Archive for March, 2005

Stone Brewing Beer Garden
 
 

Stone makes a big announcement for North County.

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San Diego Poop Thief
 
 

San Diego’s now in the “news of the weird” for the “dog poop robber” story: San Diego thief steals bag of poop from woman walking dog
. Some headlines refer to it as “dog droppings,” others use “poop,” “turd” or “doggy doo,” and yet others use “stink” or “waste” We here at San Diego blog would […]

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Blog Post to Reader Gig for Churches Scribe
 
 

We hear that The Reader hired the writer behind the San Diego Church Reviews & Guide blog, mentioned here on San Diego Blog last year.
He’s been hired to write “Sheep & Goats,” the Reader’s religion column.

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The Gravy Train
 
 

The San Diego Daily Transcript, filtered through sandiegobudget.org has a story about the City HR Director characterizing the City Pension System as a “Gravy Train”:

As reported in the San Diego Daily Transcript today Cathy Lexin, San Diego’s Human Resources Director, has aptly described the City’s pension benefits as a “gravy train.” Her characterization was […]

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Frida & Moog on KPBS
 
 

The Life and Times of Frida Kahlo airing tomorrow (Wednesday, March 30th) on KPBS at 8pm. After Frida, at 9:30pm, you can catch the Moog film by Hans Fjellestad that recently played at the MCASD in La Jolla. (Moog trailer)

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Latest Carl DeMaio
 
 

The latest Carl DeMaio letter from the Performance Institute newsletter is a bit scary…

Adding to the legal woes facing the City of San Diego over its financial mismanagement, the District Attorney has launched an investigation of her own—focusing on whether the state’s conflict of interest laws were violated in the now-notorious pension underfunding scheme approved […]

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HomeTown NC
 
 

James Trumbly sent us: HomeTown - North County…

HomeTown-North County provides an aray of services to residents in North County San Diego. Their mission is “Discover all the best in your HomeTown”. They provide residents with Free Classifieds, Employment Listings, Community Event Calendars, Forums, Giveaways and more…

hat tip

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Catholic church cancels funeral for owner of gay nightclub
 
 

David Moye was being funny when he offered up banning gay weddings for the month of June, but this is just sad …
As Andrew Phelps has posted:
The owner of a popular local nightclub with a gay clientele can’t have a funeral in the Roman Catholic Diocese of San Diego because the church has deemed his […]

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Beercasting Comes to San Diego
 
 

For you beer enthusiasts out there (aren’t we all?), the official Beercasting America Tour is making it’s stop in San Diego on Monday March 21st. The meeting place is still yet to be announced, but if you would like to suggest a favorite brewery, you can send feedback to tour@beercasting.com.

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BBC Encourages Participation of even San Diegans
 
 

The BBC, in selected online news items, is currently publishing moderated readers’ comments. In this article about the appointment of Paul Wolfowitz to head the World Bank, San Diegan Bruce Macdonald chimes in:
The architect of our Iraq debacle as head of the World Bank - instead of being consigned to the dust heap of failed […]

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ShamRock in Gaslamp
 
 

This afternoon, beginning at 4 p.m., Gaslamp will transform itself into the 10th annual ShamRock festival:
Have a ShamROCK’in St. Patrick’s Day!
Tickets are only $20 at the gate - 5th & G Street.
Ages 21 and up only. Must have valid I.D.!
For more details, Call 619-233-5008!
$15 Advance tickets available at
The Field, Authentic Irish Pub at 554 5th […]

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Helix Charter High School Blocks Blogs?
 
 

Update: Good news, false alarm, I just received this email from the Helix High teacher:
comment: It is no longer blocked. Initially they told me it’s because it’s a “personal website”. But then it works again.

One of Bernie Dodge’s alumni (now a teacher at Helix High) of his graduate course, EDTEC, has […]

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Gay Wedding Silliness
 
 

David Moye sends us BAN GAY WEDDINGS ON WEEKENDS, AND IN JUNE:
SAN DIEGO (Wireless Flash) – A California judge may have ruled that a ban on gay marriages is unconstitutional in the Golden State, but a man in San Diego is suggesting they be banned only on weekends and in the month of June.
David Moye, […]

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O’Reilly Emerging Technology Conference
 
 

San Diego has been invaded by bloggers and geeks from around the world attending the annual O’Reilly Emergent Technology Conference which officially kicked off last night and will continue through Thursday at the Convention Center.
As Cory Doctorow of Boing Boing noted last week, this conference marks the first time that the entire Boing Boing gang […]

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San Diego Milblogger
 
 

Recent San Diego Bloggers Addition from Doc in the Box:

I’m a San Diego Milblogger currently in Iraq, normally live in Chula Vista and stationed at Mira Mar. Will be back home late March. My blog is http://docinthebox.blogspot.com and my photoblog is http://dustmans.fotopages.com both have been written about http://dustmans.fotopages.com in the Union Tribune, […]

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KPBS Film Club of the Air Trivia Contest
 
 

Just got sent this from Beth Accomando of KPBS:

Monday March 7 is your last chance to play this month’s Film Club of the Air Trivia Contest and you could win a pair of festival passes to the San Diego Latino Film Festival March 10-20.
Check out the new Film Club of the Air web page, click […]

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San Diego Bloggers Added February 2005
 
 

2005-02-28 evvy’s blog (Atom)
2005-02-27 Kai Azad (Atom)(+)
2005-02-27 The Life and Times of the Girl Next Door (Atom)
2005-02-27 Lying Media Bastards (Atom)(RSS)
2005-02-27 Wired Dude (Atom)
2005-02-21 A Table For Two Please
2005-02-21 NewEagle (Atom)
2005-02-13 GoJason (Atom)(+)
2005-02-08 San Diego Events (Atom)(+)
2005-02-03 Alejandro Rubio’s Journal
2005-02-01 Chris Nelson (Atom)

More: sandiegobloggers.com. Comments? Questions? Additons? Fixes? Contact Joe

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