Pax Nortona – A Blog by Joel Sax
From the Land of the Lost Blunderbuss
Month: February 2005
Hunter S. Thompson
Posted on February 22, 2005 in Addictions Bipolar Disorder Celebrity Suicide
Do I need to say that he was wrong?
Walking Shoes
Posted on February 22, 2005 in Humor?
I have a pair of walking shoes and I am convinced that they do, indeed, walk.
Twister Turns
Posted on February 22, 2005 in North Carolina Weather
while we have high winds running across the scalp of this hill all the time, they don’t generally go in circles.
Maude Adams as Peter Pan
Posted on February 21, 2005 in Fact-Dropping Film Sexuality
There’s quite a bit of controversy about this woman…
Peter Pan and Suicide
Posted on February 21, 2005 in Bipolar Disorder Suicide
If we kill the Hook in us, the Pan, too, must go.
The Dark Side of Peter Pan
Posted on February 20, 2005 in Depression Film Occupation of Iraq
Suddenly, near the end of P.J. Hogan’s film version of Peter Pan, Wendy turns evil.
No Life at Cook’s Corner
Posted on February 19, 2005 in Neighborhood
An unusual number of cars parked around the local outlaw biker gathering spot
Presidents’ Day Weekend: Helping Bin Laden
Posted on February 19, 2005 in Festivals Weather
Even when it rains, the Presidents’ Day holiday weekend drains the county of its people. It’s easy to find seats in a restaurant even on Saturday nights and to park at the malls. Everyone runs to Vegas or the River: campgrounds fill up with guzzlers of pale ale who stare out the windows of their motorhomes at the rain and the landings where they hope to float their boats. All that waiting for one sliver of time when they can mount their waterskis and help Osama Bin Laden’s cause by burning up unnecessary gas.
Terminate Limits
Posted on February 17, 2005 in California Watch Courage & Activism
I agree that electoral districts need to be more competitive, but term limits presents a graver problem.
Thousand Stairs Beach
Posted on February 16, 2005 in Travels - So Cal Weather
Earlier this week, all the forecasts said the pressure would be on Prado Dam again today.
Have Sheepskin, It Will Travel
Posted on February 15, 2005 in Geocaching
If I can’t travel, at least other people bearing objects that I have set loose on the world can.
