Entries from Searchlight Crusade tagged with 'personal'

World of Warcraft, Blizzard and Activision - Epic Fail

I have decided not to renew my subscription to World of Warcraft They had, for a long time, a check mark in the interface that prevented you from inadvertently becoming vulnerable to pvp (player versus player) attacks. Since that's not...

Why There Will Be No Morning Article Tomorrow

Family reasons are causing me to move out of San Diego. I won't have internet access after I publish this until at least sometime Friday evening, and for some reason my software is not publishing things I schedule ahead of...

Disneyland Trip

Just so you know why I haven't written new articles over this weekend, here is my trip report. Didn't take a huge number of pictures - mostly we were busy having fun. The World's Only Perfect Woman and our...

Notice: I Am No Longer Affiliated with Mortgages Unzipped

I informed Zillow and their Mortgages Unzipped site that I was withdrawing as a contributor more than 24 hours ago, and that they no longer have my permission or endorsement to use my image, my name, or anything about...

Mellon

March 25, 1993 - July 19, 2008 Just got home from running a couple of errands, and when we got back, Mellon was dead. She was fifteen years old, and not in good health, so I'm not all that surprised,...

New Family Member!

I need to show her off to someone! My wife and I had decided to hold off on a puppy due to some peripheral concerns, but she approached me earlier in the week and said, "Hilda needs a dog." So...

San Diego County Fire October 28, 2007

Governor to Scammers, Looters: 'You WILL Pay' "We are also going after the scam artists, price gougers, and shady contractors and anyone else going after anyone else who preys on people hurt by these fires," he said. "We are as...

San Diego County Fire Information October 27, 2007

9:28 a.m. The community of Deerhorn Valley has been reopened to residents only. Residents must enter from the west side of Hwy. 94 Honey Springs Road is closed to traffic just north of Deerhorn Road. 9:41 a.m. Evacuation Orders...

San Diego County Fires October 26th 2007 (UPDATE 2 1710)

(I will be making occasional updates over the day. Questions or information, email dm (at) the domain name or comment) Dale Franks of Q and O went to see results of the Witch Fire up close and personal on Wednesday...

San Diego County Fires October 25, 2007 (UPDATE 4 2010)

(I'll be making updates to this post today, same as yesterday Scroll down. If you have something to tell me, comment or email dm (at) the domain name). Wildfires spread but 'we've turned the corner' No homes were lost...

San Diego County Fire Information October 24th 2007 (UPDATE 5 1950)

(I'll be making updates to this post today, same as yesterday Scroll down. If you have something to tell me, comment or email dm (at) the domain name). Got an email from a friend of mine. His sister and her...

San Diego County Fire October 23, 2007 (UPDATED 1955)

(I'll be making updates to this post today, same as yesterday Scroll down. If you have something to tell me, comment or email dm (at) the domain name). 10-23-07 3:12 a.m. Mandatory reverse 911 calls have been issued for North...

San Diego County On Fire (UPDATED 20:30)

(Updates below. you can email me at dm (at) the domain name. I am at the office working on some client files, so I might not get it and respond right away, but I will get to it as quick...

Links and Minifeatures 09 20 Thursday

********** You Go Girl! Should teachers be allowed to pack a gun? Talks about an Oregon teacher who has filed suit to be allowed to carry on campus. ********** I was interviewed by Channel 10 news about the local...

Links and Minifeatures 06 15 Friday

I have a special reason to celebrate Flag Day every year, because on Flag Day of 1997, I married the world's only perfect woman. Yesterday we celebrated 10 years of marriage. So it's not only happy birthday to the...

Links and Minifeatures 05 30 Wednesday

My shoulder is hurting less than it was, although it's not fully healed yet, as Tuesday proved. Went to Sea World with my older daughter's first grade class as a parent volunteer. Talk about herding cats! Having done the "class...

House Thing

November 18, 1992 to January 6, 2007 Thing was a gift to me from my step-mother, but it would be more accurate to say that he gave himself freely. He spent fourteen years, fifty days in the little shell that...

A Life Lesson, and a Professional One

Or, Some Are Born Scum, Others Achieve Scum-hood, and others have scumminess thrust upon them. I spent several hours Thursday "house-fishing". Kind of like people hunting for a house to buy for themselves, but I'm looking on behalf of clients....

Links and Minifeatures 06 18 Sunday

My wife is a genius about household projects. Instead of carping at me to do this or that project, where there is the possibility I might disagree with her as to that project's necessity or utility, she just tells me...

Links and Minifeatures 06 14 Wednesday

Carnival of Liberty Carnival of The Vanities ********** Googlebomb for Alaa Egypt Goes to the free Alaa website ********** Home prices too high in 71 cities The attached chart shows San Diego overvalued by 38.6 percent. That may be a...