I’m not sure exactly when (other than it was more than likely when I was gainfully employed with a regular paycheck and some disposable income) but at some point I apparently succumbed to a subscriber solicitation and ordered National Geographic’s Almanac of American History, which arrived a couple weeks ago. Don’t get me wrong, it’s …
Totally forgot to mention that a jury summons arrived on Christmas Eve. I went through the phone registration and now I’m scheduled to report to the Stanley Mosk Courthouse at 111 N. Hill Street January 30 (or at least I’m to call in the weeked before to see if I need to report). I’m so …
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It should be an easy thing to do one of the things I love so much: ride a bike. But as you may have gathered from reading my blog for any length of time, I’m somewhat a retentive stickler for details. So while some can just hop on and go (and I’m somewhat envious of …
So this morning I call up the company handling my 403b (the nonprofit version of a 401k) made stagnant and soon subject to administrative fees because of my change in employment in November. I’d called the company up at the end of that month to see what my options were, and after hearing the rep …
Aw yeah! My underdog Crimson Tide beat Texas Tech 13-10 in the last second of Cotton Bowl regulation with the strangest looking field goal I’ve ever seen kicked through the uprights. And as a bonus, in the Capital One bowl Alabama archrival Auburn gets its top 10-ranked asses kicked by the badgers of Wisonsin, 24-10. …
Whenever a month begins on a Sunday a Friday the 13th is unavoidable.
… my true love said to me: TAMALES! In accordance with the tradition we began on New Year’s Day last year, tamales were the order of the day. Last year we did so on December 31, getting them from an Echo Park panderia on Sunset Boulevard, but this year being a day late we discovered …