La Jolla’s ‘Gem’ of the week: Just for Beach Babes

Among the fun and fabulous merchandise at the Ocean Girl shop, 2162 Avenida De La Playa in La Jolla Shores, is a collection of 1960’s surf movies (shown daily on this screen in the T-shirt department) that include “Gidget,” “Beach Blanket Bingo,” and “How to Stuff A Wild Bikini” … talk about Moondoggie madness! You may recall that in the 1959 “Gidget” film starring Sandra Dee, La Jollan Cliff Robertson played The Great Kahuna.

— Susan DeMaggio

WISH I SAID THAT!

“For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled.”

— Richard Feynman

NOW IN THE VERNACULAR

reset generation:

noun. Young people who, when a situation becomes difficult or burdensome, quit and start over again in a different situation.

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wordspy.com

TRUE OR FALSE?

On the moon, the sky is black (even during the day) and the stars are always visible.

True. Scientists believe that the moon formed as a result of a collision known as the Big Whack. According to this idea, Earth collided with a planet-sized object 4.6 billion years ago. As a result of the impact, a cloud of vaporized rock shot off Earth’s surface and went into orbit around Earth. The cloud cooled and condensed into a ring of small, solid bodies, which then gathered together, forming the moon.

— NASA