Archive for March, 2008
Friday, March 7th, 2008
Dangerous Keys
So the great Silver Lake Reservoir draining is finally complete and the big water bowl is empty… until they get around to refilling it. All of its potentially toxic water has been flushed away through a series of subterranean tubes connecting to the Ballona Creek which pours onward into the Santa Monica Bay where [...]
10 Comments » - Posted in jobs, mischief, money, nostalgia, recollections by Will
Friday, March 7th, 2008
Farewell Sid
I was saddened to learn earlier this week that Susan’s uncle Jim had to put his dog Sid down after an episode in which Sid bit Susan’s grandma. I had the pleasure of meeting Sid twice, first in 2004 during the Thanksgiving I spent with Susan when her grandma lived in Redding and then a [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in animals by Will
Thursday, March 6th, 2008
Morning Snap: Pumpkin In The Library, Predawn
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2 Comments » - Posted in morning snap by Will
Tuesday, March 4th, 2008
Ooopsie
So if you’re wondering why the blog looks a wee bit different it’s because I was thinking I’d like to go back to a two-column format and so I clicked on an option via the presentation section of the Wordpress control panel and blammo. Done.
I was actually thinking that it would give me a preview [...]
9 Comments » - Posted in internet by Will
Monday, March 3rd, 2008
The Day After The Bike Tour: So Nice I’d Do It Twice!
Keeping in mind that I’m the type of guy who’s done both the bike tour and the marathon in the past (2003, 2005 and 2007), it shouldn’t surprise you — or at least not for very long — what’s been percolating in my head since my personal-best breaking 61-minute cannonball run of the bike tour’s [...]
No Comments » - Posted in adventure, biking by Will
Monday, March 3rd, 2008
Morning Snap: Flowa Powa
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No Comments » - Posted in backyarchaeology, nature by Will
Monday, March 3rd, 2008
How Does Your Garden Grow?
After I got back from yesterday’s bike tour and crashed out in the livingroom watching the finish of the marathon I woke up to find my Baybee hard at work clearing and cultivating along the north fence, the better to get a garden of ‘maters and spinach and lettucesses growing.
I later recovered enough to pitch [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in backyarchaeology, food by Will
Sunday, March 2nd, 2008
The End Of Microfiction
I’m throwing in the towel. I had planned on writing something/anything fictional every day for the rest of this year, but after two months, I’m done — at least on a once-every-24-hours basis. In the more immediate time frame, after a morning on the bike and an afternoon helping my baybee in the backyard, I [...]
7 Comments » - Posted in reality by Will
Sunday, March 2nd, 2008
Another Run Done
I’m pretty sure I decided to make this a tradition from its inaugural run back in 1995. Fourteen bike tours done on five different bikes I’m still loving the annual event — with today’s being the best ever. I got a quick start at the begining and ran across the 21.5-mile course in a personal [...]
3 Comments » - Posted in biking by Will
Sunday, March 2nd, 2008
The Annual Running Of The Bicycles
It’s 52 degrees and calm outside right now at 3:50 a.m. It seems not as socked in as yesterday, but it’s early yet — literally. I’m up this morning this time not because of an tresspassing critters, but instead to get my ass on down to the 14th running of the bicycles known as the [...]
