For all the concerns people have about internet search, privacy and “all that info Google knows about us,” I remain amazed at how much power credit reporting agencies have to really dick with our lives and publish incorrect information about us, with us seeming to have little ability to resolve things. And how all we [...]
Football guy is back! I should take a picture of football guy. He’s a sight to behold, somewhat middle aged, clad in a tight body-fitting yellow spandex top and trunks and matching headband (yes, headband!), he wanders the Balboa Boardwalk with a football in hand, looking for people to throw it to. Just random people, [...]
Clear, the system allowing people to pass through airport security faster at many US airports, is testing a new program to pay hard cash for referrals plus offering a new “gift card” option for those who want to give Clear passes to others. If you have a Clear referral code, you can earn the cash [...]
Euphoria over Obama’s win, followed by disbelief and despair over over Proposition 8′s ban on gay marriage passing in California. I’ll be out protesting tomorrow at South Coast Plaza in Orange County as part of a nationwide campaign. Please consider going to a location yourself. And if you’re against gay marriage, please, some words to [...]
It’s a breezy warm evening, and I reflect once again: home at last, home at last. I’ve been back in Newport Beach for about four months now, and each day I think how happy I am to finally be home. At Home. It seems that for years I’ve been in search of home but never [...]
Throughout the day, people go through my trash cans. It’s a depressing sight. Among the streets of affluent Newport Beach are legions of trash pickers, pulling out cans, bottles and other recyclable material. Most are Latinos, recent immigrants or illegal immigrants, I would guess. Often they might be accompanied by one or two small children. [...]
Writing out a check earlier this week, I had the strange feeling of just playing like I was an adult. Sort of like when I was a kid, when playing Monopoly or Life or some other game that gave you funny money. Look at me! I’m all growed up. Perhaps it was the ceremony that [...]