California Screaming - A weather diary
A really big storm is affecting CA tonight/tomorrow. If you look at the NWS Map just about every colored warning under the sun is on it. A Crayola Box of warnings/advisories Hey weatherdude! We need...
View ArticleGrocery ads. Opinion Please.
It's 1:22am PDT. I'm hitting the sack. Am very (0+ / 0-) interested for opinions from the East Coast. Nighty, Night. See you in the morning. I got the Memorial Day Safeway advert in the mail today. I...
View ArticleI met that Army soldier today
Awhile back, one of our RV park customers told me that his son was in Afghanistan. He forwarded me an email his kid sent. I cried. It was for Fathers day. And I'll never forget reading that "I don't...
View ArticleMeg Whitman is baaack!
Just when I thought she was gone from CA politics forever. So she surfaces on... suprise.... Fox! Shilling for her former boss Mittens. And bashing the CA budget and Obama. Republican Meg Whitman,...
View Article4 killed at Indiana State Fair
This just showed up on CNN and now they are back to a Piers rerun. Apparently some storms went through the area and the stage collapsed. Apparently 4 are dead, 40 injured and they're talking more...
View ArticleAmerican Christmas? A chain email I can support.
Just got this from a customer. I'm not into chain emails but I think this one has the right message. Christmas 2011 -- Birth of a New Tradition As the holidays approach, the giant Asian factories are...
View ArticleCA Kossacks - Wind Storm coming
Now I'm not trying to usurp the esteemed and loved WXDude. But he has stated, he does not get into west coast weather 'coz it's not as active. Well, it's about to become "active". If you're in...
View ArticleI'm so grateful and apparently as dumb as a post.
Monday, 12/19 the hubbie's computer blew up. It's dead. And I'm like, I refuse to spend money on a 1998 Dell when we need to replace the computers in the store and the back office. We're running our...
View ArticleThe CFPB Rocks! No wonder the banksters hate it.
We have a Home Depot credit card we utilize extensively. When you own a marina and RV park there are no lack of things that need fixing and replacing. So we regularly take advantage of the 6mo and...
View ArticleJim DeMint and his imaginary friend Sam explain everything that is wrong with...
Just ran across this. Didn't see it diaried already. Ok, I don't know how to imbed a youtube so here is the link. It's just under two minutes long. Sam's Big Government Backpack. I just love the...
View ArticleThanks ACA/Obamacares! My rebate check is here. Updated.
Just arrived in the mailbox. 459.00 from those leeches at Anthem Blue Cross. MSNBC just reported Boehner saying small businesses are hurting because of ACA. Um, no - putting money in this small...
View ArticleAction: CA Water - tomorrow Sacramento
This is going to be really short. Tomorrow, Governor Brown and Interior Secretary Salazar will be announcing the new and improved (not) BDCP. This is the plan to circumvent the Delta and build the...
View ArticleCA-Water: Rockin' & Rollin' on Sherman Island. Will an earthquake destroy the...
The CA Delta supplies water to 25 million Californians. The proponents of the Peripheral Tunnels have long cried that in a big earthquake, the levees will fail. That puts our water supply at risk....
View Article15 minutes to go. What is on your debate dinner menu?
I flipped and flopped between pizza, fajitas and chili dogs. It's chili dogs and beer at the Goo house hold!
View ArticleRemember to Check Your Registration Status
My buddy who is a first time voter, mailed his registration 2 weeks ago. I just went to the website to check and he's not there! Registration cutoff in Monday 10/22 in California. Called the Secretary...
View ArticleSickening Disgusting ads in Swing States
Got alerted to this off the Twitter tonight. Gal that I follow tweeted that she saw a late night ad that was so disgusting, she was horrified. She is in PA. A little back and forth and she found where...
View ArticleAl Jazeera buying Current TV
Obviously short diary - just noticed it trending on Twitter. Found a article in the NYTimes.hmmmm that might be interesting. Their news is better than most of the cable stuff.
View ArticleI need prayers. Now. Update! Thank YOU!!
My MIL is in the hospital in Oceanside. Sepsis and now pneumonia. As of 6pm the hospital nurse said her condition is deteroirating. We need prayers. DH and his sister will be on the road from Northern...
View ArticleKos community thoughts/prayers: Amazing, Miraculous!
Amazing, Miraculous! Those were the words the charge nurse used to describe MIL's progress to the DH this afternoon when he arrived at the hospital.Last night she was placed on a bpap ventilator and we...
View ArticleMy first NN - Photos!
Got in Wednesday afternoon with the mrgoo. Stayed at the St. Claire, that cost an arm and a leg as I was a laggard in making my reservations. The mr. was able to spend Wednesday night with me and then...
View ArticleA Different NN13 Diary - Dog Turd or Art? You Decide!
So I'm standing there Saturday night - At the Longest Goddamn Signal Crossing in America. Having a smoke outside my hotel and I strike up a conversation with a guy about my age (29) LOL!! So - are you...
View ArticleSF Gate reporting that marriage bigots appealing to SCOTUS
Update: There was a diary already on this with video! Prop 8 Crowd Making A Last Ditch Stand to Stop Marriages Please show your love and enjoy more tears of impotent rage! Please do not rec this diary...
View ArticleSgt. Pepper Spray at UC Davis seeking Workman's Comp
GRRRRR This just came up on the teevee. You have got to be kidding me!Not much to this story and do not want to bump up on the fair use thing. So this will be short. The former police officer who...
View ArticleRush Limbaugh / Fox Interview Liveblog
It just started on Fox - 360 on directv. An one hour interview with Greta.What you think???Yeah, not a diary!
View ArticleSo - WTF do you think you know about selling a house?
So we got this little itty bitty 776 sq ft house we bought in 2001. Worked for PeopleSoft, made good money, needed a tax writeoff and got stock options. Bought the thing for 114K, gut rehab'd it and...
View ArticleWTF? Things are not right
No Animal Nuz. WTF is up with that? I expect it at 8am Saturday. sigh. I expected those damn Kiwi's to kick Oracles ass today in the America's Cup. Instead they almost flipped the boat. WTF? Now it is...
View ArticleSo some jackass called from Anthem tonight
1299.00 a month we pay for a worthless policy. My Dr. ordered some tests and I have ended up with a 277.00 bill from John Muir because they won't cover it. Nice. Then I opened an envelope from a debt...
View ArticleA new ACA scam on business owners
So this guy calls today. Asks for the hubbie by name. I'ma just gonna post my email to him. Hi John,I’m Dawn. Chris’ wife.I am the one that stocks the store, cleans the toilets, pays the bills. Let me...
View ArticleUpdate! Once again, I ask for your prayers and kind thoughts
Just got home from the hospital. The hubbie is there with a broken back. That lovely wind storm that blew through the CA Delta tonight landed a branch on a customers RV. Chris was cleaning it off, lost...
View ArticleUpdate for the Mr. Goo - Surgery Successful.
First off, It was the L2 vertabre that was damaged. Not C2. I SWEAR the emergency room Dr. said C2. Chris said C2 day before yesterday. Pro-Tip, you cannot trust a guy with a broken back and on...
View ArticleUpdate on the Mr. Goo - Home Tomorrow!
This day has been a flaming hoop, flying circus monkey cluster.While the guy is installing the hospital bed in the dining room at 4:45pm, The Mr. calls and says, they want you to pick me up at 5:15pm....
View ArticleShort Update on the Mr. Goo
He got a nice sponge bath tonight and is crashed out with Rocky The Cat standing guard.This morning, we got a call from a guy in the RV Park at 8:30 - well, apparently somebody hit the dredger pipe...
View ArticleUpdate on the Mrgoo
We were supposed to see the Neurosurgeon for the 1st follow-up on 11/15. They called 11/14 at 10am and cancelled - he will be doing an emergency surgery on Friday. Considering that he did the same...
View ArticleMy totally Sucka** experience with Covered CA
So since we own a business - we can either go SHOP for businesses or go as individuals. I completed the SHOP application with no problem. Somebody will be contacting us. Cool!!!Then I tried to complete...
View ArticleUpdate on the mrgoo.
He is being a dick. When we went to see the neurosurgeon on 11/13 - he told him - what you think that you can do - do 50% less of it. And since you have this seroma on your incision, you should do less...
View ArticleThe Big Dog has landed - What a broken back costs.
When they moved Chris from Sutter Delta to the L1 Trauma center at John Muir Walnut Creek I knew the bill would be out of this world. Today, we saw online the claim filed with Anthem Blue Cross. 294K...
View ArticleAn Open Letter to that Mom on the Vallejo Ferry
Back when life was good and the hubbie and I decided that the America's Cup was a awesome thing to go see, we rode the ferry from Vallejo to SF. It was fun. Until we made the ride back. The ferry was...
View ArticleUpdate: KCRA now reporting her safe! - CA Bay Area Amber Alert
Update:KCRA TV is reporting that she has been recovered - is safe and the perp is in Custody! And - then they went to commercial! Ok, they're back.He pulled a gun and kidnapped her. Found in the car...
View ArticleTestesterone, booze and stupidity
So - I'm getting ready to close. A guy in the RV park is down on the porch. A guy from the marina is on the porch and they start talking motors. The third guy shows up. The guy from the RV park starts...
View Article#CAWater #CADrought - Damming the #CADelta
Got a phone call today from a gal who has a cattle ranch on Bradford Island. Rumour has it that they want to dam False River and at the next Reclamation District meeting, USBR will be asking for an...
View ArticleWTF CA? Leland Yee
Wow! I read (ok skimmed the affidavit - just wanted to see Yee's involvement) today. It really does read like a shitty Hollywood Chinese Gangster movie. Unreal.FBI: California Sen. Leland Yee took...
View Article#CAWater 7/29 was a fine day to protest the BDCP - Photos!
Comments closed on the EIR/EIS for the BDCP yesterday. Restore The Delta organized a protest at the Sacramento Capitol where they delivered thousands of signatures against the plan to siphon 9K CFS of...
View ArticleUpdate: Have you ever bought Sutton&Dodge beef at Target?
Update: Wreck list for my rant?! Wow! Thanks! I did hear back from Target they want me to email them the particulars. I'll be back at the store sometime this week to pickup another RX. Will be taking...
View Article9 dead in Waco TX biker gang fight
This is a breaking story... If you are anywhere near the Central Texas Marketplace - get out.http://bigstory.ap.org/...Again!!! Please avoid the Central Texas Market Place as the area is NOT safe....
View ArticleNeed more proof who the cops really work for?
This happened today at the #ShellNo protest. I got nothing more.Multnomah Co Sheriff boat running over kayaker #ShellNohttps://t.co/...— GetOffMyLawn (@bishopwsu) July 31, 2015
View ArticleSanders adviser predicts raising $40M
Wow!Sanders adviser predicts raising $40MMaybe we'll get some coverage now?
View ArticleMike Pence just lost worst person in the world to the Mayor of Roanoke
Do not eat or drink while reading this letter. You have been warned. xi. literally. can. not. pic.twitter.com/t3lwuoWQzN— Wesley Lowery (@WesleyLowery) November 18, 2015
View ArticleUpdated! We are good. As of 3/31 my husband was a registered voter in CA....
We live in Sacramento County CA, My husband has been registered as decline to state since we moved here in 2006. Votes regularly. We are Bernie supporters and have donated. Reading about the problems...
View ArticleCA Bernin... Details on Sacramento/Stockton rallies 5/9 and 5/10
5/9 Sacramento Rally at Bonney Field at Cal-Expo 5pm go.berniesanders.com/...5/10 Stockton Rally at Weber Point 7am go.berniesanders.com/…Here is a pdf for parking in downtown Stockton....
View ArticleSrsly, KOS Where do we send our money to get folks registered?
We need to make this election make Goldwater look close. Where do we direct our $ to make this happen in the states that matter most? tRump must not just be defeated, he must be repudiated. Where can...
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