Unrelated - OMG Indiana Jones

Sorry, as a child of the 80's and a complete freak for Star Wars and Indiana Jones, I am legally obligated to post this. FIRST TRAILER FOR INDY IV OMG! (click to enjoy)

Unrelated - I Kidd, I Kidd

I just wanted to say...Jason Kidd, DON'T DO IT! That and Mark Cuban is a sly fox.

The West is strong enough as it is with the family expanding to include, in the past few weeks, Gasol, O'Neil, and now probably Kidd. Hoo boy, this does not bode well for my Golden State Warriors and our playoff chances. Not one bit.


For those of you keeping score at home, Obama and McCain swept the Potomac/Chesapeake/Crabcake Primaries yesterday. Obama quite convincingly by 2:1 margins in VA and MD, and by 3:1 in the District. McCain I'm sure had the scare of his life for an hour or so when a zombie (i.e. refuses to go away and die) Huckabee breathed down his neck in VA, but McCain eventually pulled away in all three.

Next up is Hawaii(DEM) and Wisconsin next Tuesday, and then the "No Similarities to Each Other At All" Primaries on March 4 with Texas, Ohio, Vermont and Rhode Island.

One more thing...

I think that about pretty much sums it up. Warriors win 120-118 over PHX. Beeeeautiful. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

(A note of public disclosure, this author is an Obama contributor and supporter. Also, one of those obnoxious/annoying avid sports fans and team loyalists. In this case, Don Nelson's Crazy Ball Club Up in Norcal)

Second DT article in just as many days

You can read that right here.

I count it because we're mentioned once by name.

Hunger Cleanup

So I'm talking to my roommate Dan, and I've just discovered that yet AGAIN, Hunger Cleanup and Relay for Life happen to be on the same day.

This being a CalPIRG blog I'm going to advocate Hunger Cleanup more...but there's absolutely nothing stopping you or preventing you from doing both. In fact, you SHOULD do both and raise twice the amount of money for both of these worthy charities.

Then, do a day of community service and cap it off with a night chilling with friends in the middle of a track field. Win-win.

Sign up for HC here:

Relay for Life here:

Why don't we have this yet?

So an update on the Public Transit campaign. We had an aspiring filmmaker named Marietta come in to talk about CA HSR and the documentary she's making on it to educate the public. (Especially for the upcoming November ballot measure: 10 billion dollars in bonds to break ground on the first leg of the project from LA to San Francisco.)

She showed us this 10 minute video made by the California High Speed Rail Authority (seen below)



Then she stuck around to take questions and ask for suggestions on how to proceed. We told her about the Spring Break road trip down the route. I'm excited to see what she comes out with. She's aiming for a late-March release online, or maybe a persistent episodic deal (suggested by moi).

Commuting and traffic make me all the more angrier now, knowing the potential alternative.