Archive for June, 2007
Tuesday, June 26th, 2007
Interesting The Way Things Resolve
So there’s a Blogging.la get together at the buzz-inducing new Seven Grand bar downtown and on Thursday I’m scheduled to be one of the readers at the L.A. Bloggers Live gathering in Los Feliz Village… the latter being something I oh-what-the-hell’d and signed on to go from spectator to participant in the throes of a [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in backyarchaeology, biking, gatherings by Will
Tuesday, June 26th, 2007
iDont
Man but the hype for Apple’s new iPhone is getting feverish. There’s the obligatory package of articles in today’s L.A. Times, one examining how the costly device — if successful — might alter the course of history rivers time communications cellphones and the other giving tips on how to get your hands on one when [...]
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Monday, June 25th, 2007
There’s A Reason It’s Called Viral…
I credit/blame Julia for pointing me from her blog to the “Dramatic Chimpmunk” clip (beside-the-point point of zoological order: it’s a prairie dog, not a chimpmunk) that’s been making the rounds and rounds on the internut and being watched in numerous variations on YouTube by millions.
I have only but myself to blame for contributing to [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in internet by Will
Monday, June 25th, 2007
A Word About Bink
Has it been since mid-April that I last wrote about our Bink and the health troubles that originally manifested February and led to the discovery of his unrelated shrapnel wound in March? Time man, jeez: zoom!
Anyway, I’m long overdue with a status report and it’s all good thanks to our trust in his toughness and [...]
3 Comments » - Posted in animals, health by Will
Sunday, June 24th, 2007
That’s Kat
Ahh but I love how the internest brings us together from all walks of life. Checking my Wordpress dashboard this morning I find a comment to a post titled “Pupdate No. 1″ written July 20, 2006, reflecting on our first week with the four pups we rescued in Utah while on vacation that month.
Like most [...]
No Comments » - Posted in internet, updated by Will
Sunday, June 24th, 2007
Fool Me Twice, Shame On Me
Last Sunday morning, whoever the putrescent scumbag was didn’t actually steal the entire L.A. Times, just broke into the pocket containing two freebie razors that were part of promo package in which the paper was wrapped.
Upon discovering the break-in I shrugged and let it go not only because at least the bastards left the paper [...]
7 Comments » - Posted in neighborhood, rants by Will
Saturday, June 23rd, 2007
Book ‘Em
Influenced perhaps by my recent avian encounters, my friend Stephen loaned me what looks to be a marvelous book titled “Providence Of A Sparrow,” by Chris Chester and after finishing Jonathan Kellerman’s unsatisfying “Gone” and promptly feeding it to the recycle bin I seemed ready to dive into the memoir that stems from the discovery [...]
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Saturday, June 23rd, 2007
Photo Opps
If we keep to the plan at hand Susan and I are set for a pre-sunset excursion with cameras to walk along the L.A. River between the Fletcher and Hyperion bridges before visiting the Pierce Brothers Valhalla Memorial Park in North Hollywood to take in the traveling replica of the Vietnam Memorial that’ll be there [...]
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Saturday, June 23rd, 2007
Dig This
This is how it goes in the backyard pretty much whenever I do more than a cursory scoop-up of figs a-fallen and poop o’ doggin. If I stop to look a little closer at the ground, all sorts of stuff is revealed. Here’s this morning’s haul, all of it relatively trivial (especially the broken glass, [...]
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Friday, June 22nd, 2007
Of Nods, Waves & Bell Rings
I’ve certainly noticed an increase not only in bicyclists on the road, but in the more open commaraderie we demonstrate toward one another. I’m not talking so much about the organized group rides like RIDE-Arc and Midnight Ridazz of which I’m a regular participant and enthusiastic proponent, as I am referring to the random passing [...]
