Archive for February, 2007
Wednesday, February 28th, 2007
Combining Passions
Man did I just have an idea that might or might not suck. Well, in actuality it wasn’t my idea, nor did it just happen. It’s actually been sauteeing in my brain pan for a few months now. I think it originated from one of my fellow biking buds — Steve or Spencer perhaps — during one [...]
2 Comments » - Posted in biking, commerce by Will
Tuesday, February 27th, 2007
Caminata Loca
Barring significant and steady rainfall tomorrow and looking for one last looooong pre-marathon conditioning walk, I’m seriously considering setting out super early and making Wednesday’s morning commute from Silver lake to El Segundo entirely on foot.
Should it not be raining and I somehow keep common sense at bay I expect I’ll be following alongside the [...]
4 Comments » - Posted in adventure, los angeles, outdoors, updated by Will
Monday, February 26th, 2007
Oliver Stone Has Met His Match
Weird. Weirdweirdweirdweirdweird. Sometimes you just can’t anticipate the twists and turns a post might take.
Last Wednesday evening , biking up from El Segundo to West Hollywood, I rolled past the corner of Robertson and Olympic in Beverly Hills to find the southeast corner seriously and semi-psychedelically shrouded. I stopped, dismounted and took a picture of the [...]
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Sunday, February 25th, 2007
Watts Happening
An entire life in Los Angeles and up until last Monday I’d never been to Simon Rodia’s powerfully and profoundly moving Watts Towers. With today’s group bike ride from the Cornfield and back I’ve been there twice in six days, only this time the Towers were open and I along with a nice-sized contingent of [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in biking by Will
Sunday, February 25th, 2007
Defeating The Purpose
As seen next to Echo Park Lake during our walk this morning:
There’s something about carving a peace symbol into a living thing that just doesn’t work for me.
2 Comments » - Posted in neighborhood by Will
Saturday, February 24th, 2007
Another One Of LAX
I don’t trouble myself or my point-and-shoot cam with equalized exposure settings and such, I just snap ‘em and stitch ‘em, like this series of three taken around 5:30 p.m. Friday from the 8th floor of the El Segundo garage behind the building I work at (click to enlarge):
Previous LAX shot, here.
1 Comment » - Posted in Uncategorized by Will
Saturday, February 24th, 2007
Awaking To The Inevitable
At 5:19 a.m. a restless Ranger was whimpering and trotting around the house and so I got up to let her out into the backyard thinking she had to pee, which she may have hade to do, but instead she first charged up into the corner of the backyard and practically right into the ass [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in animals, backyarchaeology, updated by Will
Friday, February 23rd, 2007
Taking Stock & Looking Ahead
As I finish up my third consecutive week working here in El Segundo, I’m pretty pleased with my cumulative commute score of 6-6-2, which translates to six days driving, six days mass-transitting, and two days bike commuting. Certainly the less I’m crawling the freeways in my truck, the better. But still… I could’ve been a lot lazier [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Memes, biking by Will
Thursday, February 22nd, 2007
Another Reason My Car Commute Sucks
UPDATE: If you’re visiting from Jalopnik, welcome and thanks to them for the link love… I think. As to their subheadline sass over asking “who calls a horn a honker,” the answer is: not me. Down near the end of this post “honker” refers not to a horn itself, but is rather the agent noun form of the verb “honk” and describes the person honking [...]
3 Comments » - Posted in books, reality, updated, weather by Will
Wednesday, February 21st, 2007
Pedaler Peddling
Well, it was a unique start to the day to be sure. I’ll spare you the lovely details other than to say it’s not too many sunrises that I greet with long overdue backyard poop-scooping duty, but since I’ve been getting home well after dark these last several weeks and today is trash pick-up day on our block, I answered [...]
