He opened a law office in Fresno, built a house and started a farm in nearby small community of Oleander.
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He has written several books on the subject of the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany, including Lurøy-affæren from 1966, Operasjon Oleander from 1968, Når nøden er størst (on POW camps in Trøndelag) from 1969, Sluttspill i Rinnans bandekloster (on Sonderabteilung Lola) from 1971, and Gulltransporten (on the flight of the Norwegian National Treasury) from 1974.
The kibbutz was established in 1982 by Jesaiah Ben-Aharon and other followers of Rudolf Steiner, and was named after the oleander plants growing in the area.
In 2004, Waronker and "Oligee" left the band, and Meldal-Johnsen followed in 2005, with former Oleander drummer Scott Devours, Tim Anderson's cousin whom he had never met before Devours auditioned, taking over drumming duties; Filip Nikolic taking over on bass; and Andy Marlow taking over on keyboards.
In their car, the Gila Monster, they pick up slags (loose women), torture their nemesis, Randall Schwab, while procuring liquor from "Wino Bob" (a bum who lives in the oleander bushes behind the 7-Eleven).
Today the garden contains extensive plantings of exotic trees, including mature sequoias, cedars, palm trees, eucalyptus, bananas, lemons, oleanders, hibiscus, and magnolias, as well as fine specimens of Prunus, Quercus, Rosa, Sorbus and Viburnum species and varietals.
However, Noel Murray of The A.V. Club viewed the song more negatively, regarded Oleander as "arriving too late for grunge and too early for emo."