Where The Hell Have I Been And What The Hell Have I Been Doing?

In the 12-plus years I’ve been a-blogging, I don’t think I’ve ever gone more than a week or two without posting SOMETHING. So you can imagine my shock when I saw I’d last been seen here basically more than three weeks ago. The funny thing is, I’ve still been communicating, but mostly on Facebook, which …

Simply Put, Ranger Is At Her Most Happiest When I’m Tossing A Soccer Ball At Her Noggin

This behavior is not something Ranger ever learned, nor was she taught it. It was discovered quite by accident after the kids next door hit a soccer ball over the fence into our yard. When I found the ball, for whatever reason, I arc’d it over in Ranger’s general direction and holy wowzers she proceeded …

Speak The Speech I Pray You

Where: Rio Hondo College, Wray Theater, Whittier, California When: July 13, 2012 What: Rio Hondo College College Police Academy, Class 2012-1 Graduation Who: Cadet William Campbell, Class President By: Susan Campbell You’re welcome for being spared the first 11 minutes of the monologue and just showcasing these last three, which to me are the most …

Silver Lake Stormwatch: July 11

Figuring why the heck not, I put out the put-away precipitometer yesterday after hearing that sub-tropified showers and thunderstorms might grace the skies above our Silver Lake backyard. This morning? I found a skosh more than a quarter-inch had fallen — with perhaps a few more hundredths to come. Granted, not a very auspicious starting …

Caught On Camera: Pepper’s Usually Elusive Nuttiness

While Ranger and Patchy look on in an attempt to ignore Pepper, I catch him doing this inexplicable goofy behavior he’s known for in which he tap dances/scratches with his front paws against a window pane and then vocalizes like the nut he is. Follow