Can We Get A Do-Over?

Like most of our Saturdays we had things to do. Susan wanted to go to the bank and to Trader Joes and perhaps get her car washed. I wanted to get the grill’s propane tank refilled and maybe go for a bike ride and finish my freelance assignment. First up on the agenda: taking Ranger …

I Call It “Action/Reaction”

It’s simple really. Formulaic as a+b=c even. Here, allow me to illustrate with today’s example: Action Inconsiderate Lazy Jerktard (a) + Vehicle Said Jerktard Left Blocking My Driveway (b) Reaction = Parking Ticket (c) UPDATE (4:02 p.m.): And here’s a couple more, just for fun: I can only wonder if the occupants even bothered to …

July 4th Season Has Begun

Perhaps the San Fernando Valley is a great anesthetizer because in all my years there, street-level Independence Day celebrations were pretty much relegated to July 4… the occasional high-pitched scream of a leftover Piccolo Pete notwithstanding. Not so here on this side of the hill. Typically the firecrackers and the M-80s and the Piccolo Pete’s …

No Speed Racer No!

Coming home from mom’s in Burbank yesterday I took the standard route home: Golden State Freeway to Fletcher to Silver Lake Boulevard. After making the right onto the last thoroughfare and getting up to the reservoir, I find in my rearview mirror from out of nowhere a spiffy new champagne-colored sports sedan right on my …

Knife To Meet You

I’ll spare you any photographic evidence and just say that the new set of Wolfgang Puck knives that Susan bought recently are REALLY sharp. I know this firsthand… or rather first finger. Thumb, actually. The right one. I was chopping up some veggies for my morning breakfast scramble: mushrooms, peppers and spinach and I decided …

Treecycling

A couple days ago on blogging.la I posted what’s become an annual rant around this time of year about asshat neighbors who just put their Christmas trees out with the trash cans and then just leave them out there after they aren’t picked up: I know this has been covered elsewhere (Councilman Eric Garcetti’s blog …