So my wife got a bar of soap for Christmas (yeah...I don't know from whom), which she placed on the top of the bathroom toilet, still in it's box. So, every morning, as I used the toilet, I read the quote written on the box, from President Abraham Lincoln,"...and...
Monday, December 31, 2007
Saturday, December 29, 2007
Senator Elizabeth Dole Coming to Newport Beach?
I'm amazed by what I get in my email sometimes...Former Presidential Candidate (I have a t-shirt) and the Senior Senator from North Carolina, Elizabeth Dole will be making a visit to the Pacific Club in Newport Beach.Money must be tough to raise in her...
Friday, December 28, 2007
Charlie Wilson's War is our war
Charlie Wilson's War is a well-made, entertaining film, and I recommend it heartily. A few comments just hours after exiting the theater ...There are days when I think that one has to think back to Harry Truman to recall the days that Democrat leaders...
Wednesday, December 26, 2007
Contributing to the Demise of Newport Beach
I'm doing my part!Last week, I was visiting a friend of mine (at his place of business) who lives in North/West Irvine, but who's mother has a house in Dover Shores (I think that's where it was).Whenever we see each other, we always talk politics and...
Theology: a Guest Blog
This is from my friend J in Ohio about her five-year-old:We were driving home from Young's (Their real motto: "The Dairy with Cows") after a meeting with Julie, Josh and the three kids, and were discussing Julie's dying father, which led to a discussion...
Tuesday, December 25, 2007
Merry Christmas
Here's to remembering what it was like to be a kid during Christmas!Merry Christm...
Monday, December 24, 2007
Don't tase us Bro!!
Public access to the goings on of Government in general...have always been a rather large bone of contention. Trying to find out what is going on at City Hall seems to be the toughest find of all. Who owns what? What areas are beingredeveloped? What...
Saturday, December 22, 2007
Everything rated
Chicago Magazine has come out with its doctors issue. Best of. I suppose there were the 10 best and 100 best and 5 cheapest before the advent of the city magazine, but it doesn't seem so. My surgeon, whom I like very much, was named, as was my erstwhile...
Friday, December 21, 2007
Very Well Said
Earlier in the week, Cindy Olsen wrote an opinion piece for the Daily Pilot which asked everyone to "Walk in rehab patrons’ shoes to fully understand needs."It essentially gives the impression that the Rehab Home Activists are Anti-Recovering Addicts.She...
Thursday, December 20, 2007
Oh, Oh, it never ends
Diagnosed yesterday with fungal toe nails. I have to put special nail polish on them every night. The bottle will last about a month or two and costs NINETY-FOUR DOLLARS AND NINETY-NINE CENTS and is not reimbursed by our health insurance. Yesterday I...
Something to Aspire To...
Contrary to the Daily Pilot's Brianna Bailey's assessment that I am going to use her material for my next post...Because of the Sober Living/Rehab Homes/Former-Mayor Steve Rosansky conflict of interest issues, watching the Newport Beach City Council...
Mayor Pro-Tem Leslie Daigle Accepting Awards (and Campaign Contributions) For a Fabricated Issue
Yes, it's a long title...Perhaps I'm the only one who cares about this, because obviously the Daily Pilot doesn't want to:Call out Mayor Pro-Tem Leslie Daigle for graciously accepting an award for a Fabricated Issue.Or embarrass all the groups who are...
Wednesday, December 19, 2007
The Exciting Day
1. The Phancy PhlebotomistI had a blood test today on Ye Olde Cancer Floor at Fancy Hospital. The phlebotomists have always been nice and personal and usually talkative. There was one who'd had surgery for a repetitive motion disorder like carpal tunnel...
I'M Watching You!
I've been a bit hesitant to mention this before, but...If you are familiar with websites, you know that most websites have an IP tracker associated with their websites for a variety of reasons.I have one because I'm obsessive compulsive about know where...
Holiday Greetings to my Political Friends
This was forwarded to me by a good friend. To All My Democrat Friends: Please accept with no obligation, implied or implicit, my best wishes for an environmentally conscious, socially responsible, low-stress, non-addictive, gender-neutral celebration...
Spend It If You Got It
Yes, I know, a budget surplus is still a surplus (except of course if you a "Republican" Governor and you don't know what the word budget surplus means).Months ago, the City of Newport Beach passed its new budget with a projected $2.5 million dollar...
Tuesday, December 18, 2007
The ECB Stepping into Liquid!
The European Central Bank is akin to our Federal Reserve,World Bank and International Monetary Fund. It's primedirective is to make sure their is enough cash in the system for banks throughout Europe to operate on a daily basis.Right now the ECB Philosophy...
Councilwoman Nancy Gardner's December Newsletter
You know, it's been a busy month...For Councilwoman Gardner too obviously, since she just got her December newsletter out halfway through the month.Pretty standard stuff, with more of Nancy's opinions than usual.Kudos to Nancy for keeping her constituents...
Monday, December 17, 2007
Pro/Con The Death Penalty: This Guy Deserves to Die
I guess I should be happy (or callous?) that the going-ons in Newport Beach haven't made my blood boil like today.Taken from Cnn.com:Jessee Timmendequas lured 7-year old Megan Kanka to his home by saying he wanted to show her a puppy. He then raped her,...
Illegal Immigrants Not Soo Illegal in Huntington Beach?
Sometimes I read articles and I get pretty angry, and I want to get to my laptop immediately to write (vent) about it.Fortunately, though, my life isn't easy enough to do that and I'm forced to stew about it until I can get to a computer....and it's...
Saturday, December 15, 2007
Happy Holidays?
Christmas isn't too far away, and the Christmas cards having been coming in.Here's an interesting story from Long Beach New York.Essentially the townsfolk planted a Christmas tree in front of City Hall, knowing that it would grow and grow.This year though,...
Thursday, December 13, 2007
George Mitchell's MLB-Steroid Report
Like most kids, I grew up a huge Baseball fan and while living in New York City as a kid, I watched Reggie Jackson hit those three home runs on my parent's Black and White 8" TV (yes that's what makes me a lifetime Yankee fan).So in horror, I watch as...
Wednesday, December 12, 2007
Calling All Attorneys - Explain This To Me...
Now, Lori left this comment and gave the link for this lawsuit.If you've been reading this blog, you know that I'm not a wordsmith...But from what I can gather, this lawsuit says that the Rehab Homes are not responsible for their "Disabled" residents...
Senator Harman Says - Do As I Say, Not As I Do.
I really don't try to attack Senator Tom Harman...it just happens.I can't begrudge some of our State Legislators for accepting their "huge" 2.75% raises. While they get a Tax Free Per Diem of around $34k plus a car allowance (if they choose to accept...
The Mayor Ed Selich Era
Congrats to Newport Beach's new Mayor Ed Selich and to new Mayor Pro-Tem Leslie Daigle.Mayor Ed inherits:A new Sober Living/Rehab Home ordinance that will no doubt spawn big dollars in lawsuits, by either the angry residents or by the "Discriminated"...
Tuesday, December 11, 2007
Fine Line Between Lawsuits
I hate having to write about this, because I already have...Guess what?The new ordinance regarding Sober Living/Rehab Homes will spawn many lawsuits.Either from Residents who say it doesn't do enoughorBy Republican Party of Orange County Chairman Scott...
Monday, December 10, 2007
Here at WRU
The web is an odd thing, especially for those of us old enough to remember when people didn't have computers at home. A "personal computer" was something big that stayed on your desk in the office. Anyway, my friend D in Minnesota alerted me today to...
TRY Not to Laugh at This
If you are having a bad day, click on the video and laugh along...
Senator Tom Harman Fundraiser - Who Called Who?
I almost thought that they'd be nothing to write about today.Anyway, State Senator Tom Harman's getting pretty active in Newport Beach raising money.I wonder who's doing the outreach...Or am I out soo out of touch that State Senator Tom Harman is really...
Sunday, December 9, 2007
The Fear
The fear, the fear always of not amounting to anything. That's one way of saying it. I fear I will not, I do not, amount to anything. Meaning I am nothing? As in the old joke about the rabbi and the prominent men of the synagogue bowing and scraping...
Friday, December 7, 2007
Affordable Housing in Newport Beach!
Most people have been to the Newport Beach pier and visitedthe variety of tourist shops so assembled. One of the funnypostcards they sell there includes a ramshackle stick houseover a make-shift pier with the sign: "$2 million dollarReal Estate in Newport...
Scott Baugh - "Advisor" for Sober Living by the Sea
So it appears as though Republican Party of Orange County's Chairman Scott Baugh is on Sober Living by the Sea's payroll.UugggghhhhhLast night, after my internet came back up, I took at look at the OC Register's website and saw this article,"Crackdown...
Thursday, December 6, 2007
Another Voice Request.
Back in September, I asked for Another Voice to write on this blog and got the very smart and very informed David Bahnsen on board, who has given us some good nuggets (here and here).I'm looking for another to join the crew.Here's what I wrote last time:I'm...
Wednesday, December 5, 2007
Balboa Fun Zone IS Dead
Coming back to issues more local...The OC Register has this article"Balboa Fun Zone isn't dead – it just looks that way."With all the attention towards:Where should City Hall goes.Where the Rehab/Sober Living Homes shouldn't go.Going after one bar in...
CRA Doesn't Like Senator Tom Harman
No surprise here.Taken from the OC Blog.net and Assemblyman Chuck DeVore's post, the California Republican Assembly came out with their 2007 rankings and guess what?State Senator Tom Harman didn't score very well, but at least he got past a score of...
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