From BBC: Narco Corridos. An interesting article on the music aspect of the smuggler/drug/gang culture of Mexico and the US. It has been a bit of a culture shock down here for me in this aspect. You see guys drive by in pimped out cars with big stereos blasting music. But the music is not …
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Dirty water
Wow, I’ve never seen rain or wind in SD like today. You know what that means, boys and girls… Sewage for everyone! All you CA voters out there, yes on 72. Heard an interesting story coming into work today about how a similar law has been in Hawaii for 20 years.
GreenBuilt tour
This weekend is the GreenBuilt tour in San Diego. Here are a couple of pics from the tour last year, a day before the fires. The LA Times seems surprised, but I’m not: The Bush administration is suppressing a CIA report that points at senior officials until after the election. Since I am going to …
Stewart smackdown
Jon Stewart is the man. Clicky here to watch him sass up a storm on CNN’s Crossfire. Or click here to read the transcript (about halfway down) BEGALA: Well, it’s because, see, we’re a debate show. STEWART: No, no, no, no, that would be great. BEGALA: It’s like saying The Weather Channel reduces everything to …
LASIK & wavefront
Had my eyes measured the other day for LASIK & wavefront. I have very good night vision, so I figured my pupils were fairly large. They are a ginormous 8mm – that’s a fancy medical definition for you. The average pupil size is around 5-6mm. There was some early evidence that with the larger pupil …