we're on a break

I'm taking a break from journalism and re-evaluating what I want to do with my life. In the meantime I'm not reading as many newspapers and I'm not updating this thing.

Enjoy the silence.

Be back sometime in the future -- I think.

yesterday in pictures

Thursday, August 13, 2009. The day started as usual with getting dressed. By 8:15 a.m. I was signing paper work to donate blood for dengue research. Work began a little later than usual -- about 9:10. In the afternoon that shirtless man sat at the tables in front of my window. After work I met up with a friend for a Hornblower concert cruise with Meiko! It was a solid day.

cops kill crazy man

Yesterday I was trying to get to Horton Plaza, a mall in downtown. The traffic was insane and cops were everywhere. I found a parking spot and rushed toward the yellow caution tape to find out what had happened.

Apparently the cops had shot and killed a crazy man who had been walking around threateningly with a stolen steak knife.

The fired 3 or 4 shots and the man died on the scene, which just so happened to be one of the most trafficked streets in downtown San Diego.

My question is this: Was it really necessary to shoot (with real bullets) and KILL this crazy man?

Interestingly enough this story did NOT even make it on the front page the SD Union Tribune (the major city newspaper in San Diego). WHY?

What do you think? Would you have shot a crazy homeless man if he had started walking toward you with a steak knife? AND, do you think this story deserved to be on the front page? Click here to see what made the front page instead.