Day October 27, 2007

California cats

Our cats have been adapting slowly to Connecticut since we moved here in February. The outdoors is much more fun than it was in Los Angeles, with many small furry creatures to chase and bring home as presents. Rain still…

Town in San Diego has no water left

Firefighters drained the Ramona reservoir to fight the fire. Now there’s no water left and little possibility, considering the ongoing serious drought, that it will be replenished any time soon. What happens to a town of thousands when there’s no…

Financial markets getting wobbly

The Roxylander in Flame, a financial blogger, doesn’t post often, but when he does, it’s worth paying attention to. Like yesterday’s post titled “Red Alert.” Today we had a first grade panic in [two] credit default swaps and second grade…

San Diego and Katrina (pt. 2)

L.A. Times columnist Steve Lopez nails it talking about class and how the government learned from their hideous response to Katrina and responded vastly better in San Diego. “We’ve evacuated more people than were evacuated in Katrina,” San Diego County…

May I see your papers

Homeland Security apparently wants to require that all air passengers get their permission before flying anywhere. Yes, you read that correctly. Has our nation gone crazy or what? The way to protect freedom is to eliminate it? Logistically, it could…