My bus stop is near a seniors center downtown. That is a good thing. However, there is no outside seating for the center. This means that the seniors who still smoke (and there are a lot of them) come over to hang out around the bus stop. Uhg. This morning I counted 10 people smoking …
Monthly Archives: June 2004
City of God
Finally watched City of God last night. I had heard great things about the movie, but finally got around to renting it. The movie is about a photographer growing up in the infamous ‘City of God’ slum in Rio de Janeiro. I thought it was extremely well done; beautiful and disturbing. The subject matter involved …
Adventure
A great story from NPR and Slate; First Into Libya. A group of 16 American tourists, the first to tour Libya in a long time. They did a good job on the story, it seems like an amazing place. Our main goal was to create a voice to prove that San Diego was not a …
Hi Kettle
United Nations-mandated auditors have sharply criticised the US occupation authority for the way it has spent more than $11bn in Iraqi oil revenues and say they have faced “resistance” from coalition officials. Mind you, the UN is being a bit of a pot, as it has its own issues with oil and corruption.
SpaceShipOne
The first private manned spacecraft to fly to the edge of space and back.