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Diving the Elly and Ellen Oil Rigs
Photos of Diving the Elly and Ellen Oil Rigs On Saturday I headed out on the Sea Bass to dive some oil rigs just off the coast of LA. The first dive was on the Elly oil rig. Visibility was a solid 50 …
Wingsuit crazies
Wingsuit base jumping .
Heretics
During my chores today I finally caught up with This American Life podcasts. I just finished listening to episode 304: Heretics . I come from a bit of a charismatic background, so the story had a big …
Gorgonians on the old Ingraham Street Bridge
The above video isn't the best quality (it is taken with my digital camera and dive light), but it does illustrate just how much life is on the old Ingraham Street Bridge. The site consists of rubble …
OMS Slipstream fin modifications
Since moving to a dry suit I had to switch from my lovely Mares Superchannels to a fin with a much larger foot pocket - drysuit boots are much larger than wetsuit boots. After trying several without s…
Local artificial reefs
San Diego county will be home for more artificial reefs. We already have several - The ships to reefs projects (Yukon, Ruby E, etc), and others like the old Ingraham Bridge debris. The newest reef (th…
Halcyon Tea
I popped into the newly opened Halcyon Tea in South Park yesterday evening. The shop is located just a couple doors up from what used to be Santos, and a short block from Grant's Marketplace. They hav…
Streaming Bigband
I've been really enjoying the music in Fallout3 . A bit of an eclectic mix - Ink Spots, Bing, Ella, etc . I've got some serious earworm going on with some of the tracks. The only thing that can cure t…
Avalon and Two Harbors
Photos of diving Catalina Island Anna, Pete, Paul, and myself had a great time on Catalina Island last weekend. We started in Avalon, had a nice night in the Aurora Hotel, and then took a taxi van ove…
What would a modern depression look like?
The Boston Globe has an interesting piece on what a sustained economic downturn (like the great depression(s)) would look like in modern times : We are separated from the 1930s by decades of profound …