Name Game
I don’t often venture this blog’s commentary/observations into the international realm often, and I know the spelling is different and all, but could the last name of Iraq’s president — Talabani — be any more ironic?
The L.A. Times Gives Me Some Love
Word got back via Andrew at Liquid Premium, who emailed me with the news that the L.A. Times shined a light on my interview on Blogging.la this past week with the unknown artist responsible for the growing number of wooden birds hanging from wires over intersections throughout the city (and beyond in Santa Barbara, San …
Punks Don’t Rawk
Been meaning to blog about a slice-o-life snapshot I encountered Friday afternoon coming back from grocery getting at the Vons at Virgil and Sunset just south of Los Feliz Village. After exiting the market’s parking lot I headed south on Virgil to Fountain where I got in the left turn lane and waited for the …
Playing Hardball
I’ve had checking and Visa accounts with BofA going back to 2000 or 2001. I’ve heard horror stories about how horrible such a huge banking institution can foul up, but with me I’ve had no complaints. I’ve had to utilize my overdraft protection on occasion, but I’ve never been late with a credit card payment. …
Norm, You Almost Lost Me
There’s a reason I don’t usually read overly long introductions to books — especially nonfictionals — I’m about to embark on and Norman M. Klein in his preface to his “The History of Forgetting” definitely had me rolling my eyes almost had me saying “Forget about it!” at several points, such as this one: “In …
Next!
I’d heard about it, but it just registered today that Michael Crichton has a new book out titled “Next.” My first impulse was “yipee!” because I’ve a long history of reading the readable writer: “Andromeda Strain,” “Terminal Man,” “Jurassic Park,” “Lost World,” “Westworld,” “Congo,” “Airframe,” “Timeline,” even the rather tedious “Rising Sun.” All were easily …
The Jig Gets High
Here’s a floor-level view of our youngest cat, almost 3-year-old Jiggy, who can regularly be found at the highest level of these floor-to-ceiling shelves built in to the wall between the dining and living rooms: I’m not sure the appeal of such a summit (about nine feet high) but he certainly has no trouble getting …