Archive for May, 2008
Friday, May 30th, 2008
Catching Up Is Hard To Do
Been a bit dormant here the last couple days. Sorry ’bout that. I’m happy to report that my “Ride of a Lifetime” ended up being a 70-mile affair and when I got home pretty much the only thing I did was play catch with the dog, drink a couple tall Pabstsesses and watch the clock [...]
9 Comments » - Posted in biking, family, milestones by Will
Tuesday, May 27th, 2008
It’s About Time
There are two ways you can read that headline: 1) As coming from someone whose patience is waning, or 2) As coming from someone answering “What’s this about?”
From my perspective I’m way more in the No. 2 camp. See, this Thursday it will be 44 years to the day that I came into this world [...]
15 Comments » - Posted in biking, los angeles, milestones by Will
Tuesday, May 27th, 2008
“Recount” Bummed Me Out
The Memorial Day weekend was rolling strong and steady. Dodger game Friday. Errands and “Indiana Jones” Saturday. Then Sunday Susan and I rose early to drive out the 5 to the 126 all the way out to San Buenaventura to explore the town a bit and ride bikes along the awesome Ventura River Trail and [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in politics, television by Will
Saturday, May 24th, 2008
A Bit O’ This & A Bit O’ That
Pretty productive morning.
Got a package sent off to the winning eBay bidder in Virginia — his prize a pair of Justin camel/elkskin boots I’ve had for 20 years and worn maybe four times during that period.
Got a haircut, while Susan got our grocery shopping done.
Went to see a matinee of “Indiana Jones” and it was [...]
5 Comments » - Posted in animals, happenings, nature by Will
Friday, May 23rd, 2008
Rain Delay
10:11 p.m. 2-1 in favor of the Cards. Bottom of the ninth. One out. Bases empty. Three balls and two strikes to Matt Kemp. Then the sky opened up and two minutes after this shot was snapped umpires said no more and out came the tarps.
Not only have I never been to a Dodger game [...]
10 Comments » - Posted in sports, weather by Will
Friday, May 23rd, 2008
Empty Nest
So she’s all by herself now, the tiny momma spider who tended her egg sac for weeks in the notch above our front door until her multitude of offspring emerged from it this past weekend. Alone again, naturally. It’s kind of sad because now that she’s done her duty she might herself be done. I [...]
7 Comments » - Posted in animals, nature by Will
Thursday, May 22nd, 2008
FOUR!!!!
I can’t believe it’s less than a month shy of two freakin’ years ago when I last did this, but that’s not stopping me from entering into a golf tournament that’ll be taking place at this championship course as part of an industry convention I’ll be attending this September in Savannah, Ga.
I’ve got four months [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in sports, travel by Will
Thursday, May 22nd, 2008
The Hitcher
I mark this into evidence as Exhibit No. 4265 why one should always have a camera handy.
Don’t know when this fella landed on me or how long he hitched a ride on my pants leg but I noticed him (and snapped this macro) while stopped at Crescent Heights and Sixth and he didn’t disembark until [...]
2 Comments » - Posted in animals, nature by Will
Thursday, May 22nd, 2008
Complaint No. 14714
Via the LADOT website I filed this complaint after almost being smushed by the impatient and reckless driver of Dash Bus No. 99058, between it and parked cars on Fountain Avenue last evening:
I am a commuter bicyclist and was riding home eastbound on Fountain Avenue yesterday (May 21) evening. Having crossed Highland Avenue [...]
8 Comments » - Posted in biking, disgraceful, mass transit by Will
Tuesday, May 20th, 2008
One Big Family
Yeah this is the second time I’ve posted about this spider and her recently hatched brood, but sometimes the most wonderous and amazing things bear repeating (click to triplify):
Making up for a lack of scale, momma spider’s no bigger than a pencil eraser and her surrounding babies are literally a bunch of eight-legged punctuation marks.
