Tag Archives: San diego

Whereupon I whine about my life

February 18th, 2008 – 17:18

It’s been a week since I last posted.  I know, I know, I was doing so well… this is the longest break I’ve had in 58 days.  I was doing so well.
It all started with a flu/bronchitis/generally-feel-bad bug that started going around, and a babysitting gig.  I had taken a 4-day weekend to get a [...]

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American Idol from the Inside

January 25th, 2008 – 19:40

Tuesday’s American Idol, for those who were watching, was set in beautiful sunny San Diego, with scenes from the July 30th audition. One of the clips in that show (also used as part of the teaser at the end of the Dallas tryout show) had a contestant named Sarah Long, who Randy compared to [...]

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The Pro Football topic

January 20th, 2008 – 12:25

Since the Titans choked and gave their spot to San Diego two weeks ago, I feel safe in talking about football right now.
I live in Chargers country.  I am probably 3 miles away from their corporate offices/practice field, and 5 miles away from the Q.  This city (the nation’s 8th largest) is full of people [...]

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Titans football season ends

January 6th, 2008 – 17:49

Unfortunately, they don’t go out with a bang so much as with a strangling sound.
They were doing so well, holding the Chargers scoreless and keeping LT down to less than 15 yards whe whole first half; then it all collapsed.
I’ll give credit where it’s due, though, Tennessee had a fantastic game while missing several key [...]

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San Diego fires, Thursday update

October 25th, 2007 – 22:35

Real quick, ’cause it’s late and I’m tired:
The networks are sick of the coverage, we’re back in “normal” mode on TV.
Qualcomm’s closing at Noon tomorrow as far as evac shelters go. They say the population’s dwindling. Not surprised. If they didn’t close it, the homeless would migrate there and it’d be 2 [...]

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Socal fires, Wednesday update

October 24th, 2007 – 16:05

Continuation of the fire updates… Things are better, and things are worse.
Two new fires have sprung up further north, Rice Canyon and Horno (Camp Pendleton areas). Also the Witch Creek fire, the worst one going — the one you’ve likely seen on TV, if you’re watching on a national level — has merged with [...]

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SoCal fires

October 22nd, 2007 – 11:52

We are fine. Thought I’d get that out there.
Yeah, the fires are burning. Here’s a set of maps of what’s going on. The evac area (the red part of the second map) is about 15 miles north of us right now. The fires, the best we can understand, appear to be [...]

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