Archive for February, 2006
Tuesday, February 28th, 2006
The Rain’s Short Reign
Southern California got a good soaking yesterday, and I guess I’m over my sickness of the rain (brought on by last year’s near-record number of drops) because I wish this display of waterworks could’ve stayed a bit longer than it did. Alas, it’s a day of clouds and bue sky and breezes as the storm […]
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Monday, February 27th, 2006
Under The Surface
I don’t even come close to suggesting I know my neighborhood or that I’m somehow deeply connected to it. I love where I live, but I’m too new here to catch some of the more sinister subtleties. Right now there’s what I see and am shown when I walk around my streets, and there’s a […]
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Monday, February 27th, 2006
Anatomy Of A Partial Quote
Being that I’m always edgy about being quoted about anything, here’s another example why. Kevin Roderick of the indispensible L.A. Observed emailed me last month. He told me he was writing a feature for Los Angeles magazine on Eric Garcetti and since my councilman and I had established something of a rapport via Blogging.la posts […]
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Sunday, February 26th, 2006
Take A Hike: Mt. Hollywood Trail
After another stop at Home Depot to get a quart of test paint for the home makeover that Susan’s coordinating, we headed up into Griffith Park for a hike from the Charlie Turner Trailhead located behind the still-under-construction observatory up to the 1,619-foot summit of Mt. Hollywood.
Up and down with explorations of Joe Goldman’s oasis […]
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Sunday, February 26th, 2006
A New Low
Today marks the conclusion of the seventh week of my diet. And though I skipped last week’s weigh-in (on purpose), I didn’t stop eating healthy or increasing my exercise output. I had five straight sub-2,000 calorie days this past week and walked three miles a day for those five days — with a strenuous 17-mile […]
3 Comments » - Posted in health by Will
Friday, February 24th, 2006
Learning The Hard Way
A few moments ago I was sitting in front of the TV trying to kill some time before running some errands. I flipped over to HBO and The Ice Storm was in progress — specifically the scene where Elijah Wood’s character stands before a class at school woodenly delivering an oral report on molecules. I […]
8 Comments » - Posted in recollections by Will
Thursday, February 23rd, 2006
Well That Was Exhaustilirating
I did it, I got on The Phoenix and did the Griffith Park loop this afternoon. 17.11 miles and 113 minutes (and an 1,100 foot elevation gain) later and I had just enough energy to create a Flickr photoset of the experience.
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Thursday, February 23rd, 2006
Fun With Fruit
I’m about an hour away from going and getting me and The Phoenix some of my as-yet-unattempted Griffith Park Loop, but in the meanwhile I’ve just been concocting in the kitchen.
See lately, as part of my healthier eating kick, I’ve been doing the egg-substitute veggie scramble for breakfast. Then if I get a touch of […]
1 Comment » - Posted in food by Will
Thursday, February 23rd, 2006
Doin’ The Calorie Limbo
“Trending downward,” as they say. “Interesting,” I say.
It actually may be too early to even make mention of this as anything other than an anomaly, but nevertheless my previous three days have seen a marked decrease in caloric intake with no effects… no hunger, no blood/sugar irregularities. Nothing. It’s all good.
Perhaps its my way of […]
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Wednesday, February 22nd, 2006
Cheap Shots
A couple days ago I went and got something I’ve wanted for awhile: a sub-hundie basic digicam that would fulfill my personal directive never to be anywhere without an image capture device.
I’ve been making due and good on that promise with my phonecam, but it’s last resort, at best. Not that we’re deficient in digital […]
