Archive for August 2006
The monthlies.
In the News
- California’s humble yet photogenic governor, Arnold Schwarzenegger, has all but secured himself a re-election victory with his moderate-friendly signing of a bill aimed at slowing the effects of global warming, the first of its kind in the nation. Moderates and political neophytes will have trouble not pulling the lever for the Kindergarten Cop come [...]
Full Of Grace
While perusing through my video archive (an archive that solely exists because of a wonderful gift), I’ve decided to finalize some smaller projects and publish them under on the hill films. This first video, “Full Of Grace,” is a short film starring a friend (at a now former company). [High-quality version; medium-quality version, shown below.] [...]
Photo Caption Contest… JonBenet Frenzy.
This is one of those images “worth a thousand words.” (That is a saying, right?) Rita Cosby: “Say it ain’t so. My career depends on this.” Image: AP Photo/Jack Dempsey For those who may not know, Rita Cosby is the woman with her face pressed up against the window. Although Cosby still works for MSNBC, [...]
Long Lost Emails… Dom’s Dodge Neon.
If you are unable to read between the lines, my fiancee and I will be heading out in ten days to the East Coast for our upcoming wedding. The wedding is the following week (in Philadelphia), and then we will live it up along the Spanish and French Mediterranean coast, followed by a week in [...]
Long Lost Emails… Keeping Tabs With My Peeps.
Well, I must admit, this wasn’t that “lost.” Or “long,” really. (Just consider myself a marketing specialist.) A friend I went to graduate school with at Berkeley sent an email from Seattle a month ago letting a few of us bay area residents know that he’d be in town for a few days. His schedule [...]
Morning Politoon… Life Is A Beach.
The “right to life” movement never takes a break, as Bizarro illustrates… Image: SFGate.com
Morning Politoon… Planetary Discretion.
Hey, it is still morning out here in California… suckers. Toles delivers a biased public service announcement from planet Earth. Image: Yahoo!
reyonthehill vs. Walmart, Take 2
This past Tuesday, Walmart’s lawyers were back in action, attempting to halt the City’s decision to purchase Walmart’s property by way of eminent domain. As a result, I addressed the Hercules City Council once again…
Final Thoughts
I wanted to follow-up on what I consider my most thoughtful blogpost ever, one in which I had discussed my feelings upon discovering my dentist’s suicide. I would like to clarify a few things… (a) I am a supporter of legalized euthansia. I feel that any “right to life” in our law also suggests a [...]
He Was My Dentist
For those who know me, or have gotten to know me through this blog, you know that I am not an overtly sensitive person, and I do not wish to dwell on the horrible news I received yesterday, but getting my thoughts on paper, or blog, as it may be, may provide some good (I [...]
My Dentist Committed Suicide
The dentist that my fiancee and I have been going to for three years now (the only dentist we have had since moving to California) committed suicide yesterday. My fiancee had an appointment next week (in lieu of our ever-approaching wedding). I recently left his practice because of the change in insurance coverage with my [...]
Pluto Was A Bastard Planet Anyway
The most humorous result of the astronomy field’s appropriate decision to trim the list of planets from nine to eight — giving Pluto the boot in the process — is the apparent (ignorant) public uproar. In what scientific field is public opinion allowed to sway scientific judgement? What will this lead to next? No more [...]
Morning Politoon… Watching Your Weight.
Toles examines the effects of twelve years of overeating… Image: Yahoo!
My Conversation With David Letterman
Last night I spoke with David Letterman briefly and the following is a snippet from our conversation… David Letterman: You a fan of Mister Bush? reyonthehill: Bush…? David Letterman: (laughter) reyonthehill: Busch… like the beer, or Bush like vagina? David Letterman: (laughter) Bush like vagina. (laughter) Are you a fan of the president, President Bush? [...]
A sign of things to come for Saturday Night Live…
“For me, the most important thing is keeping the show on the air.” — Lorne Michaels, SNL producer, on the upcoming season.
Acting All Presidential And Stuff
Remember when Al Gore and George W. Bush were competing for who looked more “presidential” during the historic Florida recount battle? (Hint: Speaking in front of flags proves your love for the Constitution.) Image: CNN.com Image: The Daily Texan Well, that behaving “presidential” junk has all but subsided… “We’re learning that the first frat boy [...]
Iraq War… No Opinion.
CNN’s most recent Iraq war polling has no good news for Bush — a record-high 61 percent oppose — but who the hell are these “No Opinion” folks (who apparently make up four percent of the population)? “So, you for or against the war, man?” “Eh… I really don’t have an opinion.” Fuck you. Image: [...]
Brief Baseball Rants
- Following a five-game sweep at the hands of the hated archrival New York Yankees, the second-place Boston Red Sox (who are in the race for the wildcard) have yielded 644 runs so far this season, the last 49 of which came in this series. Did you know only four other teams in all of [...]
Bush Insurance Rates Through The Roof
I am unsure which is cheaper: Destroying homes and then fixing them, or preventing the destruction in the first place? “Bush also said his administration was pledging an additional $230 million to help the Lebanese rebuild their homes and return to their towns and communities.” Maybe the Bush administration should consider obtaining an insurance policy. [...]
The Pump House
My day job is geotechnical engineer. But, at night, I come up with these crazy plans; for example, a pump house (which is actually a reservoir house, but I like to call it a “pump house”) I developed in April of this year. I wanted to create a system that integrated well water and city [...]
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