When You Try Your Best But You Don’t Succeed April 10th, 2013 @ 8:45 am PDT
Thinking about Kobiyashi Maru
GOD GET ATCHA BOY April 8th, 2013 @ 8:37 am PDT
I am uncharacteristically excited about the fact that oranges and grapefruit are suddenly inexpensive and plentiful at the grocery store. I have always liked oranges, of course, but lately I have been having two and three oranges every day for a week now. I can’t get enough of them. They’re delicious, especially after going on […]
Eight April 7th, 2013 @ 6:27 am PDT
Today makes it eight months since my mom died. She died on August 12th. I was sitting in the car in the parking lot of Centinela Feed on Pico, waiting with my son for my wife to get some cat food, when my phone rang. A nurse at Woodland Terrace named Ida Alvis — a […]
I Will Never Believe in Anything Again April 5th, 2013 @ 8:17 am PDT
I did not feel like getting out of bed this morning, much less running. I don’t know if I caught some sort of flu or just a cold or what, but I had a nasty scratch in the back of my throat every time I swallowed, and my head felt thick and cloudy. But rather […]
#FridayFive: Alkaline Trio April 5th, 2013 @ 6:26 am PDT
Read the Friday Five …Remember, Whatever It Seems Like Forever Ago April 3rd, 2013 @ 8:45 pm PDT
It’s always nice to run down Olympic Boulevard at dusk. The sun kisses the Century Plaza Towers and they look pretty cool. And even after seeing it almost every day for more than five years, I still can’t pass the Nakatomi building without thinking of Die Hard. I’ve taken to cutting up El Camino Drive […]