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 [...]

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 [...]

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. [...]

San Diego from above

Sunday, February 18th, 2007

Rachel and I finally got to visit the Cabrillo National Monument yesterday, and oh what a view it was!

You can see the full size versions here and here. Not bad for an off-the-shelf digital camera and no tripod!