Ah yea!  Mason is headed there.  Actually, I was there but 4 years ago (briefly - flying along on I 5). Oceanside California!  Home of the 1st Marine Division in Camp Pendleton!  What a town (not much anymore as it is typical SoCal!).  But a place I spent more than a few years of my youth, and where I learned to surf. Ever see "The Summer of 42"?  Ok, not that great (but only by a gnats whisker!).  But it was Summer all year round.  I was early teens...

5 Embarrassing moments, eh.  I wish I could be as amusing as Locamama.  But mine are just normal things kids do and then go "oops" afterwards. 1. We use to live in the hills east of San Diego.  That's all there was really, just hills.  Very little flat space.  So our house was built on a plateau on a hill.  Hill below the house, and a hill above it.  All the guys would always 'gallop' down the hill, like they were riding a horse.  So I decided I was goi...

Ever have them?  The ones that just wont let go and have to constantly harp on an irrelevant point?  You know, the ones that constantly remind you that you are A personality.  Or that at one time you actually {shock} voted for Carter or such? They are kind of like the Penguin in Batman the Movie.  you know the Harp from hell?  But they exist. They just cannot let sleeping dogs lie.  SO they constantly harp from hell!  SO what do we do?  We ignore them. ...

With thanks to Adventure Dude who showed me that I have been doing things all wrong, I bring you the latest News. Stay away from me! Yes, my Doctor has me on a low Cholesterol diet.  WHat does that mean?  If it tastes good and does not swim, it is off limits!  No Pasta Alfredo!  No Fried Chicken, no prime rib (we went to Outback over the weekend and I order the Tilapia!), no butter, no cheese, no eggs! (I dream of eggs!), no sausage, no fun! for the last month+, I ha...

So my son asks!  He is quite the connoisseur of ribs and Buffalo wings!  But tonight he had some from Outback  (Hey!  They serve fosters!  So they must be Aussie!). And he refuses to finish them!  The raccoons will get them. So I told him tongue in cheek, "what do Aussies know about Buffalo wings?".  That stumped him.  But it got me thinking.  Does Australia have Buffalo wings?  And if they are like the Outback kind, sorry sir!  I know Bu...

There has been a lot of talk lately about illegal immigration (sometimes mis-labeled just immigration), and how things are so bad in Mexico (by far the source of most of the illegal immigration, but not all of it). But for all the talk of doom and gloom, Mexico is doing some things right.  They are shooting lawyers. Just kidding.  But they do seem to have a dearth of them, which is good for business and in connection good for us.  Why? I recently chipped a tooth.  No bi...

Ever seen the commercial where the vegged out guy is sitting in front of the TV, and his non-vegged out friends are trying to get him involved?  I watch so little commercial TV, that when there is a clever one I do catch (I did see the Superbowl and those - even the lame ones) one, I remember it.  Truth be told, I dont remember the product they are selling (in this case I think it was potato chips, but dont quote me). Well, sad to say as I have gotten older, and my brain more fuller...

You are naive if you are worried about the government!  They got more problems than your corns!  The simple truth is that your life is already an open book!  And the ID thieves have got you dead to rights.  The only reason you have not been hijacked is that you are not interesting enoigh yet. Worry about the fricking government?  After I am dead maybe!  The sad fact that so many area 51 nuts fail to realize is that there is TOO much information for anyone to give...

Has anyone heard those commercials?  We are being inundated with them.  How you should do this and that for your family.  Some are common sense, few are actually enlightening.  But some are just wrong! Wrong?  Yes.  Sorry.  Maybe I am a bad parent.  But the latest is "reward your child for good grades".  Sorry, I don't buy that.  You do not reward for expectations (lets not go into the the differently abled and their incentives - lets stick wi...

This is actually not about my mother.  She is a great woman, and I do love her,  But she is Wonder Woman, and raised 7 children virtually by herself.  She is a great woman. No, this is about my Godmother.  My heroine, my inspiration, and for the mentally handicapped (the ones with no physical handicaps parking in the handicap spaces) the reason for your Keying. She is in the hospital.  It is not serious as in life and death, but serious for her.  She has a tor...

A while back, Cordelia did a blog on where are you.  But it was limited to the 50 states.  Which was good, but not really good for all.  Recently, Sally posted a blog, and Dynamaso said something about posting while we sleep.  He lives down under, so yea, he is offset from us colonials by 12-14 hours.  I know Islandgurl is also over there as she does not usually come on line until after 6pm, my time. But I am curious as to where you are at in time.  Here on the e...

As predicted, the vampires started calling me last week.  The gave me the weekend to donate, but I was busy that weekend. So yesterday, I finally broke down and went to donate.  I was a little leery after my previous donation when I almost passed out, but knew that unless I contracted AIDS, they would not stop calling. So I go for the mini-physical, and all seemed to be OK.  Then into the chair to donate.  Just as they were sticking the needle into my arm, my wife called.&...

JU is acting Hinky today {GASP} .  Yes it is true.  Many have been posting 2, 3 or more times because they get an error when posting an article.  It happens, it has happened before, and probably will again. Just a suggestion for those not wanting the hassle of multiple articles saying the exact same thing.  When you get the error message, open a second browser window (leave the original one on the Article you are trying to post) and navigate to Joe User/Newest Article...

Well, not actually.  I finally broke down and bought the 2 volume set of A Tale of Love and War.  And Since I am taking a trip soon, I will be enjoying a saga of the time of the greatest generation.  My Kudos to the one who recommended it. Review to come later.  Amazon is Slow San Chonino!  I ordered it 3 weeks ago!

There are several sites out there that show you your property on a satelite map.  And they give you the worth of it.  While we all know that prices have skyrocketed, unless we hire an appraiser (about $300), most of us dont really know what our property is really worth now.  (Thank god Assessments have not kept up!). But there is one.  zillow.com.  It is not accurate.  but my neighbor just put his house on the market, so I compared his asking price to zillow and ...