September 9, 2026
Quote of the Day
Laziness is nothing more than the habit of resting before you get tired.
~ Jules Renard
This Day in History
September 9, 2002: M72-year-old Buzz Aldrin punches a moon landing conspiracy theorist in the face. On this day in 2002, astronaut Buzz Aldrin – the second human to set foot on the moon – is walking outside a Beverly Hills hotel when a conspiracy theorist starts harassing him and accusing Aldrin of lying about the Apollo 11 moon landing. Incensed, Aldrin punches his heckler in the face.
“You’re the one who said you walked on the moon when you didn’t,” Bart Sibrel told Aldrin as he walked by his filming crew outside the Luxe Hotel. “Calling a kettle black …”
“Will you get away from me?” an irate Aldrin warned the man in the incident caught on video.
Sibrel responded, “You’re a coward and a liar and a … ”
Aldrin, then 72, socked Sibrel in the jaw, right when he finished the sentence with “thief.”
During the widely reported incident, Sibrel – who has badgered Apollo astronauts more than once – even shoved a Bible in Aldrin’s face and asked him to swear on it that the moon landing was real and that Aldrin actually walked on the lunar landscape. Aldrin was lured to the hotel on the pretext of an interview for a children’s television show, and then Sibrel accosted him.
Sibrel tried to press assault charges against Aldrin, but the court threw out the case and called Sibrel the instigator. Sibrel, a Tennessee man who created three independent, low-budget films attempting to prove his beliefs, still insisted the 1969 Apollo 11 moon landing was fake, on the 50th anniversary of the monumental event. The 1969 moon landing has been the subject of conspiracy theories for a half century, with devotees claiming that NASA faked the event for a sinister agenda of deception. Roger Launius, NASA’s chief historian, told The Washington Post that about 5 to 6 percent of Americans subscribe to the moon-hoax theory.
[And thus was born the concept of #FAFO. – Ray]
Ojai Weather
Partly sunny – High 102 / Low 70
Rainfall accumulation from 9/6 – .04 inches
Total precipitation for the season – .04 inches
Lake Casitas water capacity – 95.8%
Wednesday, September 9, 2026
10:30 a.m.
There are no new listings, but there was a property that came back on the market as “new” (it had previously expired on 8/6):
- 124 S. Padre Juan Avenue – $875,000
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House designed by Vincent Van Go
Tuesday, September 8, 2026
12:40 p.m.
There are three new listings on the market:
229 Olive Street – $890,000
506 Crestview Drive – $1,350,000
122-126 Bundren Street – $910,000
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“You will burn in hell for making me pose for this photo.”
– The Cat
Friday, September 4, 2026
11:35 a.m.
There are no new listings for today. Have an enjoyable, long weekend!
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Gardener hijinks – switching fertilizer with Roundup
Thursday, September 3, 2026
11:55 a.m.
There are three new listings on the market:
124 N. Poli Avenue – $825,000
212 N. Carrillo Road #B – $744,448
1202 Loma Drive #120 – $429,000
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Tuesday, September 1, 2026
12:55 p.m.
One new listing has come to the market since Friday:
713 Tico Road – $995,000
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