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Communication in your Relationship: 3 Tips on what NOT to do

Jennine Estes

Communication: What Not to do

1. Don't tell your partner how they feel. Avoid telling your partner what you think they are feeling or why they did something. This will push your partner away. Many of my couples that come into counseling try to tell me what their partner feels or thinks. The thing that I start to uncover in my counseling sessions is that what they "thought their partner felt or thought" wasn't true. My job as a [...]

Countdown to SD

Laur

Feeling a little sorry for myself last week, I went searching for "cheap airfares" to San Diego. Thinking I'd never find anything in my ever shrinking budget, I was pleasantly surprisedto find airfare that I could actually afford! Had to wait a few days to book it, making sure I could get time off work, and see if my brother would have me for a few days. Both worked out ok, so I booked it! I'll be leaving here on the evenign of June 17th! Just a little o [...]

RECESS - The Ultimate Happy Hour

GO VAVi

We are happy to announce VAVi's Ultimate Happy Hour: Recess!

By popular demand, we're bringing together everyone across the club for a night of games, drinks, food, and of course...fun!!

Recess will take place the last Thursday of every month at one of our "Official Bars" in San Diego.

To make the night more fun, and more uniquely VAVi, each Recess event will always have the following elements:

Free to attend VAVi sports league giveaways Drink spe [...]

USD Toreros vs. Gonzaga

mark

...or "Brandon Johnson vs. the entire Gonzaga Team"

I attended the sold out USD vs. Gonzaga basketball game tonight. Basketball is my first sport, so I got into the game a little more than I expected. And I was disappointed by what I saw. Not justbecause USD lost by four points in a pretty low scoring game, but for how far away from successful basketball strategy the team stayed during the game.

The beauty of the team sport of basketball is the integration of the [...]

Where have you gone John Madden and Al Michaels

mark

Listening to the refugees from trash talk AM radio who stole Monday Night Football, I realized what was so irritating about their uninterruptable - even by events in the game - stream of opinions andnon-sequiturs. Watching the Charger/Denver game Christmas Eve, just before the half, there were four plays in a row where the "play by play" announcer interrupted the unrelated game commentary only long enough to tell us what had already happened. "Cromartie catches a pass". [...]

Escape from Vegas

Jamal

It's been 1 year and 2 weeks since I moved to Vegas and I'm looking for an escape route.I've never met so many hateful people in my life,this is truly the worst city in America. Concerts are different here,all concerts happen in casino's.No one overhere tailgates before a concert.I really miss going to Coors Amphitheatre in the middle of summer to see a concert or going to the Sports Arena and tailgating before a rock concert.The bar scene is different here too.When yo [...]

ESPN ruins Monday Night Football

mark

Ok, I've watched three separate presentations by ESPN of Monday Night Football, the show that brought pro football to the weekdays with legends like Howard Cosell, Don Meredith, Al Michaels and John Madden. Even during one sided games, the game was still the focus of the conversation.

I remember the first season the Tampa Bay Buccanees played on Monday night. They were losing big and the stands were empty. One fellow, near the end zone was laying across a couple of sea [...]

more fire update

mlustig

HI Kids - Here is yet another fire update. In my last update, written Monday night (10/23/07), I mentioned I would sleep good that night knowingI had done the best I could in a difficult situation. Unfortunately, I was incorrect. I got no sleep at all that night although I continued to do the best I could. After my last update, I made dinner for the three firefighters who were going to stay overnight at my home. These guys came from station 23 in Rocklin, CA, near Sa [...]

Very Dangerous Fires

mlustig

There are two really dangerous fires which are moving toward the coast at a rapid pace due to extreme Santa Ana conditions and there are not nearly enough fire fighting resources to stop them. The entire town of Ramona is under mandatory evacuation orders as of an hour ago and just now eastern Escondido is being evacuated. That is a couple of miles from Ron and Melody's house and it includes over 10,000 homes. A bunch of smaller communities are in danger or already have burned. [...]

fire update

mlustig

Here's what happened since my last update. I stayed behind and waited while the fire made its way along both sides of Lake Hodges from the Escondido area to Rancho Santa Fe. As the fire drew close, the smoke grew thicker as did the ash fall. An orange glow came from the northeast. From that same direction came a deep rumbling sound, with sharp hissing noises exactly the same as the sound from the propane tanks going on & off on overhead people-carrying balloons. (Those sounds we [...]

Re: very dangerous fires

mlustig

The whole county seems to be on fire. About 300,000 households have been ordered to evacuate, which is more than 1,000,000 people! It is a natural calamity larger than Katrina.

Naturally, the authorities have screwed up most every aspect of this, as they did in the Cedar Fire. The fire has gone through Ron & Melody's neighborhood and it does not look good. On T.V. they showed houses burning two blocks away from their house. The fire is about one mile from our home, headin [...]

Illegal Aliens

SDNATIVE

Have been living in San Diego since I was born in 1960.� I have spent time in many parts of the world and I love people.� I lived one year in a fishingvillage south of Puerto Vallarta.� My first boyfriend was a mexican.I am sad that there are so many illegal mexicans taking over our city, state, country.� They are depleting our resources so very fast.� They send so much money back to Mexico, that it is now their #1 income for the country.� I go shopping at Lowes.� All the signs are now in spanis [...]

Mourning San Diego Professional Sports

mark

The Padres and the Chargers both started their respective seasons with the word "best" employed to their rosters. Before their performancescontradicted those observations, pundits and fans were looking just at the raw talent on both teams.

With all that talent, the ignoble end to the Padres season and the exasperating start to that of the Chargers must be one of mental preparation and execution. The Padres didn't throw any slower in losses than they did in wins. The Cha [...]

The Excitement Continues

sandiegohombre

Living in San Diego is exacting a toll on me because I don't ever want to leave.� I don't even want to visit my relatives on the east coast.� I really do not even want to drive to LA to visit anyone.� Weird<huh?� I think so, but that is how much I am spoiled by this beautiful city.��

Another Day In Paradise

Joey Buttafuoco

Hello,

I do not know what to write so I will just say for now that I am here and I am looking to see what I have to say about San Diego.

Natalka Kytasty -- Genius of the Violin

mymarkx

I just got back from the free annual concert by the Kensington Trio at the central branch of the San Diego Public Library, and I'm still floatingon air.

The trio consists of Ronald Morebello, pianist, Yuri Kytasty (married to Natalka), cellist, and of course Natalka Kytasty on violin. They played Rachmaninoff, Dvorak, and Brahms. Morebello is a competent pianist and Yuri is one of the world's outstanding cellists, however I'm firmly convinced that Natalka is the best violini [...]

Growing Old Gracefully

CatalystLegal

Now that I have suffered adulthood for a good thirty years, I am comfortable knowing that "I am what I am." I no longer concern myself with what "everyone" might think and I am far better off in this, my "older" age than during my youth, a youth pretty much comprised of my always trying to outdistance the other runner, to better the best. Do not think that I am now complacent, quite the contrary. I am one who pushes forward in a constant motion, always searching [...]

Many Blessings

CatalystLegal

I truly believe that part of my job is to be a good listener. I realize that Legal Document Assistants are prohibited from the giving of legal adviceor strategies, or opinions, but I don't think that establishing a friendship with a client oversteps those boundaries. Of course, you cannot disguise legal advice as "friendship" advice so one must discern the difference and be aware. For a long time, I kept my clients at arm's length, cutting off their "stories." I co [...]

The San Diego Tea Party

mymarkx

When King George's East India Tea Company tried to tax the colonists, they dumped his tea into Boston Harbor and fought a revolution for independence. The rallying cry was, "No taxation without representation!"

But that's what we have in San Diego today. The majority of us are renters and homeowners, yet the city seems to be run on behalf of developers. We have more homeless people in San Diego than we have developers--why should developers get everything they want while the [...]

about ME

CatalystLegal

Kathleen (Kat) Mountjoy has worked in the legal field for over thirty years as a legal secretary and paralegal. She has actively served the legal community in various capacities, including activeinvolvement with:

• Stockton San Joaquin County Legal Secretaries' Association, President

• Northern Central Valley Forum, Board Member and Speaker

• Member California State Bar Law Office Management Section

• Member California State Bar Fa [...]