(Former hostage) Smith has received $70,000 in rewards and has been bombarded with offers for books, movies and speaking engagements. Her ordeal has been held up as an example of the redemptive power of faith. God works in mysterious ways… like through your stash of crystal meth.
Monthly Archives: September 2005
US Energy
Looks like Rita did a number on the Gulf oil: Hurricane Rita has caused more damage to oil rigs than any other storm in history and will force companies to delay drilling for oil in the US and as far away as the Middle East, initial damage assessments show. With prices going up, one would …
Adams Avenue Street Fair
(All photos for this entry are posted here) Anna and I wandered around Adams Avenue Street Fair Saturday night. It was a good mix, as usual. The jazz stage was nice, but I was disappointed in the latin stage. There were two guys with laptops dj’ing, where I expected to find a funky group like …
SoCal Rocket
Image from signonsandiego.com Did anyone else happen to catch the DARPA rocket last night? I was headed to P.B. to do some fish tacos on the beach with Bart and gang when I saw it from the freeway. The sun lit it the exhaust trail as if it was a swirling line of multi-colored fire …
The b word
The ridiculously expensive converted condos a block away from us have apparently not been able to sell many units by using the sign flipper guys, or draping a giant banner on the front of the building that is visible from the freeway. This calls for the big guns – a big ole yellow blimp flying …