Am I the only one disgusted by the media exploitation of the current flu scare? One of the news channels, I ...   more »

Have you watched any of the New York Yankees home games on TV so far this season? If you did, ...   more »

Would a canyon by any other name still smell as sweet? A week ago we hiked Rose Canyon in the ...   more »

The last, most recent epic dream I experienced occurred in the mid-nineties. This is also one of my favorite dreams.   more »

Even though it was Easter Sunday, we decided to still get in a hike. Mike and Lisa weren't feeling well, ...   more »

In the Marian Bear Memorial Park, I was stunned by how green it was. There is a small creek ...   more »

The third hike in our series is perhaps the most scenic. Unfortunately, it was raining most of the day, so ...   more »

Penasquitos Canyon Preserve is another local park in San Diego that allows you to momentarily step out of the urban ...   more »

For the last several weekends, I've been going on short, local hikes with some friends. I need the exercise, and ...   more »

We actually used to collect Jesse's. I'm not sure how it started. I guess one wasn't enough. We always had ...   more »

Why is life so full of waiting? All our lives we wait. Waiting for the right time, the right person, ...   more »

If you can still find this blog, then you already know the address changed. That's more than I was informed ...   more »

If you were looking for my blog yesterday, like me, you probably couldn't find it.   more »

First lines from the first post of each month, obviously.   more »

There have been a few events in my life where I almost came out looking cool. I've called them "Mark is Almost Cool Stories".   more »

Because I often enjoy substituting real thought for sheer randomness   more »

Wall Street fat cats and big-wigs spent years irresponsibly handling their duties and responsibilities to their companies and to the ...   more »

I was having a good time looking through the list of referring websites that have directed traffic to this blog in the past few months. I decided I would list some of the more common and interesting ones, including Google and Yahoo search results.   more »

Hollywood could learn so much from the world's independent film makers. I'm sure we all already knew that, but "Once" is another shining example.   more »

In May of 1992, Bob Spelled Backwards had what may have been the most productive week any fake band ever ...   more »

Two weeks ago, SCOOPS got the opportunity to participate in Ghost Fest at the Queen Mary. This sounded like too ...   more »

First, a review. Here were last year's goals, which were each bi-leveled, followed by an assessment of how I ...   more »

In this meme, you request an interview in the comments, the blogger posts 5 questions for you, and you make ...   more »

2008 was a year spent using the best camera I've owned yet. Here are a selection of photos taken throughout ...   more »

All you old school friends of mine, leave me a comment or an email and I'll send YOU a track ...   more »

Maybe some day I'll live in the place I want to spend Christmas, and I won't have to spend so ...   more »

Story of a Song: "4:36pm"

An early mix of the new Bob Spelled Backwards single, "4:36pm", is posted on the ...   more »

There have been a few events in my life where I almost came out looking really cool.    more »

Hope and Hate, on one historic date.   more »

I will never, EVER support any measure that will change the constitution in order to deny basic civil rights...   more »