Archive for January, 2007
Friday, January 26th, 2007
Oooo Oooo That Smell!
Let’s just put it this way: I’ll be going to the store for some tomato juice later. That’s right, Susan and I got ambushed by a skunk this morning with me getting the worst of the juicing. We were nailed barely a quarter mile into our second consecutive four-mile morning walk. Trust me on this [...]
6 Comments » - Posted in adventure, animals, neighborhood, too much information by Will
Thursday, January 25th, 2007
Up On The Roof
Yesterday might not have been the snap, crackle or poppiest of clear days for the L.A. basin, but t’weren’t too shabby as balmy winter days go. And having to get up on the roof yesterday for a minor chore I brought my camera with me to see what could be seen (click the thumbnails for [...]
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Thursday, January 25th, 2007
Every Journey Begins With A First Four-Mile Trek
Molasses-assed as I can be, of course I’d planned on starting the marathon conditioning thing Monday (in despa-preparation for the loooooong training walk I’m taking Feb. 10), but it wasn’t until this morning that I rose from bed about a quarter past 5 a.m. with Susan thankfully rising right along with me (I probably wouldn’t [...]
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Wednesday, January 24th, 2007
Fetching, Isn’t She?
Willing to risk looking like I goofed off had fun today, I offer these video-still moments of truth during a backyard fetch game with Ranger:
4 Comments » - Posted in animals, backyarchaeology by Will
Wednesday, January 24th, 2007
On The Contrary
The news is that E. Howard Hunt died yesterday at 88. In today’s obit in the L.A. Times the headline proclaims him the “mastermind” behind the break-in of the Washington, D.C. offices of the Democratic National Committee at the Watergate Hotel in 1972.
Maybe I’m in the minority or it’s such a trifflingly banal point or [...]
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Tuesday, January 23rd, 2007
A Successful Failure
Well, boy howdy if I didn’t actually make good on the idea I had in the wake of yesterday’s tagging of our mailbox to set up a covert “Scumbag Cam.” Indeed, I stationed the truck curbside in front of the house and with the aid of an old laptop and an equally old USB webcam [...]
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Monday, January 22nd, 2007
I’m Beginning To See A Pattern Here
Once every year or so? No biggie. Twice in a three days? Grrrrr. Three times in five? And I’m ready to camp out with a shovel handle the better to jump out and brain the tagtard when they go for a fourth.
And we all know they will go for a fourth.
Walking Susan down the front [...]
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Sunday, January 21st, 2007
I’ve Talked The Talk, Time To Walk The Walk
The day after Christmas I posted that one of my 2007 To-Dos was to finally end my lifetime delay of traversing on foot the length of Sunset Boulevard from Union Station downtown all the way to its end at Pacific Coast Highway.
Well she’s definitely happening, although the date has changed. Originally I’d slated it for [...]
3 Comments » - Posted in adventure, outdoors by Will
Saturday, January 20th, 2007
Morning Snap: Pepper On The Chippendale — 9:28 a.m.
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Saturday, January 20th, 2007
So The Thing With Venice
Couple days ago I made a post with my jaw still dropped open on the floor about how for 10 years of meritorious and loyal service above and beyond the call of duty my wife Susan’s boss is sending her and I on a cruise vacation this May that begins with Venice and ends with [...]
