Sunday, April 4, 2010

Spending Easter on skid row with old friends and new friends as well

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Before I write anything I would like to thank Larry Adamson (the President and CEO of The Midnight Mission) and his staff for putting on suc...
Monday, March 29, 2010

King Taco ???? - American Idle ????

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Today I was somewhat all over the map.  I went to http://www.65amps.com/ in the morning, went back to my place and took the gas piston out ...
Saturday, March 20, 2010

Number of People Living on New York Streets Soars

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I have copied this story to post it here.  You can see the original story by clicking on the title of this blog entry which will redirect yo...
Wednesday, March 17, 2010

Activity statistics: February 2010 - Union Rescue Mission

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The figures are in for February of 2010 and just as expected there was more going on in 2010 than went on in 2009 for the same month. http...

The crime during a 24 hour period on Skid Row

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As the population grows and the heat of the day rises the crime activity seems to increase as well.  Yesterday the temperature hit almost ...
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Monday, March 8, 2010

A bit of life on the street today from Andy Bales of Union Rescue Mission

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A little bit from Andy Bales or http://www.urm.org/ that was posted on facebook along with some commentary by some folks in regard to what ...
Saturday, March 6, 2010

Is to have lived and lost is better or worse than to have never lived at all?

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Today I am sitting for a while after spending the first part of the day with my two boys. We went out to lunch and just hung out a little. I...
Tuesday, February 23, 2010

Winter Shelters - an update from Andy Bales of Union Rescue Mission

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I have not posted much in the last week or so.  It has been a busy week for me as I had friends in from Nashville and had a show in Hollywoo...
Wednesday, February 17, 2010

Overpaid teachers? Another view on the story

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For years I have taken what many would feel the politically correct route in regard to the compensation for teachers. I would support their ...
Tuesday, February 9, 2010

January 2010 Statistics Update

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January 2010 Statistics Update This report is quite impressive as was the December 2009 wrap up last month.  As was the case last month, t...