Archive for March, 2008
Monday, March 31st, 2008
How Much Did You Say?
I’m giving up my plan because of the ridiculous pricetag. See this piece of outdoor furniture below?
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The wood bits are in need of a sand down and maybe a refinish and a sealing along with some new seat slats, but it’s a unique kinda ranchtastic piece that deserves some TLC, which is what I’d been […]
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Sunday, March 30th, 2008
‘Round Midnight
It’s after midnight. Restless. Maybe it’s the biz trip I leave for early Wednesday morning to Charlotte for four days. Maybe it’s some residual over-thinking about a couple aspects of my behavior on what was an otherwise awesome bike ride upupup essentially to Descanso Gardens then back down to Eagle Rock around to Highland Park […]
2 Comments » - Posted in backyarchaeology, nature, animals by Will
Sunday, March 30th, 2008
Ash Tree Waking
As I do around the beginning of every new year, I dutifully trundle our Christmas tree to the city’s treecycling station set up at the L.A. Zoo where I drop it off (along with however many other curb-side discards I can pile into the bed of my truck, which in regards to this year was […]
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Saturday, March 29th, 2008
Siriusly
The satellite radio scene got bumped to a bigger blip on the radar in large part because of the announcement this week that the Justice Department’s anti-trust busters have given the proposed $4.6-billion merger of Sirius and XM corporations a hearty thumbs-up.
Chances are this doesn’t mean much to most people who receive their radiowaves terrestrially, […]
3 Comments » - Posted in letters, commerce, gadgets, radio by Will
Friday, March 28th, 2008
It Ain’t Heavy, It’s My Burrito Project
It’s amazing how 10 pounds of rice and 10 pounds of beans can fill up a backpack.
I’ve had these foodstuffs for several weeks, but the Burrito Project I’ve been involved with went dormant after I bought them.
With intentions expressed toward getting the Hollywood Burrito Project going again next week, I hauled these a couple […]
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Thursday, March 27th, 2008
This Is Why I Hate Cyclists (Next In An Occasional Series)
No photos or videos to illustrate this morning’s tardish behavior, sorry. Just words, and I’ll try to keep those to a minimum, too (yeah, that’ll be the day).
So I’m biking in to work today as I’ve now done every consecutive workday since March 10 and 17 out of 19 total workdays this wonderful month of […]
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Tuesday, March 25th, 2008
Yeller Jack On Dirty Glass
On occasion I’ll look out the window of my south facing office and find something clinging to the outside of the glass. Such was the case this afternoon of what I’ll guess was a yellow jacket catching a respite (click to triplitize):
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Tuesday, March 25th, 2008
Morning Snap: Sprigs On The Sill
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Monday, March 24th, 2008
Saints, Hamsters & The Whole Ball O’ Wax
Sorry if this is gross-out material, but as to the freaking OMFG! humonstrocity of the cerumen impaction from which I had been unknowingly impaired, all I’ll say is that my doctor’s discovery of it a during a flu bout visit a few weeks ago prompted a return trip this morning so that his nurse could […]
4 Comments » - Posted in shops, neighborhood, commerce, health by Will
Monday, March 24th, 2008
Does A Bikeway Access Gate Closing Alone In Los Angeles Make Any Sound?
Maybe not, but this cyclist makes some noise about it.
My friend Stephen Box, tireless cyclist and cycling advocate and founder of the Bike Writers Collective (BWC), attended what he related the next day on the LAist blog to be something of a contentious March 18 meeting of the L.A. Transportation Committee regarding Councilman Bill Rosendahl’s […]
