Back in June, Anna and I went to the main San Diego INS/USCIS office in Chula Vista to be interviewed for my residency application. We weren’t sure what to expect. Would they separate us and interrogate to expose our choice of toothpaste? Well, no. Nothing like any sort of movie description happened. But, it was …
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More Burning Man
In my last Burning Man post I found the Thermokraken grant page online and was excited that the Kraken might be coming back to Burning Man this year. I emailed the Therm guys to ask what the outcome was. Unfortunately they told me the Kraken only received 40 votes from the Borg2 community, which means …
San Diego blurbs
I’m not a fan of pork in bills, but it looks like one good thing for San Diego made it into the Transportation Bill – 11 million to take the trolley up to the UTC/UCSD area. I’m sure it is going to be a while before it happens, but they can’t start quick enough in …
Night swimming
Last night Anna, Pete, Paul, and myself drove up the coast highway looking for the red tide glow. We saw a bit at Torrey Pines but wanted a stronger glow, so we kept heading north. We were almost to Solano Beach when we passed over the little dog beach, sort of near the inlet. It …
Burning Man – Ready. Me – not so much.
The golden spike was driven in to the playa of Black Rock City on Wednesday. You can see some photos and a write-up from the DPW crew right here. From there they start to map out the streets and grid the city. Once completed, the big projects can be erected – the man, center camp, …