Archive for August, 2007
Friday, August 31st, 2007
Thunderhats
When I was a kid and first heard the term “thunderheads” — perhaps from inimitable Eyewitness News weatherman Dr. George Fishbeck — I mistook it for “thunderhats,” and that’s what I called the meteorological phenomena for many of my formative years and then some. My belligerent and impeccable logic when I was inevitably corrected was […]
6 Comments » - Posted in happenings, nature by Will
Thursday, August 30th, 2007
Don’t Park Angry
There’s something about the parking lot where the Ralphs is on Glendale Boulevard in Silver Lake that makes people silly. A couple years ago I apparently wasn’t crossing in front of a stopped car fast enough because when I’d barely gotten by the driver gunned it past me and flipped me off and when I […]
2 Comments » - Posted in slice of life, idiots by Will
Wednesday, August 29th, 2007
Of Mad Men & English Dogs
I suppose it’s been hotter, but even temperature records weren’t broken today I don’t think there are many who’d find appealing the idea of cycling 13 miles under the blazing midday sun around the city then sitting down to a plate full of pastrami at Langer’s Deli before pedaling another couple/three more back home.
Count me […]
3 Comments » - Posted in biking by Will
Tuesday, August 28th, 2007
Saito!
Thanks to my friend Michael, Susan and I got to go with him to see the Dodgers beat the Washington Nationals 4-3 tonight from some mighty fine field seats: Section 11, Row L, Seats 1, 2 and 3 to be exact. It was very exciting stuff with Jeff Kent getting his 362nd career homerun (moving […]
2 Comments » - Posted in sports by Will
Tuesday, August 28th, 2007
And Speaking Of Death Valley…
…Here’s a shot looking west at Venus and some sunset-colored clouds over the Panamints taken from Mesquite Spring Campground at 4:32 p.m. November 12, 2005 (click to quadruplicate):
No Comments » - Posted in travel by Will
Tuesday, August 28th, 2007
There Were Fashion Victims In Those Days
The kind comment of the LA Fire Department’s Brian Humphrey calling me courageous in response to yesterday’s post about the last few months of my job search is greatly appreciated, but it takes a different kind of bravery to post a photo of me I found this morning while looking for my map of Death […]
8 Comments » - Posted in too much information, nostalgia, humor by Will
Tuesday, August 28th, 2007
We Have Liftoff!
Checking in on our quartet of avocado pits this morning, I found that the first one we placed in water August 4 is also the first one to launch a seedling skyward (click to doublify):
2 Comments » - Posted in nature by Will
Monday, August 27th, 2007
Vick’s Rub
I just watched Michael Vick’s public apology, and while I’m not in a very forgiving mood towards the former Falcons quarterback and self-professed dog fighter and killer, I do have to give him begrudged credit for owning up to his culpability instead of shamelessly hiding behind a legal team that maintains his innocence and exploits […]
2 Comments » - Posted in unfathomable, disgraceful, animals by Will
Monday, August 27th, 2007
To Yoo Dee We Will Go
About a month and a half ago Susan put on her team captain hat and straightened my depressed and frightened unenemployed self out by shooting straight and telling me that by combining my present and continuing state of joblessness with her current rate of income we just didn’t have very much longer — a couple/three […]
2 Comments » - Posted in jobs, travel, outdoors by Will
Sunday, August 26th, 2007
A Wild Night For Wildlife
As if mother nature took our order and delivered, I was talking with Susan earlier tonight about how we’ve seen our share of opossums and skunks and coyotes around the house but hadn’t ever had raccoons on the premises and all of a sudden in the middle of the hilarious The Minor Accomplishments of […]
