The Great Shakeout

So the Great Southern California Shakeout occurred yesterday morning at 10 am. I had received two emails, a phone call and a text message informing about it. There were numerous signs around campus. Supposedly 400,000 people participated in it in the San Diego region. Unfortunately, against Jon's hopes, free milkshakes were not being handed out. It was an earthquake test. At 10 am a voice came over the intercom "encouraging" everyone to participate. The Great Shakeout ended at 10:01 am. A great success?

Whether I go running at the bay or the beach or around the harbor, I always see bums. My copy of The Areas of My Expertise has been commandeered by someone, so I am without my list of 700 hobo names. Thats the beauty of bums, the variety of names: bums, hobos, tramps and my personal favorite, transients. Southern California is probably a good place to be a bum: the weather is warm and the people have money. However, I have begun to notice that bums are getting too tan. Beacuse they are outside, literally all the time, they are getting way too many ultra-violet rays. So in the future I hope there is an outreach mission to these individuals, to provide them with sunscreen. It is sad enough they are living outside, without soap, often in the warmth of their own urine. We can at least offer them some sunscreen.

Poll Results: As the week has come to an end it appears that placing neither peanut butter or bread in the fridge has the largest vote. This, of course, is the correct answer because it is what I chose. I do however, understand the need to put some organic peanut butter in the fridge. I can also see the need to save bread longer by refrigerating it. However, overall they both need to be kept out of the fridge. No one wants hard bread or difficult to spread peanut butter.

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