Off the cap of my cranium I can’t remember how long ago exactly  it was that I amended a patch of soil in the backyard and we planted several pumpkin plants… I think it was near the middle/end of August. We knew we’d gotten a late start if we were thinking about harvesting a would-be …
click it for the bigger picture Over the last three days on lunch breaks and several times when my computer’s crashed and it was either A) Beat my head against the desk, or B) Walk away, I’ve performed that rite of fall and commenced spookitating the frontyard like the whacked-out Halloween-loving manboy I am. There …
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What a coincidence… Literally the same freakin’ day I post about the good that can come from showing a little restraint toward the inconsiderati, Susan got home from work to find she couldn’t get into the garage thanks to the asshole who parked his or her Dodge Charger like so: Gone immediately was any benefit …
Whether they’re in a rush or just are straight-up inconsiderate I still am forced to deal with the occasional motorist who frustratingly parks blocking our driveway. But this weekend I fought off one for every day. There was a neighbor’s car poorly parked Thursday and all the way to Friday morning. Then there was a …
The seeming incessant drizzle slime that coated Los Angeles throughout most of last week was certainly welcome by the dormant grasses in the backyard. The blades have all popped up dew-tipped and basking in the return of the sunshine, thinking “Spring? So soon?”
You’ve heard of lines that reach around blocks? Biking past the queue yesterday afternoon on my way home from the office, the line of spectators for yesterday’s Obama visit to USC reached around the entire university. Here’s the section of it I video’d along Jefferson just east of Vermont: My favorite person out of all …
Click image for maximum panoramification The extensive clean-up and return of this mural — “La Ofrenda” by Yreina Cervantes — to its 1989 glory isn’t new. It’s been minus the layers of tags that obliterated its lower half and back to its original self for well over a month now (at least). I would have …