Speak The Speech I Pray You

Where: Rio Hondo College, Wray Theater, Whittier, California When: July 13, 2012 What: Rio Hondo College College Police Academy, Class 2012-1 Graduation Who: Cadet William Campbell, Class President By: Susan Campbell You’re welcome for being spared the first 11 minutes of the monologue and just showcasing these last three, which to me are the most …

Silver Lake Stormwatch: July 11

Figuring why the heck not, I put out the put-away precipitometer yesterday after hearing that sub-tropified showers and thunderstorms might grace the skies above our Silver Lake backyard. This morning? I found a skosh more than a quarter-inch had fallen — with perhaps a few more hundredths to come. Granted, not a very auspicious starting …

Caught On Camera: Pepper’s Usually Elusive Nuttiness

While Ranger and Patchy look on in an attempt to ignore Pepper, I catch him doing this inexplicable goofy behavior he’s known for in which he tap dances/scratches with his front paws against a window pane and then vocalizes like the nut he is.

Sunday In The Park With Dog: Ranger Lets Me Win

Susan wanted video of Ranger and me romping around Elysian Park after our hike this Sunday morning so I challenged her to a race around a nearby eucalyptus and back. Ranger not only gave me a head start, but after demonstrating her far-superior cornering capability around the tree’s trunk then slowed up enough on the …

In The Annals Of Memorable Birthdays, This Ranks Up There

In my 49-year history (as of yesterday) of birthdays, yesterday’s ranked up there with the most memorable. Not because of any type of celebration or gift (I’m not really into either of those, anyway) — or disaster for that matter, such as my 34th when I went out for lunch from where I was working …