Archive for March, 2006
Friday, March 24th, 2006
Productive Day
The “Vons Debacle” not withstanding, I had a pretty errand-filled day and while I didn’t get new shocks on my truck (not for lack of trying; my mechanic was short personnel today and told me to come back Monday) and left the long-overdue vacuuming to tomorrow (when Susan’s at the salon and the cat’s are [...]
No Comments » - Posted in reality, tidbits by Will
Friday, March 24th, 2006
Third Time’s The Harm
Dear Vons:
Two weeks ago while checking out, I was given what amounts to an IOU from the cashier for two admissions to the new Ice Age movie. I was given the IOU instead of the actual tickets because the store had not yet received its allotment at that time. I was told to bring the [...]
No Comments » - Posted in rants by Will
Thursday, March 23rd, 2006
Snapshots From The Bike Tour
It took awhile, but I finally culled stills from the DV footage I captured during Sunday’s Acura LA Bike Tour before the cam’s
battery crapped out 95 minutes into the oft-delayed and disappointing ride around town. They can be viewed here.
No Comments » - Posted in biking by Will
Thursday, March 23rd, 2006
Breakfast Of Champions
I’ve been on an instant oatmeal kick for breakfast this week. I started off plain with a little milk and brown suger and quickly graduated to adding raisins and a banana and a vanilla yogurt. Yesterday and today I’ve locked onto a mash-up that just works:
1 packet of instant oatmeal nuked with a half-cup of [...]
No Comments » - Posted in food, health by Will
Wednesday, March 22nd, 2006
Doing The Write Thing
Such a strong compulsion to write hasn’t happened before or since. It was the summer of 1982 and everything had gone wrong. I’d somehow managed to graduate high school, but not much more than a month later was locked up at the Beverly Hills jail, arrested for assault with a deadly weapon.
In the incident’s simplest [...]
7 Comments » - Posted in recollections, writing by Will
Tuesday, March 21st, 2006
Duhbya Says: “The World Changed After 9/11″
Well no shit. But in regards to terrorism and me personally, the world has never been the same since I was introduced to the word and its horror via the massacre of Israeli athletes at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich.
I can remember being eight years old and watching the games with my friend Suzuki [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in politics by Will
Monday, March 20th, 2006
Wings & Prayers
While the species of these little masked and crested birds below is unknown to me the cedar waxwing (Thanks Steve!) I do know that they’ve been hanging around the house these last few days and enjoying the little black berry-type fruit that the large tree (species also unknown) in the front yard is currently bearing.
With [...]
2 Comments » - Posted in nature by Will
Monday, March 20th, 2006
Church On The Way
Got a load on my mind so I’m not feeling very blogversant today. Instead I’ll just leave you with this photo:
Just a church front Shadow and I have had occasion to pas when our walks take us all the way over to Hoover. Larger version of the photo is here.
No Comments » - Posted in neighborhood, tidbits by Will
Sunday, March 19th, 2006
And I Almost Forgot
With all my harumphing below about the bike tour’s shortcomings, I forgot to make mention that at this morning’s weigh-in I’ve registered another three pound drop, bringing me to 232 (just two pounds from my first-stage goal; 3.5 months ahead of shedule) and a total of 28 pounds lost in 10 weeks.
5 Comments » - Posted in health by Will
Sunday, March 19th, 2006
Not My Favorite Bike Tour Ever
Having rolled in every one of the L.A. Bike Tours since they began back in 1995, I have firsthand knowledge of some being better organized than others. Today’s stands as one of the worst. Certainly its popularity is not helping. I’d bet there were at least 18,000 cyclists our there with me in the dawn’s [...]
