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Fun Stuff
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Fun Sites to check out!
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| The Onion: the best satirical newspaper on the 'net:
http://www.theonion.com/ |
| Monty Python's Flying Circus:
official site http://www.montypython.com/ |
| IMDb (nternet Movie Data Base): if you're a film geek, you're already familiar with this site. Learn about your favorite films or discover new ones! https://www.imdb.com/ |
| Radio Margaritaville:
a zillion parrotheads can't be wrong. Get your fix of Jimmy Buffett
streamed over the 'net 24 hours a day! http://www.radiomargaritaville.com/ |
| Taylor Guitars: I had played a Martin for years. Now it's
time to move up to a real guitar! https://www.taylorguitars.com/ |
| Steve Poltz: Founding member of an old, great local band, the Rugburns, Steve is a world famous folk troubadour who's written some great stuff over the years. https://poltz.com/ |
| The Eve Selis Band: another great local San Diego band; Out
On A Wire is one of our favorite albums to play during surgery; http://www.eveselis.com/ |
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Useful
Web Sites and Programs
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| Web Pages that Suck by Flanders & Willis.
Learning good design by studying bad. http://www.webpagesthatsuck.com/ |
| KPBS: There is intelligent life in
the universe! Check out San Diego Public radio on the web: http://www.kpbs.org/.
Unbiased news, commentaries, and discussions during the weekdays;
lots of fun programs on the weekends. Once you become addicted, be
sure to support their programming by becoming a member! |
| The Reference Desk: http://www.refdesk.com/ |
| U.S. Newspaper links: http://www.usnpl.com/ |
| The Drudge Report: one of life's guilty pleasures
for news junkies. Whether or not you're a fan of Matt Drudge's Right wing modus
operandi, the site provides extensive links to newspapers, journalists,
etc. http://www.drudgereport.com/ |
| Runner's World: good info on all things running. http://www.runnersworld.com/ |
| Gatorade Sports Science
Institute: An excellent reference site devoted to
expanding knowledge on sports nutrition and exercise science in order to
enhance the performance and well-being of athletes. http://www.gssiweb.com/ |
| The Motley Fool: one of the best sites to learn about
and researching your investments; http://www.fool.com/ |
| The Golf Coach:
www.fredhanover.com. I've known
Fred for many years. He's been a phenomenal coach for Cal State
University at San Marcos and he's extremely popular with his students.
Let him help you to improve your game. |
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ADAPT Functional Movement Center: This replaced Project Walk, a spinal cord
injury recovery program located in Carlsbad. Their gym is filled with
real special people - quads and paraplegic individuals working hard for
hours each day through assisted exercise. Nothing else remotely like it
anywhere in this region. Christopher Reeves participates in a similar
type of rehab program. This type of specialized rehab costs lots of
money and is not covered by many insurance plans.
https://www.spinalcord.com/activity-based-therapy-centers/adapt-movement |
Got Your Back San Diego: Did you know that right now there are over 26,000 children attending San Diego County schools who have been identified as homeless and food insecure? Food insecure means living without reliable access to a sufficient quantity of affordable, nutritious food.
Got Your Back San Diego is a food assistance program developed specifically for children attending San Diego County schools who have been identified as homeless and/or food insecure. Every week they deliver backpacks full of food to local Tri-City schools. Each backpack contains 2 breakfasts, 2 lunches, 2 dinners, and a few healthy snacks, enough food to sustain a child throughout the weekend. On Friday afternoons, school representatives distribute the full backpacks to children in need and collect the empty backpacks from the prior week. Also included in each backpack is an interactive homework assignment to teach kids about food and making healthy food choices. Run by good, caring folk. Please support them. https://www.gotyourbacksandiego.org/ |
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T.E.R.I., Inc: The Training, Education, and
Research Institute is dedicated to providing quality care and training
to people with developmental disabilities and their families. http://www.teriinc.org/.
Based in nearby Oceanside, for years, they are in
process of opening another campus on Twin Oaks Rd in San Marcos. Per
their website, "the new campus will accommodate the educational,
research and therapeutic programs operated by the agency, to include
relocation of adult training and education programs, the TERI Learning
Academy, The Country School, the corporate-sponsored childcare program,
recreation and therapy programs, and community training facilities.
Construction costs are estimated at $20 million."
If you look under their "Programs and
Services" section of their site, you'll note that TERI offers so
much for their students, 70% of whom are diagnosed with autistic
disorders. It takes a caring and dedicated staff to do all that they
accomplish.
Government funding is getting tighter, yet the
needs remain. And, new buildings don't come cheap...
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The Elizabeth Hospice: Betty Bulen, R.N.
founded this local organization devoted to providing comfort for the
terminally ill, as well as support for their families. I was proud to be
associated with this large group of very caring individuals when I sat on their Board of Directors. Learn
more about our programs at http://www.elizabethhospice.org/
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