Trace One

Nothing in La Jolla is really tacky, Heather, that wasn’t really the point..Yes, I am one of the one million population of SD,  and yes I lived on a seaside cliff..I probably should have voted with my feet and chosen not to live in a gorgeous spot..But I did my part to not increase the population of SD, by choosing not to have kids….”there i…[Read more]

nah..backwards, as usual..Co-operation is a necessity..Compare the chaotic response to Katrina, vs. civilized Japanese response to their disaster..We had cops shooting black people, in our ‘freedom first’ society..Not happening in Japan..
There must be a balance between co-operation and individual freedoms, obviously, but our problems right now…[Read more]

defeatism…Michael Bitman, in NYT, finally backs small-foods over GM crops (fertilizer and therefor oil based) and says it can be done..
ref. to dr. w/ gloves just a random observation – he was weird, very intense, and the only person I actually know who made money in stock market..
oil and power are not the point – the  point is YOU cannot…[Read more]

can we design landscapes that catch the stuctures before they slide into the sea, thus preventing all the incredible debris we throw into the ocean..Although apparently the plastic gyre while frustruting, is apparently not as bad a pollutant as nuclear power plants and air-born toxics..You can make it look pretty – p ossibly, – but you can’t call…[Read more]

right, the oil market makes sense…I recomend Antonia Juhaz, The Tyranny of Oil.. I have friends who are in the stock market, and I cannot understand how they sit around geussing what the market is reacting to, while sitting in Virginia…If you are not on Wall Street, you can’t even begin to geuss what is going around, andeven they don’t know,…[Read more]

jim cramer! I do not understand why people accept people like jim cramer as experts..what are the standards?
you didn’t see any of the “bear sterns is a BUY!” jim cramers shots that Jon stewart absolutely skewered..
anyone who uses sound effects is trying too hard..
but really, what would cause one to respect him? I have respect for socrates and…[Read more]

and he has to pay his $60 union dues before he can even apply for a permit..Sorry,that’s the rules..

first – I pay into retirement, and social security. I will probably have paid for you when you are destitute, laying in the street, and get the social security check at the po box you have registered. Second, the state retirement is not enough to live on, and I am 54 and have three years under my belt..do the numbers..
the private sector gets…[Read more]

job security, social stability – we don’t make more, but we last longer..it’s good for everyone..

Many misconceptions, TJ..Unionized worker do NOT make more than non-union..And  in describing what you have for benefits, why do you want everyone down at your level? Wouldn’t it make more sense to bring the whole society up to the modest benefits unions afford their workers? You cannot tell me that a teacher  job is cushy..that is r…[Read more]

Also part of a concerted orchestrated attempt to gut the democratic party and to disenfranchise anyone who votes for liberal causes..Ah..A one-party state..Lets see how we like that ..Human history is almost entirely composed of one-party states that have a religious basis..Thanks, Republicans, for gutting the incredible human progress that the…[Read more]

!!!!NSFW!!!!
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Green-Wood Cemetary, in Brooklyn, is precursor to Olmsted..you can look it up!
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http://www.cprastudio.com/overview.htm
 
studio specializing in cemetaries – give them a call…
bon suerte!

Lots of history to cemetary design..In new england, always put them on the hilltops, for drainage. The beautiful Green-wood Cemetary in Brooklyn, with many famous people buried there, emblematic of the park -style of design that became popular at that time..
slave cemetaries – headstones were unmarked stones  – some  beautiful examples in Long I…[Read more]

lots of food for thought,  Jason..thanks for posting..
funny – one of the profs at Penn from the Delta Group told us to never design two paths going in the same direction..
that was one ‘rule’ I found to be completely incorrect, in real life..(Delta Group was better at engineering..) People like to travel at different paces, through different…[Read more]

heehee..definitely good for laughs, thanks..
what IS under the beard? and the neon speedo roller-skater seemed too come to easily to mind – when DID you put away the neoprene, and is it possible that the potential employer sees the  neoprene rollerblader in your soul, that the beard is trying to conceal? 
ps, I saw the San Diego zoo is hiring for…[Read more]

appearance is everything, all the time, in my humble..shave the beard, get hair implants, and then go out and sell yourself, or what is left of ‘it’..
for me, beard ok – earring NO..didn’t hire a guy becuase of his earring..hired the cute girl instead who proceeded to charm the boss (she was much younger and cuter than me, plus no need to make…[Read more]

this I don’t get – amost 40% of americans work for government, and right-wingers insist that government doesn’t create jobs..I don’t get it..
and government provides incentives, for the most part, for private groups to build affordable housing –  usually a percentage of a project, to provide for mixed levels of income living together..
That…[Read more]

David, my dear, that is the point – companies SHOULD NOT care for the public good, for the commons, other than as it will affect the long-term bottom line..THE GOVERNMENT CARES FOR THE COMMONS..it is a balance..!!! Private is good, but government is ESSENTIAL to protect communal rights..
to balance corporate greed..
tired..enough..