Comments on: California is OK

By: Donald Petersen

Donald Petersen — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 01:22:00 +0000

Word. After the Governator (to a lesser extent) and Pete Wilson, and considering our benighted Legislature, they don’t make mops big enough.

By: Guest

Guest — Sun, 18 Mar 2012 04:50:00 +0000

the not shitty job Moonbeam is doing

By: Dimmer

Dimmer — Sun, 18 Mar 2012 04:00:00 +0000

That sounds like a good reason to visit! Sadly, I’m locked in Santa Clara these days, but if I get the chance I’ll take you up on the free drink Jason.

In return, if you ever hit the South Bay, I’ll buy you a Himbeirguist Liqour (SP? on both) at the local Germanic place.

By: Teller

Teller — Sun, 18 Mar 2012 00:18:00 +0000

Fix the damn chopper already.

By: Antinous / Moderator

Antinous / Moderator — Sat, 17 Mar 2012 21:10:00 +0000

I have the same problem. I can’t see the sunsets because that 11,000 foot, snow-capped mountain is in the way. And sometimes I can’t even see the mountain because of all the palm trees.

By: bolamig

bolamig — Sat, 17 Mar 2012 11:56:00 +0000

Good reminder… I can drive to that beach quicker than most people drive home from work, yet sadly I don’t see sunsets hardly ever with all the beautiful hills in the way. Rough life I know. California sucks. Don’t come.

By: bigmike7

bigmike7 — Sat, 17 Mar 2012 07:27:00 +0000

Yes, the sense of community generated by the strip malls and parking lots is palpable in California. But I’ve always said the real secret is the mobs of psychotic angry drivers. This makes it special.

By: bigmike7

bigmike7 — Sat, 17 Mar 2012 07:12:00 +0000

That’s easy to fix. Stay away from California for a good long while and then try coming back. California’s a habit just like chewing toenails or scratching between the thighs long after the itch is gone.

By: HD

HD — Sat, 17 Mar 2012 03:26:00 +0000

“Ski Vail”

By: Cowicide

Cowicide — Sat, 17 Mar 2012 02:04:00 +0000

Pass that joint over here…

By: reglisse

reglisse — Sat, 17 Mar 2012 00:50:00 +0000

Thanks! I took them a few years ago, hiking in the Sierra as Teller said. More specifically: On the trail to the top of Mt Whitney.

By: Jason Weisberger

Jason Weisberger — Sat, 17 Mar 2012 00:03:00 +0000

If you are in NorCal and visit Muir Beach please feel free to drop me an email, if I’m around I’ll be glad to buy you a drink at the Pelican Inn.

By: Jason Weisberger

Jason Weisberger — Sat, 17 Mar 2012 00:02:00 +0000

Thank you.

By: Jason Weisberger

Jason Weisberger — Sat, 17 Mar 2012 00:02:00 +0000

wow. those are lovely. Where did you take them?

By: Jason Weisberger

Jason Weisberger — Sat, 17 Mar 2012 00:00:00 +0000

Muir Woods and Muir Beach are two different places. If you decide to visit the beach, drop me and email and I’ll buy you a drink at the Pelican Inn.

By: Jason Weisberger

Jason Weisberger — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 23:59:00 +0000

The team at the Pelican Inn are wonderful.

By: Svenski

Svenski — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 23:39:00 +0000

No, he’s doing a terrible job, just like Arnold before him and Davis before him. Democrat or Republican are equal jokes.

By: Svenski

Svenski — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 23:38:00 +0000

Dude, seriously, what are you ranting about?

By: pacbeller

pacbeller — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 22:29:00 +0000

Oh, yes. Truly a Secular Liberal Hellhole. Why, The Lord seldom sends his Blessed Snow our way, and I can grow several varieties of fruit, grapes and berries in my back yard with hardly any effort at all, which is, of course, contrary to The Lord’s Judgement at the time of Adam & Eve’s eviction from The Garden, and therefore sinful. And my next door neighbor is a Hindu! Imagine that! And everyone who listens to AM talk radio knows we’re all going broke providing free transsexual operations and mass abortions to serve Alice Water’s burgeoning stem cell hors d’oeuvre sideline in Berkeley…

Did you know that S&P RAISED California’s credit rating outlook to Positive? I guess they must be in on The Illuminati Plot. Yes, we have our problems, and we are working through them, thanks. But at the end of the day, sometimes I have a sunset like the one shown above, and fresh fruit throughout the year. And up to this point, I can count on my water & sanitary districts to function as they should, thanks.

By: HD

HD — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 22:21:00 +0000

Thing is, it really looks like that. If you don’t believe me, I can show you scads of sunset pictures taken 20 years ago with a film camera and Fuji Provia 100. Living here, you eventually get bored with it.

Just kidding. Not about the pix, I have those. You just never get bored with it.

By: John Brooks

John Brooks — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 21:16:00 +0000

Gov. Moonbeam is doing just fine on his second trip , it was pumping Arnold who didn’t fix anything and we worry about Svenski.

By: scionofgrace

scionofgrace — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 21:07:00 +0000

I’m blanking on the name of the book/author with a passage about sunsets being gorgeous, in spite of being in colors no decorator would put together. Pratchett, or DNA?

By: Donald Petersen

Donald Petersen — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 20:58:00 +0000

Pacific Beach bumper sticker: “There is no life east of I-5.”

By: Dimmer

Dimmer — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 20:54:00 +0000

I did actually write an article for Fat Jerry titled “World’s Worst Lavatories”, which included Muir Woods in it’s list. Also probably a good contender for “World’s Worstest Writing” really.

By: Teller

Teller — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 20:46:00 +0000

Thanks for your Sierra hiking shots. Can’t wait.

By: Outpost Cincinnati

Outpost Cincinnati — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 20:38:00 +0000

Thanks Jason, today happens to be the day that my wife and I are letting our family and friends here in Cincinnati know that we decided to move back to California and this picture made me happy.

By: Antinous / Moderator

Antinous / Moderator — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 20:19:00 +0000

“Why do they call it tourist season if you’re not allowed to shoot them?”

By: reglisse

reglisse — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 19:29:00 +0000

Nice sunrise Jason.

The other side of California is not too bad either.

By: wysinwyg

wysinwyg — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 19:23:00 +0000

I think he may have meant “gaudy image of a sunset.” I doubt the actual sunset was nearly as gaudy as the picture in the OP.

By: Svenski

Svenski — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 19:02:00 +0000

California is not okay as long as Moonbeam is our governor.