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GOD I LOVE San Francisco

Ok… So I had one of those nights tonight that make me LOVE living in San Francisco… Matt, Kevin and I decided to drive up to the Marin Headlands to watch the sunset tonight. Was one of those AMAZINGLY BEAUTIFUL nights… Windy and chilly but beautiful…

Well – a picture is worth a thousand words – and here’s a bunch:

Sunset in the Marin Headlands

The only bad thing was that i’m PETRIFIED of heights and to get to the bunker were we took those pictures involved walking on the edge of those cliffs… SCARY…

GREAT night though…

Happy International Left-Handers Day!!

On a lighter note – my friend larry informs me that today is International Left-Handers day… Being one myself I couldn’t be happier! 😉

a few notable south-paws:

• barry bonds – left fielder, san francisco giants
• paul mccartney – bassist, songwriter, legend
• nick van exel – point guard, dallas mavericks
• steve young – retired quarterback, san francisco 49ers
• david robinson – retired center, san antonio spurs
• tony iommi – guitarist, black sabbath
• li’l kim – singer, songwriter, foul-mouthed ho
• ethan hawke – actor, director
• ray harrison – Canadian Superstar

INSANE

Ok… So this is flippin insane:

Recall ballot offers 135 choices to replace Gov. Davis

The State of California now has 135, count ’em, 135 candidates to pick from to replace Gray Davis in the recall election. If you go to the California Secretary of State site you can get a full list of the people who submitted all of the correct fees and paperwork to place themsevels on the ballot..

So 3 things and then I’ll shut up (ok.. I probably won’t.. but still):

1) This recall came about through a flawed process that allowed a bunch of payed signature collectors to impeach our governor. Why the hell do we have a system that allows this kind of overthrow mid term. This should be just as serious as impeaching a President and the reasons for doing it should be legal and not political. If you don’t LIKE the job a governor is doing that isn’t sufficient grounds – stick out the term (we had to with the last Governor). If the Governor has been proven to broken laws during his term then he should be tried and have an opportunity to defend himself.

2) This recall is simply a temper tantrum by the republicans because they’re bitter that their candidate isn’t in office. On top of that the reasons they’re giving for doing this are caused by THEIR candidate that held the office previously. Don’t get me wrong – I’m the LAST to say Gray Davis is doing a bang up job – BUT he stepped into a pile of Poo ( privatized power, crashing economy, etc) that was left there for him by his successor. I challenge any of these candidates to have stepped into the same mess he did and do a better job. These folks have one thing Grey didn’t – if the economy is actually turning around as I’ve heard speculation about then they might come out smelling like roses.. Hard to say..

3) There is NO WAY IN HELL the voters of California can possibly wade through the collection of 135 replacement candidates to find one who is even QUALIFIED to be Governor LET ALONE do a better job than the current guy. I really hope we pick a good one but, being that the only names that pop to my mind right now are Gary Coleman, Arnold Schwartzenaeger, Cruz Bustamante, and Hugh Heffner I think we may be in for a world of hurt..

If I didn’t have to live here I’d be inclined to fold my arms and chuckle and what a bunch of fools live in the sunshine state. But I don’t have that luxury so, instead, I get to hunker down and brace for impact…

Guess the Terminator will be our next Governor… Uggg

Focus on the REAL problem

And they’re worried about US adopting?

Arrests In Child Cancer Scam

Maybe people fighting gay marriage and adoption should focus on the existing parents that are doing crap like THIS… Jeesh…

iChat AV / iSight

Matt just pointed me at this article:

101 Uses for Apple iChat

You knew it had to happen but I always find it interesting what kinds of clever ways people find to use Apple technology. Granted not all are on the up and up but still – clever folks out there… Everything from iChat dating, to iChat Pen Pals, to using a DV cam to re-broadcast Pay-per-view TV (which – by the way is stealing just like swaping MP3s – if you don’t want people to put in draconian security in their products to stop this kind of stuff then don’t use the technology in ways that will force them to do it).

The article also points to a number of clearing house sites that provides references to a bunch of clearing house sites that give people a way of finding others with iSight Cameras. Kind of reminds me of the old CU-See Me days of years ago – only with video that works. In case you don’t want to go searching here are the links:

iChatFinder
MyiSight.com
iSighting
iChattin.com
Seeser.org

There are some cool ways people are using this stuff and some not so cool ways but regardless its all pretty interesting..

Marriage

Just found this and it made me chuckle so I had to point it out:

Save My Marriage

So can someone please explain to me exactly how my marriage in california within my particular denomination diminishes in ANY WAY the sanctity of the vows that someone I’ve never met may have made to their particular spouse in some other state that I’ve never been to at a time i wasn’t even aware of?

Seems to me if their marriage is that week there is something going on there for sure – but not sure it has anything to do with me..

I refuse to marry until the penguins can! 😉