I found this graffiti spray-painted on one of those fabric barriers to keep dirt from being washed into the storm drains from construction sites. It was at the months-long closure of Swain Road underpass at I-5 due to work on freeway above. It read: “Joel still loves you, 2/25/13.” The road has been closed to [...]
I have to admit to feeling a little melancholy when I see a fireworks stand on the day after the Fourth of July. Its hollow plywood shell and empty shelves echo the festivities of just the night before. The stands go up a few weeks before Independence Day and they’re just as barren as the [...]
My family and I recently visited the campus of Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. On a student led tour we stopped outside of the math and science building and as the young tour guide told us about the facility I noticed something high atop the building. On a rain spout near the top corner was [...]
I was thinking of a good story that I could concoct for an April Fool’s Day joke. One that that would sound preposterous yet at the same time somewhat believable and at the end I could say a hearty “April Fools!” The first idea was that of a merger of camera giants Canon and Nikon [...]
Between opening acts and headliners at concerts it’s customary to play recorded music for the fans to listen to. Various artists are usually played mostly as background music as the roadies change around the stage. The Carrie Underwood/Hunter Hayes concert at the Stockton Arena was no different. Hayes opened with a rousing set, but when [...]
“My friend has a baby. I’m recording all the noises he makes so later I can ask him what he meant.” – Stephen Wright Do you remember those posters that looked like seemingly white noise back in about the 1980’s or ‘90s. They looked static-y snow patterns seen on some channel-less TV sets but if [...]
Man’s ability to create and use language is considered by many something that sets him apart from the animals. Recently I’ve come across a few examples of language that makes me think that maybe we aren’t quite so different from the beasts as we think we are. At the San Joaquin County Law Library, [...]
A spoiler alert for those who have yet to see the movie “The Dark Knight Rises.” In it, the villain Bane disables Batman, and he and his henchmen take over Gotham City for a months-long occupation. Our hero recovers, eventually saves the day by sacrificing himself and is presumed dead near the end of the [...]
“…You got that hair slicked back, And those Wayfarers on, baby…” –Boys of Summer by Don Henley I have a theory that goes like this: How long a pair of sunglasses lasts is directly inverse to how much they cost me. In other words, The more expensive they are, the more likely I am to [...]
