San Diego is a great city, with every imaginable kind of restaurant. Thai, Peruvian, Afghan. You can also find whatever ambiance suits you. Casual, Hip, Swank.... Homeless.
Lee's Cafe (5th between F&G)
I may have mentioned Lee's before... it is the hub of crazy people. If this were a video game, it's where the monsters would come out of. The spawn point if you will. All the crazies/homeless guys eat there. In fact, I even saw a guy NOT eat there. He had no arms. He came in and sat down.. grumbled a bit.. they said hi.. and he left. You know you are a cool place when patrons just come in to grunt.
It's also where *I* eat breakfast whenever I manage to eat breakfast or I'm hungover (yes yes.. I'm sure that says something). I imagine being homeless in San Diego is like having every night be a REALLY late night out, so it makes sense.
Mr. and Mrs Lee have been there for a *long* time. My theory is that they are Chinese slackers. They showed up 20 years or so ago, and excitedly opened their establishment... doing all the exciting "starting a company things".
cutting out cereal box covers and taping them to the wall as a sort of kindergarten menu.
VERY carefully pricing the items on their vast menu to some exact formula (the equation written in Chinese for added complexity).
Everything has an odd price, like $2.36. After that they said "Fuck it, putting those little numbers on the board is a bitch", and never changed the prices again.
That's Lee's Cafe to this day. The most expensive thing on their menu is a T-Bone(no relation) steak , and that costs.... seriously... $7.48. You can get anything there. T-Bone steak and smokes? 10 bucks (and 3 cents).
You can get a FULL BREAKFAST there (a guy breakfast.. 2 eggs, bacon, hash browns, toast, and coffee), for THREE DOLLARS AND FIFTY CENTS.
Mr. and Mrs. Lee aren't great business people. Hell, they don't really even have a sign, but they make good bacon.
It's easy to tip them more than the meal costs, because you almost feel like you are ripping them off. I mean hell, once you factor in the smoke damage, I couldn't even *make* breakfast for $3.50.
Recently it came to my attention that many of the old places in the Gaslamp have absurdly cheap leases from the government or something. Like, $0.25-$0.35 per square foot which means they need to sell like 700 eggs per month to pay the rent....
everything else has is gravy.
I suggest you check it out. If you want company, just scream out the door like you are on fire... I'll come over and say hi.
I've always tried to respect other peoples beliefs, but I'm done. Religious people (and not just Muslims) are either brainwashed or stupid; their beliefs dangerous; and their fervor terrifying. Worst of all, they are are allowed to hold office. It's time for religion to be purged from government.
Would everyone who believes their god likes to hang out in Israel please go there and fight for it? Last one standing can stay there.
-Todd
On a lighter note (sort of) here is the list :)
10 - You vigorously deny the existence of thousands of gods claimed by other religions, but feel outraged when someone denies the existence of your god.
9 - You feel insulted and "dehumanized" when scientists say that people evolved from lesser life forms, but you have no problem with the Biblical claim that we were created from dirt.
8 - You laugh at polytheists, but you have no problem believing in a Trinity god.
7 - Your face turns purple when you hear of the "atrocities" attributed to Allah, but you don't even flinch when hearing about how God/Jehovah slaughtered all the babies of Egypt in "Exodus" and ordered the elimination of entire ethnic groups in "Joshua" -- including women, children, and trees!
6 - You laugh at Hindu beliefs that deify humans, and Greek claims about gods sleeping with women, but you have no problem believing that the Holy Spirit impregnated Mary, who then gave birth to a man-god who got killed, came back to life and then ascended into the sky.
5 - You are willing to spend your life looking for little loop-holes in the scientifically established age of the Earth (4.55 billion years), but you find nothing wrong with believing dates recorded by pre-historic tribesmen sitting in their tents and guessing that the Earth is a couple of generations old.
4 - You believe that the entire population of this planet with the exception of those who share your beliefs -- though excluding those in all rival sects -- will spend Eternity in an infinite Hell of Suffering. And yet you consider your religion the most "tolerant" and "loving".
3 - While modern science, history, geology, biology, and physics have failed to convince you otherwise, some idiot rolling around on the floor speaking in "tongues" may be all the evidence you need to prove Christianity.
2 - You define 0.01% as a "high success rate" when it comes to answered prayers. You consider that to be evidence that prayer works. And you think that the remaining 99.99% FAILURE was simply the will of God.
1 - You actually know a lot less than many Atheists and Agnostics do about the Bible, Christianity, and church history -- but still call yourself a Christian.
Note: A few people have asked me, and I didn't write this list. If you know who did let me know so I can give proper credit.
The bible thumping freak just put someone who is AGAINST CONTRACEPTION... in charge of 283 MILLION DOLLARS and a program that GIVES AWAY FREE CONTRACEPTION.
If someone did this in the business world they would be thrown in jail...
Hey Republicans.... I wish I could vote for you... seriously! I am pro-business! I'm not poor! I don't even really like Democrats!
What happened to your party that made your leadership sound like the fucking crazy guy who stands downtown on a milk crate? (seriously, I'm going to take his picture)
You have out-dumbed the Democrats. They couldn't win a race on their own to save themselves, but you still managed to lose the election. With garbage like this, you *will* lose the next one as well...
I voted a Democratic ticket this year, and probably will next time as well. Not because of the war. Not because of the scandal (although it helped).
I did it because voting Republican has become synonymous with voting for fundamentalist christians.
Intelligent people aren't fundies, contraception does not CAUSE pregnency, and you've managed to turn large groups of people who generally don't care about politics (myself included) into rabid anti-Republicans.
My name is Todd. I am a bachelor, a software geek, and I want to start a company; none of which make me very domesticated.
Luckily, bachelors are natural inventors.
I have grilled out using only a pair of pliers, used a single dog food dish as dishware, and thrown out pans to avoid cleaning. Trust me, this was best for everyone.
Don't worry though, I'm all grown up now... These days I just eat out.
