Last month’s 67th annual Grammy Awards presentation had its ups and downs. Spiraling downward, in my humble opinion, were the excessive number of obnoxious rappers singing rap (rhymes with…lots of things, like nap, which I felt like taking, but I persevered and...
Well, here I am a day late and a dollar short…Um, well, OK, so I’m a month late and still a dollar short for celebrating Valentine’s Day. However, I did get the Missus a giant, heart-shaped box of dark chocolate… “Mmmm, chocolate!” (Homer Simpson – “Krusty Gets...
Once again, the rain gods have smiled down upon us and our mountaintop communities and have replenished them handsomely. Not since Lake Gregory was replenished by a single downpour in 1938 have we witnessed so much H2O in such a brief interval. Why, it was raining so...
Caltrans, in the interest of public safety, decided abou14 years ago to close forever the dirt segment of State Highway 173 between Lake Arrowhead and Hesperia. Having driven this road several times in the past, it’s easy to see why they would want to close this...
During our recent, multiple power outages I had nothing better to do than find some interesting reading materials, other than National Geographic, Westways and the Travel and Leisure magazines I’ve subscribed to for years. Searching the bookshelf behind my desk, I...
Don’t you just love it when Edison chooses to shut off your power out of fear that a blown-down powerline could spark another deadly wildfire? I’ve mentioned time and again that it’s time for Edison to bury their dang powerlines. So, I called up Southern California...
