Breaking Nudes

The Orange County Register is reporting that the State Park will be cracking down on nudes at San Onofre.

A Trip to the Beach on a Sunny Day

The teacher asked the children to draw a picture for the theme "A Trip to the Beach on a Sunny Day." The drawings would then be placed on the walls in the classroom for Open House, an evening when all the children bring their families to school to see their work displayed.

The teacher had a problem with this drawing by my niece, and did not put it up with the drawings by the other children.

For the school's Open House in two weeks, the whole family is going in T shirts with the drawing printed on them. Subtle, eh?

Still Rocking

Babe

Babe

Schwarzenegger Supports The Toll Road

You can email Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger
here to tell him you oppose the Toll Road going through San Onofre State Park.

Memorial Day

Life is eternal, and love is immortal,
and death is only a horizon;
and a horizon is nothing save the limit of our sight.
~Rossiter Worthington Raymond

The Four Noble Truths

The "Four Noble Truths" propounded by the Buddha are the foundation of all Buddhist beliefs:

1. All human life is suffering.
2. All suffering is caused by human desire.
3. An end of human desire is the end of human sufferings.
4. An end to all the desire can be achieved by following the "Eightfold Noble Path".

It was his land once

The old timer who showed up at San Onofre may not be here legally.

So What if They Line Up at 4 a.m.?

They're just a small group of men who enjoy looking at heavenly bodies. Is that so wrong Tubesteak?

Toll Road Update

The Los Angeles Times reports that the Department of Commerce will hold a public hearing on the Coastal Commission's rejection of the toll road through San Onofre. This is another positive step for those opposing the toll road. The TCA opposed a public hearing, asking the Department of Commerce to overturn the Coastal Commission’s decision without a public hearing.

Old Timer Comes Back to Surf San Onofre

. . . and he opposes the toll road.

Surfwise Movie Update

I pondered, having been alone in the theatre, whether I was the only one who goes to see documentary films. My friends have told me that I might indeed be the only one still going to the theatre to see a movie. Everyone else, it seems, downloads them for free off the internet.















Surfwise, downloaded over 1.1 million times and counting, is currently the third most popular download, behind Iron Man and Forbidden Kingdom, according to Piratebay.org.

The San-O Daze Zone

I posted a couple of comments at the San-O Daze blog and one of the regulars suggested I come up to their beach to meet a couple of them. I went there on Sunday at noon, but the beach was vacant.
Those guys really know how to organize a prank. An entire beach vacant. The setting was really creepy. The beach is right next to a power plant with three nuclear reactors. I kept wondering if there was an emergency evacuation and no one stuck around to close the gate when the last person left. Maybe I should have looked twice for someone at the kiosk, but I thought I was getting a free entrance while the attendant had lunch or something.

I am now well prepared to play the Earl Holliman part in The Twilight Zone episode Where is Everybody? if they ever remake it.

The Most Requested Photograph In The History Of The United States Government

I saw pictures of this meeting in the Oval Office in various magazines soon after it occurred. My memory isn't always perfect, but seeing this photograph brings it all back.

Elvis gave the President a gun and the President gave Elvis a badge. The badge is on display at Graceland and the gun is on display at the Nixon library. There was a book written in 1994 (actually more than one book recounts the meeting) and a movie about it in 1997.

You can also read a short article about President Nixon meeting Elvis.

According to the Richard Nixon Library & Birthplace Foundation, the photograph of President Nixon's meeting with Elvis Presley in the Oval Office is the most requested image in the history of the U.S. Government.

Spoiler:
  Look closely or click this MEMORY CHECK LINK for help  

CNN Tower Toronto

I enjoyed the recently posted picture on San-O Daze of the wind vane at Old Mans. It reminded me of this picture my friend took of the CNN tower in Toronto.

. . . And I Had Some Difficulty Adjusting To Breast Feeding In Public

An Australian medical study shows that frequent masturbation reduces the risk of developing prostate cancer by 33%.

☞ A San Onofre Surf Club T Shirt on eBay ☜ SOLD or NOT SOLD?

Click on the small "SOLD OR NOT SOLD?" image to the left to find out.

Big Government

A government that is big enough to give you all you want is big enough to take it all away.
~ Barry Goldwater

Surfwise Movie

I'd read the running controversy about the Paskowitz movie on San-O Daze and Tubesteak’s Video Blog. The controversy got me interested. That is exactly what Tubesteak said the controversy was supposed to do. On Saturday I headed over to the local theatre for the 8 p.m. showing.

Am I the only one who goes to see documentary films?

Well, at least I got my choice of any seat in the house and no crowd means no disturbances.

Laws & Sausages

Laws are like sausages, it is better not to see them being made.
~ Otto von Bismarck

Believe it

When I was a boy I was told that anybody could become President; I'm beginning to believe it.
~ Clarence Darrow

Sadly, Not Everyone Had The Same Opinion Of International Respect for Chickens Day - May 4, 2008

I guess we can’t all be on the same page, but I have to give it up to the guy with his handmade sign in one hand and a bucket of chicken in the other (check the full view by clicking on the picture).

So much hate

"I told my psychiatrist that everyone hates me. He said I was being ridiculous - everyone hasn't met me yet.”
~ Rodney Dangerfield

Doctors and Lawyers

Doctors are the same as lawyers; the only difference is that lawyers merely rob you, whereas doctors rob you and kill you too.
~ Anton Chekhov

A beginning is a very delicate time.

This is the beginning.
I shall take care in some things.
In others, not so much.