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David McCarter

7:17:40 AM  #  

If you have kids in San Diego, then you need to check out this web site brought to you because of Megan's law: http://www.sandiego.gov/police/newsflash/sexoffender.shtml
5:39:21 PM  #  

...you take a walk around it and you see shopping carts littering the sidewalks. I live in the Carmel Valley area of San Diego, which is pretty affluent. Why this started happening here about three or four years ago is beyond me. The funny thing is the carts are never far from the actual store?? Don't these people have a car? If not, are they really pushing home that much that they need a cart? Come on people!!
5:36:51 PM  #  

Last week I went to see "Meet the Fockers" at a movie theater in Mission Valley here in San Diego. I heard the movie was great, maybe even funnier than the first so I was excited to go check it out. My excitement severely dropped when I saw (and heard) at least four small infant babies being brought into the theater by their parents! So I prayed and hoped they would not cry… I was wrong. Not only did one or more of them cry during most of the movie but I swear that they all were crying at one time at one point! This pretty much ruined the movie for me.

I don't know about "most" parents, but when I had my kids, I did not step foot into a movie theater for many years unless we got a grandparent to watch our kids for us. It is totally beyond me why anyone would want to go take an infant or small child to a movie that is rated PG-13 or higher. Heck, kids should only be in G movies and babies should never be there!

Leave your baby at home and wait for the movie to come out on DVD or video! If you can't afford a babysitter, than this is cheaper anyway. I even said something to the parents down the row from me and they still did not take their baby out of the theater so it would stop bothering everyone around them. This is just another example of why I really don't like going out to the movies any more… I just can't take the ever increasing rudeness of the people that go.

1:55:28 PM  #  

Bush want's OBGYN's to spread love to their patients? Check out this video:

http://www.transbuddha.com/mediaHolder.php?id=20

5:52:08 PM  #  

I think this picture is pretty self explanatory.

3:44:21 PM  #  

Another 9/11 passes and another year with absolutely no major network coverage of the event. The only show I could find today was a one hour special on the Discovery special. None of the major networks (Fox, CBS, NBC or ABC) devoted event 1 minute of prime time to this event on Friday (9/10) or on 9/11 (Saturday).  My thoughts I wrote last year (Remember Those Who Unwilling Gave Their Lives: 9/11) still ring true this year… sad. It’s sadder that the only time we really hear about 9/11 is when one political party is laying blame on the other or the president is using it to get himself re-elected.
7:45:27 PM  #  

Quake Shakes San Diego. An earthquake hit San Diego Tuesday with enough force to make more than a few San Diegans nervous. Where I work, some people actually stood up and exclaimed "... what was that?". I wonder... if a tornado hit the building they would be asking the same question. Then a bunch of people ran to the window as to try to witness massive distruction. FUNNY!
7:24:30 PM  #  

9:19:11 AM  #  

A mathematical proof that girls are evil. [Scripting News]
7:39:43 PM  #  

6:44:54 PM  #  

Only two years after the worst tragedy in the history of the United States, I'm amazed of the lack of "prime time" television coverage given to this day. There is only one sixty minute show looking at the current state of a few topics. NBC actually cancelled a thirty minutes show it was going to do! Thirty minutes? Only sixty minutes? That's all the networks are willing to give up when all they are showing are repeats anyway? This deeply saddens me.

I remember all too well that day… I sat in front of the television for almost two days in a state of shock… numb and confused that something like this happed to over 3,000 innocent fellow Americans. Unfortunately, like the day that JFK died or Columbia blew up on liftoff, it will be etched in my mind forever. But unlike other recent events, this one we can never forget! What worries me is that we already are.

If it were up to me, this would be a holiday. All Americans would take the day off and remember those who died. Those who helped people to survive. Those who made a difference. Then, we would collectively work on how to prevent this from happening again… how ever that might be. We can never fall asleep at the wheel again!

10:56:37 AM  #  

Another grueling major voting period is finally over. The biggest relief is that all those misleading and negative television commercials are gone! Why do you choose to spend so much time tearing down the other candidates? Why can’t you talk about what you are going to do for us? Why can’t you talk about the issues? Why can’t you talk about the plans you have to fix what’s wrong with San Diego, California or America?

 

Instead you just focus on the negative. Are you being a good example (role model) to other Americans? I think not. If you think these types of tactics will deter me from voting… you are wrong! I will make sure I vote… just not for anyone who chooses to participate in this type of negative campaigning!!

 

So I hope you think about this next year. The numbers of people who think like me are growing! Any you wonder why most of us hate politicians!

10:37:08 AM  #  

Dr. Blackbourne (who bares a striking resemblance to Yoda) took the stand on the second day of the Westerfield trial. During his testimony, he seemed to not really give the answer we all have been waiting for… how Danielle Van Dam was murdered. If he were a little greener, I could imagine him saying in my head the following things…

• “Cloud your minds with doubt, I will.”
• “Weather charts? Meditate on that I will do.”
• “I know the time of death, but no real evidence I have.”
• “You must find your own answers, young jurors.”

4:28:45 PM  #  

Have you gotten the surprise of your life from your girlfriend or acquaintance and they say they are pregnant with your child? Before you let her put you through emotional torture (and your family and current children... as I did) and possible financial strain, PLEASE get a DNA test done!

The actual test is painless and can even be done yourself! I used the DNA Testing Centre, Inc. in Texas. You can order kits on the web by going to: http://www.dnatestingcentre.com/order.htm. It's relatively inexpensive and is well worth it if you compare it to the devastation it can cause you and your family if the child is not yours.

5:24:00 PM  #  

Here is a list of people in cars you should avoid at all times while you are driving on the road! (I have seen all of these type of drivers)

1. All VW Bus's! They don't go very fast and screw up the stream of traffic!
2. All Mini-Vans! They are the new VW Bus's!
3. Any driver and rests their head in their hand. If they are too tired to keep their head up, then they must be too tired to pay much attention to the road!
4. All Teenagers!
5. Drivers that eats their cereal out of a bowl propped up on the lower part of the steering wheel!
6. Woman driver doing her makeup! I never understood this one. Why can't you women take care of this at home or in the bathroom at the office instead of putting us all in danger or slowing the flow of traffic?
7. Woman driver doing her makeup while on her cell phone!
8. Anyone on a cell phone! Ever notice how they drive slower and act as if they don't know where the hell they are going. They are an accident waiting to happen! Using a cell phone in a car should be made illegal while it’s in motion. Pay attention to the road!!!
9. Anyone who stops two or three car lengths behind the car in front of them at a stoplight. Obviously, these people have a depth perception problem and should not be on the road in the first place!
10. Anyone who puts on their breaks every few seconds for no apparent reason. I can’t figure this one out. Either they have a problem remembering which pedal is for the breaks and which is for the gas? The other reason is that they are so afraid of everything around them that they might needs to slam on the breaks at any millisecond? Who knows.
11. Reading while driving! That's right, reading newspapers, books, memos... I've seen it all. The car is not a library people!
12. Fussing around with something in the passenger seat. No I don't mean a child, I am talking about purses, briefcases or what ever else some of you keep in the passenger seat that for some reason you think driving on the road is a good time to take care of it. Can't you do this before or after you get in the car?

2:11:53 PM  #