The Musical Memoirs Move to Cougar Country
It’s sort of ironic that the only movie my dad and I saw at the theater together was “Breaking Away.”
Because a couple of years after seeing that film, my mom and I would break away to Bloomington, IN – where ”Breaking Away“ was shot – leaving my dad and the Chicago suburbs in […]
Posted on June 27th, 2008 by Pat
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Today’s blog entry was written by guest blogger Jay Thompson, who is currently at the Grand Canyon.
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Today is a somber day for longtime residents of the Grand Canyon National Park and some scattered throughout the Central Coast.
Family and friends are holding a memorial service rim-side at 3 p.m. at Shoshone Point for a former […]
Posted on June 26th, 2008 by Pat
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Gas prices are strangling us. Home values are shot. And with the war in Iraq going on and on, the nation’s deficit continues to grow. So here’s what I propose:
Hat Day.
That’s right — Hat Day. A day on which we all wear hats.
See that picture above? Back in the 30s and 40s — when things were getting […]
Posted on June 25th, 2008 by Pat
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You may have read a previous post on here about the use of music in movies, in which case — I love you.
Really. Thanks for dropping by.
But now that the summer blockbuster season is upon us, I started thinking again about movies and music, and a thought occured to me: Today’s movie music really sucks.
Think […]
Posted on June 24th, 2008 by Pat
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It took a lot of hustle, but I did it — I achieved the surf nooner.
I honor of International Surfing Day, I high-tailed it down to Pismo Beach Friday and jumped in the water over my lunch break. As it turned out, the balmy weather made it a perfect day for a noon-time stoke. And […]
Posted on June 23rd, 2008 by Pat
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I’m not old enough to be one of those people who scans the obituaries for friends. But every now and then I read them because 1.) it’s good to be reminded of mortality, and 2.) they often contain interesting stories.
Case in point: The obituary of former Shell Beach resident Robert Henry Dourson, who died in […]
Posted on June 20th, 2008 by Pat
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Musical Memoirs Gets a Makeover with KISS
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Okay, I’ll admit: I was once a KISS fan.
Maybe it was the cool makeup. Perhaps the funky boots. Or possibly even the blood-spitting Gene Simmons, who – rumor had it – had a cow tongue grafted onto his own.
Using wooden spoons as microphones, my friends and I would […]
Posted on June 19th, 2008 by Pat
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My 4-year-old daughter, Sunny, likes to play this game called Opposite Day, where basically you say the opposite of what you mean. So she’ll say stuff like, “Boppa, I don’t love you.” And then she’ll smile and declare: “OPPOSITE DAY!”
And then we’ll keep going back and forth with Opposite Day declarations until she says, “It’s […]
Posted on June 18th, 2008 by Pat
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Do you know what really annoys me?
Well, lots of stuff, actually. I mean, I know I’m not perfect. And, yeah, maybe from time to time, I annoy some people.
I can’t imagine why.
But other people — not you, of course – they get on my nerves.
Specifically? Here’s what annoys me:
1.) People who don’t flush in public restrooms. For […]
Posted on June 17th, 2008 by Pat
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The surf was pretty choppy on Sunday, but I managed to squeak in just enough ocean time for a weekend Stoke.
Not long before that, I was trolling through Surfline and found this cool old shot of a guy surfing in Morro Bay. Looking at it, a couple of observations quickly came to mind:
1.) That’s a […]
Posted on June 16th, 2008 by Pat
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