Archive for the 'California' Category

San Diego is “officially” cursed

Tuesday, October 2nd, 2007

If it’s on Wikipedia, it must be true. The Padres just couldn’t pull through during last night’s wild card game against the Rockies, losing after 13 innings. Seem familiar? The Chargers made it to the divisional playoffs last year only to lose to the Patriots (at the Q no less!) in the last 2 minutes [...]

Is the Big One coming?

Tuesday, September 4th, 2007

It seems a lot of people slept through a pretty decent earthquake this morning, though I was driving on the freeway and didn’t feel a thing anyway. This is the second or third small quake in the last week or so and we’ve had a few minor aftershocks all day (none of which I’ve felt). [...]

Here vs. There: The homebuyer’s dilemma

Monday, June 4th, 2007

I don’t know what’s causing it — maybe this whole quarter-life crisis thing just manifests itself it different ways for different people. Whatever the case, I’ve found myself watching shows like Flip This House and This Old House and thinking I want that. So what’s a guy to do? I’m surrounded by home-related banter (my [...]

This Earth Day, I wish the bees would come back

Sunday, April 22nd, 2007

It seems that honeybees are disappearing and no one knows why. I wouldn’t mind if those crazy Africanized bees disappeared from southern California though… If you love avocados, don’t waste your time going to the Fallbrook Avocado Festival. The website promised that I would see a giant, inflatable avocado in all it’s green glory. Well [...]

Why I’ll never be a true Californian

Thursday, December 21st, 2006

CNN Money: America’s least affordable major housing markets The 5 most expensive cities to buy a home in the entire United States are all in California. Number 5 on the list: San Diego. I can’t wait for the housing bubble to burst…