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To Do Tonight - 11/08

Saturday Night Special

Among the 600 competition shooters from around the world competing at the 2008 National Handgun Championships are four locals: Gary Chan of Anaheim Hills, Brennan Price of Fullerton, Michael Pelissier of Huntington Beach and Chris Endersby of San Clemente. The local pistol packers are now bound for ... More >>

Rotary Tapioca Crackers

Name: Rotary Tapioca Crackers (a.k.a. Krupuk Aci) Origin: Indonesia Found at: 99 Ranch Market, Irvine Cost: $2.29 Ingredients: Tapioca Flour, Vegetable (Palm) Oil, Salt and Monosodium Glutamate Why I Bought It: Simple: I grew up with this stuff. And plus, it's one snack that left plenty ... More >>

Winged Monkeys!

Our smoky links to unsavory characters

We Know Evil

Our smoky links to unsavory characters

Uncle Sam's Crude Solution

Our smoky links to unsavory characters

UCI Scientist Helps Add More Culprits to the Global Warming List

Anyone worth Al Gore's salt knows that cars, factories and farting cows contribute to global warming, but an international study that includes the research of a UC Irvine scientist has found drought and deforestation can also help fuel the pesky phenomenon and should be included in future climate pa ... More >>

[Special Screenings] Local Showings of Oscar-Nominated Short Films, More

Anyone worth Al Gore's salt knows that cars, factories and farting cows contribute to global warming, but an international study that includes the research of a UC Irvine scientist has found drought and deforestation can also help fuel the pesky phenomenon and should be included in future climate pa ... More >>

[Special Screenings] Local Showings of 'The Rocky Horror Picture Show,' 'A Clockwork Orange,' More

Anyone worth Al Gore's salt knows that cars, factories and farting cows contribute to global warming, but an international study that includes the research of a UC Irvine scientist has found drought and deforestation can also help fuel the pesky phenomenon and should be included in future climate pa ... More >>

Garden Grove's Warung Pojok Is the Best (And Only) Indonesian Joint in OC

Anyone worth Al Gore's salt knows that cars, factories and farting cows contribute to global warming, but an international study that includes the research of a UC Irvine scientist has found drought and deforestation can also help fuel the pesky phenomenon and should be included in future climate pa ... More >>

[Special Screenings] Local Showings of 'Who Killed the Electric Car?' and More

Anyone worth Al Gore's salt knows that cars, factories and farting cows contribute to global warming, but an international study that includes the research of a UC Irvine scientist has found drought and deforestation can also help fuel the pesky phenomenon and should be included in future climate pa ... More >>

To Your Corporate Health

Anyone worth Al Gore's salt knows that cars, factories and farting cows contribute to global warming, but an international study that includes the research of a UC Irvine scientist has found drought and deforestation can also help fuel the pesky phenomenon and should be included in future climate pa ... More >>

EIGHT DAYS

Anyone worth Al Gore's salt knows that cars, factories and farting cows contribute to global warming, but an international study that includes the research of a UC Irvine scientist has found drought and deforestation can also help fuel the pesky phenomenon and should be included in future climate pa ... More >>

Meat You in Heaven

OCs top five new restaurants and other random observations

A Sweet Life's Work

The Ritzs Jean-Francois Lehuede leaves em wanting more

You Never Know What You're Going to Get

Forrest Gump sucked, but damn it if the Bubba Gump Shrimp Co. Restaurant aint good

Be the Board

Pravdas Valentin Shmidov wants to teach you the true art of surfing

Special Screenings

Movie of the Week: Palindromes

This Week in Off-Season Surf Porn

Destination Point

Abercrombie & Fish

The Quiksilver Indies Trader blends sex, surf and science

We Must Have Syph

Or the far right will have won

Fountain Headache

Ayn Rand Institute tries to twist tsunami disaster

Kissinger to the rescue

Ayn Rand Institute tries to twist tsunami disaster

War! Huh?

Welcome to the summer of love at a theater near you

Edisons Con Game

Ratepayers will pay for new anti-ratepayer advertising campaign

Poor Edison

Now broke, the power company uses taxpayer cash to fund a global business empire

Valhalla Table Coming To The Camp in Costa Mesa

Edwin Goei It's been three months since I checked in on the progress of Valhalla at The Camp, a new eatery slated to offer "artisan brats and craft beer". When I did, I wasn't surprised to find that it wasn't open yet, but what I did discover was a delectable hint printed on a new banner.  A ... More >>

Mêlée Play Jakarta Three Weeks After Bombings

​Our pals at Warner Bros. Records passed along this cool photo of Orange County band Mêlée--who released their most recent record, Devils & Angels, in 2007 on Warner--playing Jakarta, Indonesia last week, playing the Java RockinLand 2009 on August 7. That's just three weeks after two separat ... More >>

Big Week For Birthers and Their Crusade to Unseat Obama the Usurper!

The Ledger-Enquirer of Columbus, Georgia, reports today that Orly Taitz, the Orange County attorney who reigns as queen bee to the Obama "birther" movement, is representing a "conscientious objector" who refuses to deploy to Iraq*, not because he's a pacifist or because George Bush authorized the in ... More >>

Wax On, Wax Off: "The Drifter," Starring Rob Machado

The Drifter tells the story of a period of time Rob Machado spent in Indonesia. Directed by surf film favorite Taylor Steele, the movie explores the wanderings of an introspective, soulful athlete on some kind of a search for solitude or meaning or communion with nature . . . the movie isn't ex ... More >>

"The White Ribbon," Sea Tales Series, "The World We Want" Fill Local Film Screens

A pre-World War I Protestant northern German village of the damned.​When it comes to filmmakers who create pictures forever burned into your head after seeing them, Michael Haneke rivals Stanley Kubrick. I can't remember all the movies I've seen and immediately forgotten since first viewing 1997's ... More >>

Valhalla Table Opens at The Camp. Rasta Taco & Ecco? Not So Much

Edwin Goei​In case you were keeping track, in the three contestant race on which would open up their restaurant first at The Camp in Costa Mesa, Valhalla Table is the winner. It recently debuted with nary but a small banner announcing itself and a menu that delivers what Liz Karnaga and fami ... More >>

Valhalla Table's Sausage House Concept Comes From LA, but the Most Inspired Items Hail From Indonesia

Edwin Goei​In case you were keeping track, in the three contestant race on which would open up their restaurant first at The Camp in Costa Mesa, Valhalla Table is the winner. It recently debuted with nary but a small banner announcing itself and a menu that delivers what Liz Karnaga and fami ... More >>

Going to Extremes to Get the Shot

[Newport Beach Film Fest] You think action-sports athletes push the limit? Check out the people filming them

Marco Polo Shrimp Snacks

Edwin Goei​Name: Marco Polo Brand Shrimp Snacks Origin: Chino, California Found at: 99 Ranch, Irvine Cost: $0.99 Ingredients: Tapioca Flour, Shrimp, Eggs, Salt, Sugar, Vegetable Oils (Soybean, and/or Corn and/or Cotton Seed Oils, with TBHQ to Protect Flavor), Torula Yeast, Dextrose, Tomato ... More >>

Racist OC Register Reader Fustercluck of the Day

​Headline: O.C. Manufacturer Moves Back East Comment by sailbyme: You sure it's not because they're taxed out of the state? You'd be crazy to move or start a business in this state. I'm moving my business to North Carolina in the fall. My new house is on three acres with a pond and out buildi ... More >>

Carl's Jr. Opens in Indonesia; Something Indonesian Opens Here

Image from Google Maps Gustavo told me recently he heard news that Carl's Jr. opened its first franchise in Indonesia this month. And then on the same day, in a sort of bizarre cosmic coincidence, I got word a new Indonesian grocery store opened in Fullerton. In a bit of food quid pro quo, OC ... More >>

Milkita - Chocolate Milk Candy

Edwin Goei​Name: Unican Milkita - Chocolate Milk Candy Origin: Indonesia Found at: H-Mart, Irvine Cost: $1.99 Ingredients: Glucose, Condensed Milk (Fresh Milk, Skim Milk Powder, Vegetable Oil, Sucrose), Sugar, Cocoa Liquor, Hydrogenated Coconut Oil, Tri Calcium Phosphate, Butter, Chocola ... More >>

Watch 'Melali: The Drifter Sessions' for Free, with Rob Machado and His Band

Dustin Humphrey/Reel SessionsRob Machado in Melali: The Drifter Sessions​The wanderlust deep in the hearts of surfers--going anywhere for the "perfect" wave--and the inevitable spirtual and intellectual growth that results from that travel, was the focus of Surfer Hall of Fame inductee (twice!), p ... More >>

Taco Bell to Invade Southeast Asia?

​Will the spread of Mexican food across the world ever cease? No.Will Taco Bell be there every step of the way to act as the gateway drug and make billions?Damn straight. Details after the jump!

On the Line: Nathan Coulon of True Food Kitchen, Part Two

Photo by Kevin Lara​Today, we continue our Q&A with True Food Kitchen's executive chef, Nathan Coulon. If you missed the first part, click here to read it. And stay tuned tomorrow for a recipe. What show would you pitch to the Food Network?It would be an eat/drink/travel show. I would t ... More >>

A YouTube Channel for Those Homesick for Indonesian Street Food

There's a YouTube documentary for everything. Proof: One day last week, I was nostalgic for the street foods of Indonesia and thought, "Surely, by now, someone's gone around and videotaped a few and put the vids up to share." I was right. A YouTuber named matkiding has done just this. His chann ... More >>

Move Over, Orly Taitz: Supreme Court Ignores Another Obama Birther

"Barry speaking . . ."​The U.S. Supreme Court today rejected without comment a requested rehearing on a previously tossed out case alleging Barack Obama is not eligible to be the U.S. president.This one was not filed by Laguna Niguel lawyer/dentist/birther/nutbar/real-estate saleswoman Orly Taitz ... More >>

Donald Trump Gives Orly Taitz Sloppy Wet Kiss

​Orly Taitz, the Laguna Niguel lawyer/dentist/real-estate saleswoman/frequent Navel Gazing muse, lost yet another round in court Thursday. A judge ruled against Taitz and in favor of Irvine's Damon Dunn, a fellow Republican (and losing) California secretary of state candidate she had accused of be ... More >>

[BOMBIER BOMBSHELL:] Shocking Message De-Coded in Barack Obama Certificate of Live Birth

​Through top-secret Army intelligence de-coding methods, a source working exclusively for Navel Gazing has uncovered a shocking revelation in President Barack Obama's Certificate of Live Birth from Hawaii.Rather than come right out and say what the secret message is contained on the form no one kn ... More >>

Young the Giant: Looking Back and Moving Forward

​Young the Giant, the band formerly known as the Jakes, and formerly residents of Newport Beach via Irvine, have had a very good year. After releasing their self-title debut to critical acclaim (even Morrissey is a fan, saying "I could break down with happiness at the new debut-CD by Young The G ... More >>

Stoked to Be Studying: New Surf Research Center at San Diego State University

​San Diego State University's Center for Surf Research may not be quite what you may think or hope it is. The curriculum will not include watching North Shore, analyzing the behavior of Jeff Spicoli in Fast Times at Ridgemont High or studying the hydrodynamics of a surfboard riding upon ... More >>

Pat Boone Jumps Aboard Orly Taitz's Birther Crazy Train

​Pat Boone, obviously wanting to have something more embarrassing on his resume when he retires from the singing stage than having kept Wally George on the air as station owner of KDOC/Channel 56 for years, has now jumped about "Birther Queen" Orly Taitz's crazy train. See the photo of the conjoin ... More >>

Indo Ranch's Java to Go

This Lake Forest market isn't a restaurant, but it still celebrates the dishes of Indonesia in to-go containers

iTunes, Wired Love Our 'Best of . . .' App, They Really Do!

Have you downloaded it yet?​You know how we're doing all these Ten Great lists of different local faves (pizza, tacos, etc.) under the "Best of Best of Best of!" category? It's for more than cheap hits--we're slowly trotting out our Best Of . . . app for smart phones and the like, which group toge ... More >>