Murder Off The 101

As the crow flies the dead body was found a half-mile from my front door. As the bike rides it’s about two-thirds of a mile away. Far enough away for some, but too close for comfort for me. I pedaled upon the cordoned-off scene above on my ride home from work last night. It was …

Saints, Hamsters & The Whole Ball O’ Wax

Sorry if this is gross-out material, but as to the freaking OMFG! humonstrocity of the cerumen impaction from which I had been unknowingly impaired, all I’ll say is that my doctor’s discovery of it a during a flu bout visit a few weeks ago prompted a return trip this morning so that his nurse could …

Wright There!

One of my favorite views in Los Angeles happens to be found from up at the top of our backyard. So much so that had it not been for my interest in pixeling it from there yesterday I would not have discovered the unfortunate scene that prompted yesterday’s post. In reviewing the above image this …

“No Cat’s Ever Starved To Death In A Tree, Sir”

Sad and unfortunate news from down in Orange County. Scott Beuhler, a 27-year-old man attempting to rescue a treed cat, fell to his death Wednesday, and reading about it reminded me of the night in 2004 when Susan and I were first dating and  I came to her aid when she worriedly called to tell …

Johnny’s Going Tiki?

And now for a bit o’ the Silver Lake neighborhood news. Nothing major, just that as I was biking home from Wednesday Hollywood Burrito Project ride around 11:30 p.m. I noticed the nice neon martini glass that served as the sign for the departed Johnny’s Bar on Sunset across the street from Silver Lake Lounge …