
Monday, October 29, 2007
Wadder Wadder Everywhere but not a drop to drink!
Made a call to the MWD and chatted with the PIO...who was inresidence called Rob. Told him who we were and basically justwanted to know what scientific studies they used to make theirdetermination regarding adding Fluoride for the first time since the...
John Wayne Airport PRIVATE Plane Mishap
After we are told that John Wayne Airport's runways are not that safe, primarily because of private planes,"Airport spokeswoman Jenny Wedge chalked the problem up to JWA's large number of private small-plane flights, which account for roughly 70 percent...
Newport Beach Links Galore!
One of the reasons I started this blog was to give my handful of readers a place where they could find links to other Newport-Centric websites. I think I've done a somewhat decent job, but nothing compared to this site...Check it out.http://www.at-la.com/cities/newport_beach/community.htmI...
FreeNewport.com Active Again!
For a while, Freenewport.com was quiet. And I missed it.For a while, Freenewport.com was attacking me unmercifully. While that was interesting and fun, now they quote it. Times change...But, Freenewport.com is known as a place where people can truly...
Monday Morning QB - Newport Beach Edition
I'm sick, wife is sick, kids are sick...So I apologize in advance if this doesn't make sense.The Daily Pilot had an article, "Newport water to contain fluoride," which then drew this Editorial, "Trust the dentists, not web theories." Ron and Anna Winship...
Sunday, October 28, 2007
What can we use... if not Fluoride?
The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California has decided in its wisdom to add Fluoride to the So. Cal watersupply. How much? For how long? Why? When?Jon Roth, Executive Director of the California Dental Assn.Foundation (whoever they are!) said:...
Thursday, October 25, 2007
State Senator Tom Harman - End of Year Honors
In today's Daily Pilot, Newport Beach (and Costa Mesa) we are told that:"The California Taxpayers’ Assn. has given (State Senator Tom) Harman an “A” rating for the 2007 legislative session.This was the fifth year the group, which opposes raising taxes...
Wednesday, October 24, 2007
Toys R on Us & the Bad Oncologist
Monday I met with my friend C from the Bay Area, in town to give a lecture and to celebrate his father's 80th birthday. After being an adjunct lecturer and a freelance editor for many years, he's finally gotten a job as chair of liberal studies in a...
Firestorms
The human carnage, the broken hearts, the lost animals, themissing mementos - lost forever have yet to be counted. Letus just say...it has been bad enough already. Whatever isscheduled to follow adds needless insult to injury. How didthe Governor do?...
Interesting Campaign Contribution Limit Article
With the Newport Beach City Council 2008 elections a year away, and the impeding campaigning a few months from starting, the issue of Campaign Contribution Limits will no doubt be raised. Especially since two of the 2006 combatants raised (including...
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
Good News! John Wayne Airport Runways Not Safe!
Well...not exactly, but the OC Register's Jeff Overley's triumphant return article titled, "JWA's runway safety scrutinized." says it all. Check out this first paragraph:"Though it has not witnessed any serious mishaps in recent years, John Wayne Airport...
Monday, October 22, 2007
Someone Doesn't Heart John Moorlach
Stumbled across this Blog today, most aptly named:"John Moorlach is a fool."To quote Jubal at the OCBlog.net:"Successful blogging requires persistence and frequency."We'll see if this "Cop" can be persistent.First one against State Senator Tom Harman...
Congressman Rohrabacher Event.
Although Congressman Dana Rohrabacher doesn't represent Newport Beach anymore, it's always a good time to hear what he has to say, especially if Former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld will be there. Both events will be in Newport Beach. Congressman...
OC Residents to Pay to Fly from LAX?
I don't know how they would efficiently enforce this, especially since they miss about 75% of bombs and explosives coming through their security screens, but a Los Angeles Airport Commissioner wants OC residents to pay a "Special Fee" to fly out of the...
Sunday, October 21, 2007
All Her Life or: Can You Spot the Southern Lady in This Picture?
My mother came in last weekend to Cancer Bitch World HQ. (See photo take by L on porch of CB World HQ.) My mother would have flown in for every chemo treatment, but I wouldn't let her. I asked if she would help me with my clutter, and she agreed. So...
Saturday, October 20, 2007
City Hall Phone Poll
And I thought that I was going to have a quiet Saturday morning...I haven't written that fast and furious since Graduate School.Got a call this morning from Western Research and was asked to participate in a Phone Poll.Here are the questions (and sorry...
Friday, October 19, 2007
Not All Have Gone...
Earlier in the week, while mourning the Newport Beach's Daily Pilot's impending loss of Political writer Alicia Robinson, I wondered where the OC Register's Jeff Overley went.Well, I just found out. Fortunately he'll be back covering Newport Beach again...
Busy as a Dolores
Good friend Dolores Otting has single handedly beaten back Fluoride...Earlier in the month, I received this and this from Dolores, promptly posting them (I know what's good for me...), about the Metropolitan Water District adding Fluoride to our water.Dolores...
Those Damn Personal Reasons...
Former Newport Beach Mayor (considering that the Mayor seat rotates between City Council members, it's possible that every member of the dais could become a Former Mayor right?) John Heffernan has a few questions in today's Daily Pilot to his former...
Thursday, October 18, 2007
Newport Harbor Republican Women Luncheon
This came in via email (to both of my email addresses...it must be REALLY important) from friend Dolores Otting. Go to it and learn something, meet some really nice ladies, eat some good food, and to have a great time!The Luncheon you don’t want to...
Wednesday, October 17, 2007
Death & Taxes
Three things (in addition to Political news) that I neurotically look for are the OC Restaurant Closures, the Newport Beach Police Blotter feature of the OC Register and the DUI reports in the Daily Pilot. Sometimes I see names and restaurants I recognize,...
Sausalito Ahead of the Curve.
It get a big frustrating when you watch other cities take action (like Pasadena) to prevent the proliferation of Rehab/Sober Living Homes in their areas, while Newport Beach continues to get them by the bushel.Now (actually a week ago...news travels...
I Heart Harman!
The Orange County Register's Total Buzz mentioned it. The OCBlog.net wrote about it too.Apparently I'm not the only person who thinks that our (well...technically Huntington Beach's) State Senator Tom Harman is a swell guy.Here's a new Blog dedicated...
Tuesday, October 16, 2007
Welcome to the Dollhouse; Cancer Bitch Embarrasses Herself and Others
Today I passed by the dollhouse furniture store where I bought the lawn furniture (see photo below). I went in looking for accessories to put on the table, but the problem was they didn't have any more of the lawn furniture on sale so I had to guess...
Monday, October 15, 2007
Good News, Sort Of
U.S. cancer rates are on the decline, a group of private and public scientists announced today. In further good news, the AP reports: "New breast cancer diagnoses are dropping about 3.5 percent a year...." It's either because fewer post-menopausal women...
URGENT: Concerned Citizens Call to Action
This came over the email this morning.Concerned Citizens and Friends: Wednesday, 10/17, at 7:00 p.m. (City Hall) is the Public Hearing for Group Homes Moratorium Extension. The City is expected to propose 1-year extension. Please attend: Your voice...
Small Paper - Small Dollars
Sometimes it's easy to lose track of what's really important...as Ron and Anna Winship point out...Geoff West, and his A Bubbling Cauldron blog, has a good little piece about our Daily Pilot's Political Reporter Alicia Robinson and her moving on to a...
We don't want Conan O'Brien..do you?
Politics..politics...good grief...how much can we stand?Look at all those events...all the money....they want...all the wasted hor'dourves...all the wasted conversation,no less. How about some truly important stuff? Who careswhere they put the dumb City...
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