Archive for December, 2008
Tuesday, December 30th, 2008
Six Thousand Six Hundred and Six Point One Six Miles
That’s where my virtual bike odometer and I will end up for the year when I complete my planned 46-mile roundtrip bike commute tomorrow afternoon.
A huge part of that achievement was the fact that of 257 work days in 2008, I biked 197 of them — an achievement in and of itself.
But 6,606.16. That’s an [...]
10 Comments » - Posted in biking, milestones by Will
Monday, December 29th, 2008
At 2:43 Sunday Afternoon
It is one of the two handmade Leon cigars my wife got me for Christmas.
It is an ice cold bottle of Pabst from the landmark Galco’s in Highland Park, the wonderful beverage repository I’ve been to only a woeful three times in my life; twice in the past week.
It is a break taken in one [...]
3 Comments » - Posted in backyarchaeology, slice of life by Will
Saturday, December 27th, 2008
‘Twas An Early Christmas For This Raptor
Outside my office window on Christmas Eve in surprise I spied bits of white suddenly drifting by on the breeze.
I wondered: snow? But the answer: no.
Instead it was feathers — lots of them floating on the current, and shortly thereafter I found the source of the stuff in a peregrine falcon that had made a [...]
No Comments » - Posted in animals, nature by Will
Friday, December 26th, 2008
On The First Day After Christmas I Gave This Thing To Me…
…Oooooooone Squuuuuuuuaaaaaaashed Thuuuuuuuuumb!
The picture might not do the mash justice, but see that abnormally discolored cloud of sadness within the bed of my thumbnail? Yeah: hurts like sunovagunzabeech. Suffice it to say it was bike-repair related and idiocy induced, and by way of a more detailed explanation let’s just go to the series of Twitter [...]
3 Comments » - Posted in recollections by Will
Thursday, December 25th, 2008
Our First Annual Christmas Day Breakfast At The Pantry
Why is it such a really good idea as breakfast on Christmas Day at one of my favorite never-closed places in LA is an idea that never occurred to me until now.
Oversights like that frustrate me to no end, but I guess it’s better late than never to start an annual Breakfast At The Pantry [...]
3 Comments » - Posted in food, landmarks, seasonal by Will
Wednesday, December 24th, 2008
Sometimes There Are Victories, Part II
I almost wasn’t going to post about this old gal, because people can only take so many bummers and I’ve been writing about quite a few of them lately. But just as I can’t not stop and offer help, so can I not keep my own personal spotlight shining on the growing problem of abandoned [...]
7 Comments » - Posted in animals, reality by Will
Sunday, December 21st, 2008
Chasing Rabbits
I put this up on LA Metblogs, but given my last couple posts about animal interventions I’d be totally remiss if I didn’t include this unique bunny encounter from Friday night here:
2 Comments » - Posted in adventure, animals by Will
Friday, December 19th, 2008
Will Everyone Just Shut The Hell Up About Rick Warren Already And Go Back To Boycotting El Coyote
I’m not often prone to political snarkage here, but I can’t turn around in the blogosphere lately without having to STFU and read diatribes from apopleptic people who are ready to kick Barack Obama to the curb because he apparently signed off on whoever in his inauguration committee picked Pastor Rick Warren to say a [...]
6 Comments » - Posted in disgraceful, politics, rants by Will
Thursday, December 18th, 2008
Sometimes There Are Victories
Literally a day after yesterday’s failed attempt to help out a lost dog in Jefferson Park, comes this morning’s success story, and one much closer to home. Two blocks away even, at the intersection of London and Bellevue.
The encounter with the young pit bull pictured above had all the makings of a repeat performance of [...]
4 Comments » - Posted in animals, reality by Will
Wednesday, December 17th, 2008
I’ll Never Stop Trying
What you’re seeing in the photo above is the end of my attempt this morning to help this half-starved and lost pit bull. At this point we’re at St. Andrews and 36th, a couple blocks south of Jefferson, which is where I first sighted her a couple minutes earlier. We were both westbound on the [...]
