Well, no surprise: All the offerings to the Rose Bowl Fairy didn’t work and instead of magically being delivered tickets and watching Alabama battle Texas in person in Pasadena I was instead forced to listen to the first half of last night’s BCS Championship game at the Rose Bowl via the Sirius Satellite Radio app …
Oh boy, chances are that by posting the above video of today’s vehicular transgression, I might hear about it from the esteemed Dr. Michael Cahn, member of the board of the LA County Bike Coalition board and a faculty member with the UCLA History Department who I’m honored to say is a reader of this …
(click for the bigger picture) For the last couple years (at least), every time I’ve passed the Sun-Lake Pharmacy’s neon at night it’s been off and I grumble to myself about what a shame it is that it’s not blazing bright on the corner of Sunset Boulevard and Parkman in my section of Silver Lake. …
I don’t have any REAL resolutions for this year. No definitive achievements being sought, no dietary restrictions. Nothing along the lines of “read a book a month,” although it wouldn’t hurt if I picked up a tennis racquet and swung it at least that often. I have some creative goals in mind and a fantasy …
My first bike commute of the new year and wouldn’t you know I encounter a poor lost little dog crossing busy Venice Boulevard beneath the 10 Freeway with no awareness of the dangers of the streets, who, despite my efforts and bag of food wanted absolutely nothing to do with me. Following it did even …
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It’s been purty quiet around these here blogparts this first few days of the new year/decade. Not a lot going on but chores ‘n stuff: de-cluttering of the yards, de-decorating of the house, re-vacuuming of the floors, recycling of the Christmas tree, laundry, revisiting of the Costco, reviewing of the Rose Parade, along with a …
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On Christmas Day, heading back across the darkening Yosemite Valley to the Awahnee to get ready for the Bracebridge Dinner later that evening, through the mist I spied a pair of coyotes looking for supper about 400-yards out and on the move across a snow-covered meadow: Let me strive to forget my disappointments with the …