L has said that if my cancer metastasizes--if I get "the mets"--we can get a dog. (He said this in response to a question, not as an offering. He claims we're both allergic to dogs.) And yesterday I heard on the radio about a woman with Stage 4 ovarian...
Thursday, July 31, 2008
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
Cancer in the News
Cancer has been big in the news in the last fortnight or so. There was the report about breast self-exams in Russia and China. Based on their study of two populations of factory workers, researchers found that self-exams didn't help women survive breast...
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
County Board does what the city of Newport wouldn't do
Earlier this year councilman Keith Curry brought a motion to the city council to place a measure on the November ballot that would require voter approval of future pension promises made to city employees. The highly unionized city fought it tooth and...
Monday, July 28, 2008
Lawsuit Over?
So back in January, the residents (as the Concerned Citizens of Newport Beach, Inc.) decided to effectively sue themselves (actually the City of Newport Beach) for $250 million dollars (please use your best Austin Powers affect).Well, Friday, they dropped...
Friday, July 25, 2008
Cigar Smoker With Bruce Herschensohn
The best kind of fundraisers?THE FREE ONES!!!!WITH FREE CIGARS!!!So if you don't feel like going to the Newport Beach City Council meeting on August 12, go to the Balboa Bay Club and meet Bruce HerschensohnTuesday, 8/12/085:30 PMSpecial Event Campaign...
Rumor Control - Newport Beach City Council
So...I've been making the "rounds" lately...more often than previous and I've been posed an interesting question/comment/rumor"I hear your a running for the Newport Beach City Council again."Maybe not word for word like that, but in different variations/incarnations/email...
Thursday, July 24, 2008
On the Bus...
...the woman said, Do you think Pastoral has gift certificates?(Pastoral is a fancy cheese store in Lakeview and downtown. We're talking aged, aged gouda that's so hard it's crystalline. And sweet. And expensive.)The man said, The Cook County jail at...
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
Boone's Farm ...could grow big!
T. Boone Pickens is a Texas Oil man. He has been hawkinga plan to save America from dependence on foreign oil throughhis paid "Public Service Announcements". At first blush, itwould be easy to suggest that Boone is busy pushing his planfor Natural gas,...
Monday, July 21, 2008
Sis Boom Bah! Fighting Cancer Can Be Fun!
Cancer Bitch is trying to figure out what she thinks about a new initiative, Stand Up to Cancer, which has all the hallmarks of everything she's suspicious of in Cancerland: big names (Sarah Jessica Parker, Katie Couric, Lance Armstrong), big sports...
Sunday, July 20, 2008
Families for Fairness
If you haven't seen it, it's there...in black and white (and I'd attach it here, but I'm computer-slow...)It ran in the Daily Pilot Friday and Sunday if you want to see it.Go to the Library and see their copy if you've thrown it away, or if you don't...
Thursday, July 17, 2008
"Is it safe?"
What is a CERT, you may ask! Community Emergency Response Team! Matt Brisbois is the affable, effective Community Preparedness Coordinator for the Newport Beach Fire Department.Matt describes himself as a "Body Surfing Lifeguard" that got"volunteered"...
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Telah Kembali
Pagi ini Bpk Dalim, Bpk dari kakak2 iparku telah kembali kepada yang menciptakannya, dan akan di makamkan di kampung halamannya di kota Banjar Ciamis. mohon doa dari semuanya.Hari ini yang punya blog libur du...
Back to Fancy
I had this big lump called a lipoma on my upper arm. Lipo as in fat. It's a fatty tumor. I had it removed in the early 1990s and it grew back so that sometimes people would think I had a big muscle there. It made me self-conscious. More self-conscious...
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
The Wait
She said she hated being pregnant. When the baby was born (C-section), she didn't feel connected to it at all, no big grand all-encompassing love like you always hear about. No natural mother love emanating from her. That instinct just didn't kick in....
Aplikasi RAB dan Perumahan
Aplikasi gratis dan source code. beberapa waktu lalu pengunjung blog yang request program RAB. Dan setelah cari2 di hardist ternyata ketemu program ini.Ada 4 modul dalam aplikasi ini, yaitu :modul Rab : untuk menbuat perhitungan rencana anggaran biaya...
Sunday, July 13, 2008
Rasa ini abadi
Di sini kutulis rasa rindukuYang kuhimpun dari setiap waktu yg kulaui tanpamuKurangkai Indah hanya untukmuWalau kutau takan pernah tersampai padamuNamun aku takkan pernah berhenti menulisDi sini ku ulang selalu kisahku bersamamuTakkan bosan dan takkan...
With Every Storm is a Port
Holding on to tradition and history is sometimes very difficult. Many times we cling to history and tradition that is less thanexemplary of what should be protected or rewarded. Many timesegos take charge of effort and wisdom. Many times choices aremade...
Saturday, July 12, 2008
Update Link
karena tidak ngecek link akhirnya gak ketauan kalau link untuk download tidak jalan... dan karena lama tidak buka blog akhirnya baru ketauan. dan setelah di cek ternyata di esnips.com folder untuk menyimpan filenya belum di share. mudah-mudahan kedepan...
Private Property Rights more important than personal preferences
That's all I have to say. My title is the article. If there was one thing the greatest city in California needs to accept, it is that they do not have the right to toss aside the rights of private property owners because they have personal preferences...
Friday, July 11, 2008
Why The Sober Living Deal Is Garbage
1 - Change In Bed Count analysis leading to decision has manynumeric misrepresentations and fabrications. (ie; The City outsidelaw firm states in Fall 2007 report on Rosansky's renting propertyto a rehab owner "no rehab occupants were found to be residing...
Wednesday, July 9, 2008
Cash for Silence - Newport Beach Edition
The title of this OC Register article says it allN.B. offered rehab opponents money for silenceBackground?The Concerned Citizens of Newport Beach (Inc.) sued the City over the Rehab Homes proliferation.Sober Living by the Sea sued the City over the Rehab...
Tuesday, July 8, 2008
A Summary
This has been a summer of birthday parties. Before the 50th birthday described below, there was a 51st for M and a 59th for B, both parties on Tuesday nights in the front yard of B and S's house. The most memorable comment was at B's, when I walked inside...
Rehabigate or Progress?
Divisive issues are nothing new to Newport Beach. "Greenlight"has been fighting excess developer abuses that included high rises, density, big traffic generators and noise...for years. The "High Density" has always been a big issue....that started with...
Monday, July 7, 2008
Mergers and Acquisitions
Today we bought: a push lawn mower, a Weed Hound, an outside light for the back door, and oranges and popsicles for the construction people who are starting Wednesday. (They don't seem like case-of-beer types.) The Weed Hound is a wonderful invention...
Sunday, July 6, 2008
Parties
It used to be that you would go to a party and then go home with someone and if he reached for a beer in the morning or otherwise became tarnished in your mind, or if he got up early and left a note for you to lock the back door, and then he never called,...
Thursday, July 3, 2008
Days of Rage
For a few days I have been rageful.The contractor and painter came to the new house yesterday and we talked about colors. I was outraged that L thought he was entitled to an opinion. I'm so used to making all the decisions about paint (always off-white,...
Rest in Peace Mr. Arst
For anyone who has paid attention to Newport Beach this decade will know the name Phil Arst.Myself, I got to sit down with him a couple times a few years ago for a chat.And while one may not agree with everything he campaigned for, you could never argue...
Tuesday, July 1, 2008
We Buy a House
We closed yesterday. We sat in the title company office and signed documents with their blue pens, because blue shows up better. Our lawyer, whom we had just met, advised us. She said we had to sign something saying that we would resign something. We...
Joe Horn Cleared in Shooting
Remember this little tidbit about a fellow in Texas who shot a couple of his neighbor's burglars?Well, a Houston Grand Jury cleared him of any crimes.This was a truly fascinating story and it's good to see it end well.For a reminder of what happened,...
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