Jul - 31st
Naked In Berkeley
Posted at 9:24 am | Filed Under Uncategorized
Berkeley is an interesting place, and I say that from experience. I lived there, albeit briefly, for 16 months while in and immediately after graduate school. If someone asked to describe life in Berkeley, I think this news snippet from this morning sums it up pretty nicely... "A nude woman running in and out of [...]
Jul - 29th
California Beckons
Posted at 9:31 pm | Filed Under Uncategorized
These "marked days" posts are what we refer to in the industry as fluff posts. Coming soon to a blog near you... the clip show.
Today marks the first day of the seventh year of me moving to California to start my new life. It would take me exactly one less day than a full year [...]
Jul - 28th
Golden Gate Redux
Posted at 6:22 pm | Filed Under Uncategorized
I guess I am not the only one... "Nearly 75 percent of the 1,600 respondents are opposed to any suicide barrier being built [on the Golden Gate Bridge] at all." Some semblance of sanity in an insane world. It continues, it being the world according to reyonthehill... "But of the barrier design options, the net [...]
Jul - 9th
Golden Gate Jumpers
Posted at 4:07 pm | Filed Under Uncategorized
I am not a proponent of modifying the Golden Gate Bridge to reduce the potential for the landmark to be a location and method for suicide (I think it is a silly idea), but with the five choices offered, I would choose the netting option. It certainly would have the least visual impact on the [...]
Jun - 24th
A Fitting Memorial
Posted at 9:29 am | Filed Under Uncategorized
Coming soon to San Francisco... "the George W. Bush Sewage Plant."
Jun - 23rd
Grass Valley Fire
Posted at 9:11 am | Filed Under Uncategorized
It smells like one big campfire in the Bay Area; it reminds me of Tahoe actually. The Grass Valley fire is around twenty minutes from our house. We noticed it on Saturday afternoon (when the temperature was over 100 degrees, and the conditions were extremely dry). The resulting smoke makes for unreal sunsets, but that [...]
Jun - 17th
Morning Snark
Posted at 8:36 am | Filed Under Uncategorized
Hundreds of same-sex couples were married last night in California, expressing their love amid the new-found freedom reinforced by the California courts. Aside from the bliss that comes with a wedding ceremony, the State of California is on pace to erase its record deficits in two years when the number of divorce filings is expected [...]
Apr - 11th
Salmon Runs Dry
Posted at 8:47 am | Filed Under Uncategorized
In local news, it is going to be an interesting summer of cooking in the bay area, because "no commercial or recreational salmon fishing will be allowed off the coast of California and most of Oregon this year." That's right, no salmon. I'm a bigger fan of tilapia anyway.
Jan - 31st
In the News… California.
Posted at 10:05 am | Filed Under In the News
- This is what life, er, politics, is all about. A new poll in California shows "Hillary Clinton with a very narrow three-percentage point lead over Barack Obama."
- After watching last night's GOP debate, you would think that the primary will be a referendum on Reagan's legacy. By the way, why don't the democrats have [...]
Jan - 12th
In the News… Late Night Edition.
Posted at 12:00 am | Filed Under In the News
Kids, do not do this at home; stay in school.
- Obama may find enough support in New York to make the state competitive, possibly giving Hillary a run for her money in a state she hoped that she would not have to spend too much money. Hillary losing New York would almost be as embarrassing [...]
Jan - 2nd
In the News
Posted at 9:35 am | Filed Under In the News
- The latest issue with same-sex marriage... same-sex divorce. One in every two.
- The best new law of the new year: In California, it is now illegal to "smoke with a child under 18 in the car - whether the vehicle is in motion or not." That is a good first step; now to increase [...]
Dec - 21st
In the News
Posted at 9:46 am | Filed Under In the News
It has been too long.
- Tom Tancredo, the most racist of the GOP contenders (and that is saying something), has decided to drop-out of the race. I guess polling at 0.05% is a bit discouraging.
- The EPA administrator, which -- in the Bush White House -- has become something of an impish position, disregarded the [...]
Oct - 25th
Morning Politoon
Posted at 8:46 am | Filed Under Politoons
John Sherffius on the state of California...
Image: Daryl Cagle's Professional Cartoonists Index
Sep - 6th
In the News… Ron Paul Video.
Posted at 8:34 am | Filed Under In the News
- If the parental-notification for under-18 tanning bill is signed by Schwarzenegger, I'd sell all my stock in tanning salons, if I had any. A silly law, but I can see the point.
- Senate Democrats will be considering alternatives in their attempts to end the war (and get GOP support for it). Alternatives, what a [...]
Aug - 29th
In the News
Posted at 9:23 am | Filed Under In the News
- I understand John Edwards' point -- it is important to drive fuel-efficient vehicles, carpool, take public transportation -- however, how am I supposed to go camping, or skiing, up in Tahoe without my SUV?
- The long, slow death of Senator Larry Craig's political career is underway. Would it have been a lesser issue if [...]
Jul - 19th
In the News
Posted at 8:02 am | Filed Under In the News
- A new poll finds that "a majority of Americans think Congress should not continue to fund the war unless a timetable for withdrawal is put in place." I participated in this poll. A little before dinner time, I received a phone call. "What are your feelings on the Iraq war?" asked the poller. "Bush [...]
Jun - 28th
Relish Tray
Posted at 9:26 pm | Filed Under Uncategorized
An IM with my sister-in-law...
[20:42] eszczep: are we officially cancelled for tahoe[20:42] eszczep: i gotto know what to pack
[20:45] reyonthehill: yea
[20:46] eszczep: have you gotten some junk food for my arrival!
[20:47] reyonthehill: um, not yet
[20:50] eszczep: well there is enough time! potato chips and veggie tray
Instead of Tahoe, my wife likes Yosemite; I say Mendocino.
Jun - 27th
In the News… the I, Me, Mine Edition.
Posted at 2:02 pm | Filed Under In the News
- I was forced to cancel plans in Tahoe this weekend because of the forest fire. By the way, because of the fire, Hotels.com refunded my money in full, with no cancellation fee. (Were the customer service people really aware of the Tahoe fire, or was this one of those magical reasons that allowed them [...]
Jun - 15th
In the News… the Non-Sensical Version.
Posted at 11:44 pm | Filed Under In the News
- "Russian astronauts and engineers may have corrected a problem yesterday that caused computers aboard the International Space Station to crash and raised the possibility that the station might have to be evacuated." I'm just saying, if I was in space, with an internet connection available, I'd be blogging. I'm just saying. (I'm dedicated, I [...]
May - 21st
In the News
Posted at 7:22 am | Filed Under Uncategorized
- A troubling fact is developing here in California as "for the first time the state will spend more on incarcerating inmates than on educating students in its public universities."
- The campaign to spread Firefox is a lot like the campaign to elect Howard Dean in 2004, only a lot more successful.
- If visits to [...]