“We can’t all come and go by bubble.” – Elphaba (from Wicked)
I just returned home from enjoying the Broadway performance of “Wicked.” It was FANtastic. Wicked is the story of what happens in Oz before Dorothy arrives. The “real” story of the Wicked Witch of the West. I read the book a couple years ago [...]
Posts Tagged ‘San Diego’
15 Aug
Wicked!
19 May
Shall I Compare Thee to a Summers Day?
I couldn’t resist the title. While I do not share the Shakespearean passion that my good friend in New Mexico does… I can break out a little Shakespeare once in a while. (Just don’t ask me how the rest of that sonnet goes.) I am slowly sprinkling in the tragedies and comedies of the Bard [...]
8 Dec
F-18 Jet Crashes into Two Homes…
…right by my office!
I was at lunch with a friend and immediately upon returning to the office I discover that an F-18 military jet has crashed into two homes about a mile from my office building here in San Diego! I am on the 17th floor and can see the smoke of the crash site [...]
4 Nov
Happy Election Day! (I hope)
“Those who stay away from the election think that one vote will do no good: ‘Tis but one step more to think one vote will do no harm.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
After a 21 month presidential campaign… we’ve made it! It is election day! We have survived the fear tactics, constant advertising, Palinism, speeches, condescending McCain [...]
26 Sep
Paying 65% More For the Sun
“You leave the setting to court the rising sun.” – Tiberius
I live in San Diego where the cost of housing is 65% more than where I’m from…the MidWest.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, it is obviously more desirable to live in San Diego, but C’MON…65%!!! The average cost of living difference is about 13% in other things like [...]
25 Sep
My Mini Family Reunion
“No matter where you live, brothers are brothers and sisters are sisters. The bonds that keep family close are the same no matter where you are.”
My older brother Jason finally came to visit. I have lived in California for over four years now. Since moving here, my brother Isiah has relocated here too, followed by my mom [...]
