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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …