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2009
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The site of the 2009 National Convention for the National Association of Realtors will be right here in downtown San Diego at the Convention Center. The San Diego Convention Center was expanded in the late 1990s to encompass a total of about 670,000 square feet. At the time, that ranked it in th...
08/31/2009
The Park View All-Stars, from right here in Chula Vista, rallied from a 3-0 deficit to defeat Taiwan 6-3, to win the Little League World Series. The last time a San Diego County team won the Little League World Series was in 1961 when El Cajon/La Mesa Northern won the whole enchilada. There will...
08/30/2009
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The world's tallest dog died a couple of weeks ago from bone cancer. Gibson, a Harlequin Great Dane from Grass Valley, California, measured in at 42.2 inches at the shoulder. Titan, a Great Dane from North Park, right here in San Diego, California, is poised to ascend to the throne as the world'...
08/30/2009
Water is very popular here in San Diego, even though we don't seem to have enough to drink, wash our cars, shower in, or flush the toilet with. Water is necessary for life as we know it, but it is very easy for it to take a life, too. I'm re-blogging this for my Readers. If you would like to com...
08/30/2009
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Players in the United States Open Tennis Championships, which begin tomorrow in New York City, have been warned not to be Twits by tweeting inappropriately on Twitter. Apparently, Twitter Warnings signs from the Tennis Integrity Unit have been posted in the players' lounge, locker rooms, and ref...
08/30/2009
I've been playing tennis and watching tennis all my life, and the last major championship of 2009 starts tomorrow in New York City, right here in the United States of America. Here are the top 10 seeds for men's singles, women's singles, men's doubles, and women's doubles: Men's Singles Roger Fe...
08/30/2009
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Occasionally my mind wanders and then starts wondering: Remember when a standing ovation meant that one had done an extraordinarily superb job? Now Michael Vick gets a standing ovation from 50,000 people at his first professional football game after getting out of prison for financing a large do...
08/30/2009
I thought it was interesting that a story in the paper was about Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke and his wife were the victims of identity theft recently. Anna Bernanke's purse was stolen at a Capitol Hill Starbucks in August 2008. In her purse was her Social Security card, checkbook, cred...
08/29/2009
San Diego is under a Level II Drought Alert. All of the water districts here have encouraged us to conserve water for the common good. We can't wash our cars in our own driveways. Water fountains have to be shut down unless they use recycled water. We are supposed to take shorter showers. We are...
08/29/2009
With the recent release of Michael Vick from prison for financing a dog-fighting ring -- and I'm all for giving people a second chance -- one thing I don't understand is why society doesn't like dog fighting or cock fighting, but we allow boxing and horse racing. Stick with me here for a minute....
08/28/2009
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Jim Frimmer
Realtor & CDPE, Mission Valley specialist