L.A. Blogfather and L.A. Times Blogmaster Tony Pierce has a picture I presume he took posted to his Busblog of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, who in the frame I presume is in the midst of getting an assist with his new L.A. Times blog that Tony helped land — and all of which is awesome. Tony’s proximity …
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(click to quadruplify) Ranger alerted us to one of our local opossums being out on the roof of the house to the north of us, so I busted out camera and the million-candlepower light — which Susan shined on it — to catch it hanging out. People hate ’em. I hate people who …
What is this about? The Krylon Killer Clark stood seething but silent several feet behind the unsuspecting tagger rattling the can of black spray paint before the whimsical mural on Mohawk just off Sunset, the centerpiece of which features two cartoonish chickens in love. It was one of Clark’s favorites. At first, before he had …
(click to quadruplify) Actually the horizon pictured is more than two years old, taken from the last whale-watching expedition I went on with my friend Cybele back in January 2006. I offer it up mainly as a random grab from my archives, but also one very weather-appropriate: it was warm enough today to wish I’d …
What is this about? Destination Time: The present Act I, Scene 2 (Scene 1 is here) A pre-op room at Community Hospital an hour later. Evan is still on the stretcher. A nurse is cutting his pants off as a police officer stands at the foot of the bed with a note pad. Evan is …
(click to quadruplify) This morning my friend and fellow IAAL•MAF’er Manny and I scouted out next Saturday’s Watts Happening II Ride down to the 54th Street location of the horrific SLA/LAPD shootout of May 1974 and back where we arrived just in time for Mama’s Tamales to be open for a bite. Getting back home …
What is this about? Destination Time: The present Act I, Scene 1 Emergency room lobby at Community Hospital at night. The main counter is empty. A man and a woman sit at opposite ends of the waiting area thumbing through magazines One dressed in all black, the other in all white. Occasionally the hospital intercom …