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Common Craft explains in plain English using the analogy of friends and neighbors sharing ice cream. Who wants some of that pickle ice cream?

I had this post saved as a draft and meant to post it sooner, but I forgot about it until today.

I’ve gone to many, many Padres games both at Petco and . Having tailgated at Qualcomm, I had yet to tailgate at .

Last month I went to a tailgate party at Tailgate Park before the Padres game. We had some hot dogs (cooked on a propane grill – no charcoal grills are permitted) and cans of beer (no glass bottles are allowed) and generally enjoyed the festivities prior to the game. All too soon it was time to go. We made it inside Petco just in time to hear the National Anthem.

It was unseasonably hot for a Sunday afternoon in April and our seats were directly in the sun. It helped a little that there were some kids in our section with spray bottles. Most of the fans didn’t mind getting squirted with the cool water.

The loaded the bases during the fifth and sixth innings, but they didn’t score any runs. We endured the heat for awhile longer, but we left before the end of the game.

As of today, exactly one month to the day after we attended that game, the Padres have the worst record in the National League. If you are reading this post looking for directions to , I hope that the Padres have made the necessary changes by now to win games and to make your experience inside Petco as much fun as the tailgate parties outside.

Tailgate Park is located between 12th/Park Blvd. & 14th Avenues and K Street & Imperial Avenue. Enter Tailgate Park on 13th Avenue & K Street and Imperial Avenue between 12th & 14th Avenues.

Lore Sjoberg’s humorous analogy of as a can of Pringles: Open it up and end up with this vertical stack of artificially flavored, reconstituted, byte sized communication snacks which are compelling and at the same time staunchly unfulfilling.

Ever feel like an exploding twitter bird? I thought this whole microblogging in 140 chars or less was supposed to reduce information overload. Express your point-of-view with a twitter overload t-shirt.

Reliable sources report that some insiders at Opera Software think that Overstock’s “O” logo looks a bit too similar to Opera’s “O” logo.

TO: SDSU Parents

FROM: James R. Kitchen, Vice President for Student Affairs

RE: Alert from SDSU

Dear SDSU Parent:

An ongoing police investigation today resulted in the arrest of several people suspected of selling illegal drugs to San Diego State students.

The majority of those arrests took place this morning in the College Area as part of a joint operation led by SDSU Police and the federal Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA). Related arrests have taken place over the past 12 months.

I want to assure you that San Diego State University places the health and safety of students and the rest of our campus community as our highest priority. There is nothing more important than the welfare of each and every student. Because of the excellent work done by the SDSU Police – who led this investigation – and the cooperation and support of the DEA and the District Attorney’s Office, the university is a much safer place today.

The investigation included an extensive undercover operation. Some of those arrested include SDSU students, who have now been suspended from the university pending a due-process review. Those living in campus-managed housing have been evicted.

We will continue to do what is necessary – enforcement and education – to encourage our students to make responsible choices to ensure the health and safety of our campus.

To provide updated information on the investigation and arrests, SDSU has established a special Web site at www.sdsu.edu/information.

If you have any questions or concerns, please call the Parent Hotline at (619) 594-1653.

There’s no way of knowing what the quality will be of these summer movies. Some of them will definitely be worth seeing when they come around to your local theater. Rotten Tomatoes is a resource to get a feel for what people are saying.

“Iron Man” – You’ve already seen it.

“The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian” – The first “Chronicles” was entertaining.

“Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull” – Fourth hat and whip adventure starring Harrison Ford.

“The Happening” – M. Night Shyamalan directs an environmental horror flick starring Mark Wahlberg.

“The Incredible Hulk” – So soon? With Edward Norton and Liv Tyler, and of course, Lou Ferrigno.

“Get Smart” – Steve Carell as Don Adams’ Maxwell Smart with Anne Hathaway as Barbara Feldon’s Agent 99.

“Wall-E” – Waste Allocation Load Lifter Earth-Class is Pixar’s latest animated story of a lonely, trash collecting robot.

“Wanted” – Graphic-novel adaptation about an elite team of assassins with Angelina Jolie, James McAvoy and Morgan Freeman.

“Hancock” – Will Smith as a drunken superhero? With Charlize Theron and Jason Bateman.

“Hellboy II: The Golden Army” – Guillermo del Toro directs and Ron Perlman stars as Hellboy for this sequel. The first Hellboy was a supernatural action-thriller with a good blend of humor. Remember Perlman in “Beauty and the Beast”, opposite Linda Hamilton?

“Journey to the Center of the Earth 3D” – Titled after the the Jules Verne novel, this digital-3D family adventure stars Brendan Fraser.

“The Dark Knight” – Directed by Christopher Nolan. Christian Bale returns as Bruce Wayne/Batman and Heath Ledger takes his final bow in his role as the Joker.

“The X-Files: I Want to Believe” – How will Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny play this?

“The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor” – Brendan Fraser is back for the third installment. This time it takes place in China.

“Blindness” – A town is hit with an epidemic that causes blindness. Only Julianne Moore has the ability to see.

“Pineapple Express” – James Franco and Seth Rogen star in a comedy/chase movie about a stoner and his dealer.

“Babylon A.D.” – Vin Diesel plays a mercenary escorting a woman from Russia to Germany -or is it China- in this sci-fi story.

“Traitor” – A CIA agent played by Don Cheadle infiltrates a terrorist group. With Guy Pearce.