In my opinion, Proposition 209, the anti-Affirmative Action proposition, after being passed by the majority of Californians, will be over-turned by the Supreme Court and politicians will continue to wonder why some of us think voting for anything or anyone is a waste of time...

I met with Tom Livengood, President of Amigos de Bolsa Chica, and was pleased to hear that elected officials will no longer be asked to serve on the board of Amigos. In the past years, Amigos has forgotten that they represent all the "non-important" people of Huntington Beach in saving Bolsa Chica. Good luck Amigos in asking the State to transfer 880 acres to the State Lands Commission for preservation instead of home building...

A very wise woman (my wife) once said to me, "Many a new leaf that one has turned over for the new year has, by the end of January, started to fall."...

For Christmas, I bought a Gift Certificate in the South Coast Plaza Mall that permits a shopper to buy anything in any store. Pat, for some unheard of reason, could not find what she wanted in that whole place. I attempted to return the certificate to no avail. The Mall said I must spend the Gift Certificate in their stores. Next week, I will tell you how I solved the problem...

The Shoreline (Huntington Beach) Marathon will be run this Super Bowl Sunday, January 26, starting at 7.00am at the Pier. The city has closed off Pacific Coast Highway from Beach to Warner, approximately 5 miles, to give the runners a better route. This closure, will no doubt inconvenience many travelers and beach-goers, but the publicity for the city for this annual event will more than compensate for the inconvenience...

I hope my children, David and Susan, both married for over 1 and 2 years respectively, will have something "cooking" for Pat and me this year...

And speaking of something "cooking", did you read that young women of child bearing age are being encouraged to be artificially inseminated by current sport stars in order to produce NEW sport stars in the future...

Did you know, that the street signs in Huntington Beach and Fountain Valley are different? For example, along Magnolia Street in HB, the signs are blue with white lettering but when one keeps traveling along Magnolia into FV, the signs become white with black lettering. It makes it easier for dummies like me to figure out what city I'm in...

A good friend of mine said he felt like a nudist when he tried to stop smoking; he didn't know what to do with his hands...

I know that I'm going to lose many readers when I say this but I think Moiola School in Fountain Valley should NOT stay a K-8 school. Moiola should be K-5 with the children getting a Middle school for the 6, 7 and 8 grades before going to the more difficult high school. It's extremely strange for a student going from a "child's" elementary school to an "adult's" high school without a slow transition in between...

Pat and I have been married for over 30 years. Friends ask what is the secret to a long and successful marriage. I tell them that Pat and I have an equal partnership. She works and earns money to support this family, does the shopping, cooking, cleaning, laundry, ironing and other various chores around the house, and I do my part. I appreciate it!...