San Diego has...talent (and a redesigned City Beat website)

I know, it's time for some other postings non fire related. Visit here if you're curious about more fire stuff. We're waiting for Gov. Arnold's press conference which CNN promises is coming up, sometime, eventually, they're not quite sure when.

For those that are looking for some other "news":

Been meaning to post about this one for a while (a while being a little over a week). San Diego City Beat, aside from redesigning their site, is featuring short fiction (101 words or less) turned in by their readers and judged by their... judges.

I've posted the winning story below, but check them all out. San Diego has... talent.


First place

Summer Vacation

Our town is dismal, the color of coal. Dad spits black, even on weekends. August is too hot and I can’t swim in the strip mine anymore because Joey drowned there. Everyone sits on the porch in their underwear and complains. Uncle Ralph talks about sex, tells us Aunt Millie’s tits weigh eight pounds. Mostly, I’m bored. At night, I avoid my older brother and sleep nude against a broken window screen. In September, Our Miss Brooks makes us write about summer. I make something up and get an A. Nobody wants to hear the truth about summer in this place.

Bil Fuhrer,Clairemont