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How To Make The Last Weeks of School REALLY Unpleasant
This rant is on behalf of the Harbor View first grade teacher who had yard duty this morning before school. She’s busy teaching kids right now, so I will be ranting in her place about something that happened this morning on the lower playground.
While children were playing on the school side of the fence, grounds [...]
Another Reason to Be Glad We Can Walk to the Beach
A faithful reader sent me this video today, taken about 1 p.m. at Big Corona State Beach.
Watching the big yellow school bus try and fail twice to exit the beach parking lot, I had two reactions. First, I was profoundly grateful not to be a school bus driver. And second, I’m glad that when my [...]
Red Vines: The Most Disgusting Candy On the Planet
I recently gave in and bought one of those large tubs of Red Vines for my son’s birthday party. It’s nearly gone, and just now, I grabbed a piece, thinking it would be a nice treat.
It was not.
It was like biting into scented plastic. It was fake tasting and bad. I spit it out sadly.
Then [...]
Poo
I recently attended a meeting of the Parks, Beaches and Recreation Commission, where dog owners from throughout Newport Beach testified about how dogs should have longer hours on the beach. One man testified that dog waste is not a problem because dog owners are a responsible bunch, and so when people can’t or won’t pick [...]
Two Rants, Wrapped Up As One
Today, I had a nice white shirt splattered with a lot of black coffee.
This seems to happen only when I am wearing new white tees, by the way. As my friend Carol says, “It’s as if the coffee knows.”
Often the coffee splatters because I’m clumsy, or the cup leaks. But today, the cause of the [...]
Because Goldenrod Avenue Doesn’t Already Have Parking Problems Near Harbor View El
This morning, both sides of Goldenrod Avenue near Harbor View Elementary School were marked with “No Parking” signs. So no one could park in the 900 block from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. Workers were using really noisy equipment to hammer at the pavement — just feet away from the kindergarten playground.
It was one [...]
Finding Old Friends
Four years ago or so, I used to go to the FastFrame shop on East Coast Highway, and Carlos and Troy would take care of my frame-artwork-matting needs. Two years ago, they moved, and by then I didn’t have much left to frame, and eventually I lost track of them.
But a recent round of emails [...]
Revision of Port Street Kids Rant
Recently, I ranted about how dumb Port Street kids are because they play in the street. I thought of it today because I was driving in the Port Streets and sure enough, there were dumb kids standing in the street staring at me stupidly. I felt smug that in CdM, we aren’t that idiotic.
So I [...]
Grumpy Town
Recently, I was at John Wayne airport to catch a flight to the Midwest to see my parents. I was there in plenty of time to take in the wall near my flight’s gate, where they have added murals with text describing the airport construction and how bright and great the future will be along [...]
Butting in Line When You Have a Very Complicated Starbucks Order
At the airport, I thought the end of the line was the start of the line. A woman getting ready line up behind me noticed this when I stepped back to move to the correct queue. Then, in a rather deft football-player type move, she scooted around me and cut me off, lining up in [...]
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