Archive for November, 2007
Thursday, November 8th, 2007
It’s Like Found Money
Alternate commuting pays — literally! I didn’t even know I was entered into the complex’s rideshare drawing, but I found out today in the form of a $25 check delivered to my desk!
Cha-ching!
1 Comment » - Posted in biking, money, work by Will
Wednesday, November 7th, 2007
Raptor Rapture
No camera with me at the time and anyway my angle and the steely cast to the morning wouldn’t have resulted in good imagery even if I’d been equipped. But a few moments ago while I was putting the trash cans out for pick-up I heard the telltale “laugh” of a Cooper’s hawk above [...]
No Comments » - Posted in animals, nature by Will
Tuesday, November 6th, 2007
My Baby’s Comin’ Home!
It’s been a looooong stretch since Susan left to catch a 6 a.m. flight to Chicago Saturday for a conference there. But yay! She’s coming home today!!
This is the longest we’ve ever been apart since…. well, last month when I went to Orlando. But before that I think the longest we’ve ever been in two [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in tidbits by Will
Tuesday, November 6th, 2007
Botanical Mysteries Solved!
As part of Blogging.la’s “The $20 Project,” which began yesterday and in which various contributors see how far a Jackson can be stretched, I opted to get on my bike and the Gold Line Sunday and get on out to the L.A. County Arboretum in Arcadia. The resulting post is scheduled to go live about [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in nature, outdoors by Will
Sunday, November 4th, 2007
Firestarter
With news of the 38,000-acre fire out in Santa Clarita having been started by a 10-year-old boy playing with matches my first impulse was a desire to see the kid and his parents and even the family dog prosecuted to the full extent of the law — and if the law wasn’t severe enough then [...]
4 Comments » - Posted in recollections by Will
Thursday, November 1st, 2007
Hallow Out There
(click to quadruplicate)
Yep. Happened again this year. Halloween. Got home in time to get the lights set and the fog machines rolling and the spooky sounds playing and the blacklit ghosties spinning to the creepy organ music wafting out of the library. Then there were the last minute touches like putting the sugar [...]
