Check out 99.9 KCIV with tower on top of Mt. Bullion above Mariposa - our radio is always tuned to this station when we r in this part of CA - the programming is innovative and progressive; this is multicultural talk radio at its finest. With ample coverage we can drive for hours in circles and never have to change the station.
There is no other violinist like her in the world - wow what incredible music! Visit Hilary Hahn's website www.hilaryhahn.com
Ever seen such branding as the LA Philharmonic has done for Gustavo Dudamel - if you go to concerts as we do sometimes at the Disney Concert Hall you cannot miss this guy's photos everywhere.
Best LA concert we've been to was REM at the quintessential So Cal outdoor concert venue, the Hollywood Bowl. When night falls you can also see the lighted cross on Cahuenga Pass which seemed to especially dominate the background during the song "Losing my Religion".
Mozart, nice syrupy sweet music, but Beethoven blows him out of the water. There is no comparison.
A recent informal poll conducted by myself, and for myself, shows that between 93.9 and 95.7% of that new country music is absolute CRAP Country Music died in the late 1980's. There was one station that did deserve to be called a Country Music AM radio station in No Cal and that was The Ranch 93.9 out of Modesto, California. Unfortunately they are no longer in business. 92.5 KKAL out of San Luis Obispo California used to merit long drives but they are no longer in business. Tough markets for this old music.
More pics here ... or here too Tsunami year - my brother John was caught in the Tsunami and barely escaped with his life - his website here: www.sonomacountylaw.com/tsunami Syy and I toured the terrible destruction 10 days after the 2004 Tsunami occurred.
Check out my awesome internet provider's home page at: www.pon.net
I used to write for the UpBeat Times, until I lost contact with the publisher - this regional newspaper is back - and focuses on the positive and the good things in this life.
Yo. Enjoy surfing the waters of the web. When surfs UP Cali coast can be a dangerous place. Check out this boxing fan site for the currently undefeated Olympic Gold Medalist Andre Ward. I run this site: www.andre-ward.com
Need some information about wine tasting the NV? I've spent well over 3000 hours and have personally visited & tasted with nearly 600 commercial wine producers in the valley (wineries) - www.com . Didn't know there were that many, we have a list of over 850 unique commercial producers. Um, yea we know all the unsecured wireless networks in the Valley. You know your in wine country when you find wireless networks called "Pinot House", "CabKing", "Sangiovese" etc. Too many social networking sites to keep track of eh? I don't have a profile on www.facebook.com this site is a complete waste of time, is intrusive, and I don't need advertisers targeting me and the friends I have don't number 5000 and the friends I have, I certainly don't need to follow their life stories online and deal with the shameless self promotion and branding of personal identities. www.couchsurfing.org is kewl - and have hosted here and been hosted abroad a number of times. I don't have a personal Twitter account either although I run 3 marketing accounts on Twitter which is where its value lies.
More good stuff - I now providing winery related content and doing sales for VV. Sweet new automated rezervation software for wineries who hold events. If you have a good product like this one, you will be found and word will spread.
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STUPID MOVIE
One of worst movies ever: Rachel Getting Married
There is no plot, no story line. The dialogue is pathetic. This is as shallow a film as I have seen in a long long time. The camera work is horrendous; by the time you have finished this movie you are dizzy and ready to throw up after witnessing all the fast moving shots. The main characters are incredibly grating and by the time you have finished this movie there are several faces that you never want to see again including the fiancé of Rachel, Rachel's father and especially his 2nd wife. Debra Winger who is so great in a few of the classic 80's films is nothing in this movie. The acting by Ann Hathaway is excellent, but at the end of the movie you just ask, why, what's the point, who cares.
ANCIENT NEWS
Hello all visitors to Dave's Web Page. I graduated from California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo. I majored in Biology, and I minored in International Relations.
Way back in the Spring of 97 I rode my new mountain bike
down to Santa Barbara and back in one day (210 miles). I left at 2:30 in the
morning and was in Santa Barbara at my favorite smoothie
place by 10:30 am. Hey, Jamba Juice, that sounds like a great ad campaign -
some guy got up at 2:30am, rode his mtn bike over 100 miles to get his favorite
smoothie at Jamba Juice. Thanks for opening a branch in my hometown.
My brother graduated from UC Davis.....a long time ago.
His major was Political Science. For several quarters he was a Resident Manager
at Castillian off campus dorms.Both my brother and sister attended Santa Clara University.
Elizabeth graduated in June 03 from her Masters program at Oregon
State University. John graduated from Santa Clara Law School and took the BAR exam in
August 01. After passing the BAR he spent 3 months traveling throughout SE Asia
- upon his return, he worked for the DA's office in Stanislaus
County. Now he is sailing, traveling in Europe - freelancing it with
www.reservationkey.com . Email: jmt@pon.net Eliz
is back at SCU - this time as a Professor.MANY YEARS ago I went to Nepal, Thailand, and Korea. The majority of that time was spent in Nepal. While there, I hiked in the Himalayas, in the shadow of Mt. Everest. During the trek portion of our trip I became very sick and had to be carried at midnight in 0 degree F weather, from 16,300 feet to about 15,000 feet. The next morning I still couldn't walk so I was carried by a lady with a backpack. She would carry her pack and place it further down the trail. Then she would come back for me, carry me on her back, and walk past the pack. She would set me down and then go back for the pack. She repeated this process over and over again for about 3 hours. Due to food poisoning and the altitude I became so weak that I could not walk. I was throwing up every half an hour or so. Frozen vomit doesn't look too good in the morning! Have sum xtra time, reed about it hear: Nepal Trek
I have led 4 successful summit expeditions of Mount Shasta - 5th one got us to 13,200 feet on MHill in a fierce windy whiteout blinding snow storm. We ALWAYS stop at The Olive Pit in Corning for delicious Olive burgers!! 5th climb was one of our most exciting yet. We all summited! See ya on The Mountain in 11'! Sumitting Rainier in windy conditions was an interesting experience a few years back as was ice climbing at 18,000 feet in Peru this year on the most beautiful Tocllaraju mountain in the heart of the Cordillera Blanca. Sum inspirational pics here
Looking for travel videos on the net, we decided to start our own project: www.myvideovisa.com - course with everything else in the mix, this one has been nixed for a while. Hopefully can get it off the ground at some point. Target=mid 2010. lets do it
I was the President and a founding member of the Cal Poly Solar Car Club. We used 3500 pounds of HD foam, glued together with two-part epoxy to make the molds for our solar car. The foam was CNC'd by Burt Rutan's Scaled Composites in the windy town of Mojave before we actually laid up the Carbon Fiber skins. Materials and purchases totaled about 200 grand, we did all fundraising too. What an amazing and diverse project - spent about 4 years on this and 2 extra years in college b/c of this project. Burt Rutan is one of the leading visionaries of our time. This is an amazing individual and a very dynamic speaker.
Microgravity, 18,000 mph, International Space Station - good shit.
Los Angeles River
When you stand solitary on North Main Street next to the railroad tracks above the Los Angeles River all you feel is a deep sadness as you look down on a river that has been dramatically altered in a relatively short amount of time. You look down on a dirty river that now flows dark, a concrete river juxtaposed with brightly colored graffiti where those entrapped by the city, their ethnicity, drugs, gangs and poverty territorially cry out with their markings.
Electrical lines, bridges, rubble and old fences all decorate the banks of what was originally the lifeblood of Los Angeles. If you do not happen to be on North Main Street, any of a number of bridges in this area will afford one the same views. Close your eyes and think back 100 years to a time when this actually was a natural river, with trees and grass growing along its banks. Or, if your imagination has been corrupted beyond hope by the scene that lies in front of you, do a Google search to see a picture of the LA River taken in 1900.
