by The Editors on July 7, 2008
We’ve been messing around with twitter for a while now. But we initailly wanted to wait until we were absolutely sure that we had something important to say before we announced it to the world.
If you have a twitter account, and you know what we’re talking about, please follow us and we promise that we will occasionally tweet. It may simply be about the weather, the waves, or who we just saw getting arrested, but at least it will show we care. And, you can tweet us back. We’ll be one big happy tweeting, twittering, Carlsbadistan family.
[Link: Carlsbadistan on Twitter]
by The Editors on July 7, 2008
There is still time to register and get on the ballot in November to be a Carlsbad City Council member. All it takes is being a citizen of Carlsbad, being over 18, being a registered voter, and a $25 filing fee (or “enough signatures on your petition”) and you could be running for one of the two seats that will be up for a vote. Though it might help if you hate skateboarding and own property in The Village.
Hopefuls have until at least Aug. 8 to file candidacy paperwork. However, that deadline is expected to be extended to Aug. 13 because Nygaard isn’t expected to file, Wood said. Under election law, when an incumbent doesn’t file, the deadline is extended several day
Imagine, shaping the future of Carlsbad for $1,329 a month plus a $350 a month car allowance. Not a bad part time job if you can get it.
[Link: North County Times]
by The Editors on July 7, 2008
Carlbadistan’s Rod Laver (they guy whose shoes we have loved for years) watched the Wimbledon Finals in awe yesterday according to a Jay Paris story in the North County Times.
It was the best match I’ve ever seen,” said Laver, the greatest tennis player ever. “I know (NBC’s) John McEnroe said that, and I have to agree him. I was watching it and thinking, ‘How do you win a point?’ ”
That was something,” said Laver, mimicking other drained fans after Sunday’s 4-hour, 48-minute final. “Seeing some of those shots that Nadal was hitting, you would think he would mis-hit a bunch of them. Those shots are coming off the grass where the bounces aren’t always even and it was windy.”
He didn’t lose any records, but winner Rafael Nadal joined Bjorn Borg and Mr. Laver as being the only three players in “the Open era” to win consecutive French Open and Wimbledon titles.
[Link: North County Times]
by The Editors on July 6, 2008
Family members, including the McFarland children’s “paternal grandmother from Sacramento, their maternal grandparents and several of their mother’s sisters” traveled to Salt Lake City to get the children of Stephanie and Tod McFarland, the Carlsbad couple who died in an automobile accident early Thursday July 3, 2008.
They’ve asked for Mommy and Daddy,” said Shirley Rehder, the children’s great-aunt. “The little one wanted his daddy to tuck him in last night.
Tod McFarland was the lead physical therapist at Scripps Green Hospital in La Jolla and Stephanie was a stay-at-home mom.
“They were the most beautiful people,” Rehder said. “I told Tod and Stephanie that if ever there was a family that needed to be modeled, it was theirs.”
Family members have not yet decided who the recently orphaned children will live with, but they have decided that they will keep them together. Our thoughts and prayers are with the families during this time of tragedy.
[Link: San Diego Union-Tribune]
by The Editors on July 6, 2008
Tip Top Meats owner John Haedrich is a big bidder when it comes to the San Diego County Fair’s junior livestock auction. But, according to a story in the San Diego Union-Tribune, he’s not buying the animals for his business. He’s bidding up the auctions to help the 4-H and Future Farmers of America kids make more money.
Towering over the children at 6 feet, 6 inches, “Big John,” as the auctioneer called him, was an intimidating figure. As the children made their way to Haedrich’s seat to thank him for his help, his gentleness shone through his warm toothy grin. Haedrich gripped the childrens’ hands between his own and offered words of encouragement.
Somehow, we’re not surprised. And it’s probably another reason why we breakfast at Tip Top Meats. Danke von allen uns, John.
[Link: San Diego Union-Tribune]
by The Editors on July 6, 2008
The PBS show Everyday Edisons features passionate, sometimes comically misguided inventors as they attempt to bring their new products to market.
Carlsbadistan resident Michael Diep (who escpaed from from Viet Nam by boat with his family in 1980) is one of the inventors the show will follow in its second season, according to a story in the San Diego Union-Tribune. His product: Emery Cat scratching post.
Michael Diep, who makes his living as a salesman and an entrepreneur, welcomed the chance to work with the program after seeing what happened with the products from the first season. They’re being sold in stories, through mail order or on the Internet. . . .The scratching post came to him after he helped his brother take a cat to the vet for a nail trim. The cat didn’t want to go, which meant a chase, a wrestling match, scratches, flying fur.
You can catch the first episode of Everyday Edisons today at noon on KPBS. The show will continue for the next 13 weeks.
[Link: San Diego Union-Tribune]
by The Editors on July 5, 2008
One of the great things about having a private street is that you can close it whenever you want. That’s exactly what the residents of Carlsbadistan’s Nautical Drive did on Independence Day.
They didn’t close it for a parade. They closed it so they could use they could throw a small block party: get a jumper for the kids, pull the patio furniture out into the street, and have dinner with their friends and neighbors.
Sitting out in the middle of the street with a cool drink in our hand, surrounded by good company made us realize just how annoying traffic is on our streets, and how nice it is to close them down every once in a while just because.
It was a happy 4th of July, indeed. Click the jump for a couple more photos.
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by The Editors on July 4, 2008
After most of the day under a thick marine layer, the sun finally appeared over Carlsbadistan at 3:20 PM along with perfect blue skies. And absolutely no one was bummed. Even those who spent the morning in the fog only to have to leave just when the sun came out.
by The Editors on July 4, 2008
It was an amazingly beautiful and sunny morning today in Carlsbadistan, but just as the Tamarack parking lot began to fill at around 10:40 AM, the “wall of fog” crept in off the ocean and socked us in to our traditional July 4th weather.
The beach is now loaded with people who are hoping the sun will win the war by noon. Maybe lighting off more fireworks will help. . . just kidding.
by The Editors on July 4, 2008
Happy 232nd Birthday America!
We’ve been messing around with twitter for a while now. But we initailly wanted to wait until we were absolutely sure that we had something important to say before we announced it to the world. 
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