California

Looking back at three weeks in the golden state I am struck by a few things. So in no particular order...

The weather was great! Please be sure to appreciate it. The October cool evenings and warm afternoons are just heaven. Every morning I woke up with delight.

No wonder Americans don't like soccer (football, futbol). The MLS is lousy. The players can't control the ball, they can't organize an attack and the announcers are just plain annoying. Give me Liverpool's grace or a Brazilian team caressing the ball any time.

The ACE hardware at 51st and MLK in Oakland that is just what a hardware store should be. All behind the counter, just walk in and get helped, none of this Homeless Depot stuff. After Dutch Boy closed on Telegraph Ave I thought these places were all gone. You go dudes!

TV. Orange county choppers selling on QVC? Mikey as role model? WTF?

How about a TV show that's just a show and not an over dramatized epic? When I was in kindergarten our house got moved a few blocks. It didn't need Discovery channel camera crews and "if it slips now it's over!" fake drama. The company got the job done with an easy skill and confidence, that's a real story.

And speaking of TV, how about cutting out the fake science. Like the show (another Discovery production) that moves from black holes, yielding white holes, leading to matter creation at the mid Atlantic ridge that explains the Bermuda triangle. Huh?

And speaking of climate change, we've proved a variant of Newton's third law: For every scientist there is an equal and opposite scientist.

Rain starting to pour again. Humidity 100%. Miss that California weather.