Small Vices May 31st, 2010 @ 6:16 pm PDT
Reading a book for the second time
Sexual Harassment Training November 21st, 2008 @ 7:08 am PST
Alexander McPherson, a professor of molecular biology and biochemistry at UC Irvine’s school of biological sciences, wrote a bitchin’ letter to the LA Times on the subject of sexual harassment training. This is a must-read for anyone that has a brain. As far as I can tell from my colleagues, it is worthless, a childish […]
Los Angeles Superior Court July 10th, 2008 @ 6:45 am PDT
On May 1, 2008 I received a traffic citation while driving approximately 5mph in the middle of a bottleneck on Sunset Boulevard. A motorcycle cop driving between the lanes was stuck next to me because the guy in the other lane had drifted too close to my lane. He looked at me and nodded. I […]
Among the Mansions of Eden May 20th, 2008 @ 7:00 am PDT
Last night I finally finished reading Among the Mansions of Eden: Tales of Love, Lust, and Land in Beverly Hills, a book I bought for Tricia about five years ago. I sailed through the first few hundred pages of David Weddle‘s tome a couple of weeks ago and was entranced by the marvelous stories of […]
How Much Longer Will LA Last? August 9th, 2007 @ 12:15 am PDT
Whoa. I felt that one. A nice 4.5 right under my buddy’s house. At first I thought that one of the cats knocked over a lamp or something. Scary. I can never remember what I’m supposed to do. Hide under a table? Stand in a doorframe? Jump in the bathtub? Stop, drop, and roll?
The Other Wine Country February 20th, 2007 @ 7:56 am PST
On Saturday morning I ran a quick 7 miles at 6 am, came home, and told my girlfriend to get ready for an adventure. We packed the truck and headed for wine country (photos). The President’s Day traffic was brutal so it took us almost 3 hours to go what should have only taken an […]
Los Angeles Traffic October 10th, 2006 @ 5:27 pm PDT
A quick rant about driving in LA
NOAA Satellites and Information September 1st, 2004 @ 9:38 pm PDT
The threat of an earthquake hitting southern California is not really something that can keep you worrying all night. For all intents and purposes an earthquake is unpredictable. There is little to no humidity, and I haven’t seen a cockroach in four years now. I honestly must admit, though, that I miss this sort of […]
CA DMV June 18th, 2002 @ 9:24 am PDT
Unnecessary fees are obnoxious.
Weather March 7th, 2002 @ 4:10 am PST
It rained in Los Angeles today. Rain? <Princess Bride>Inconceivable!</Princess Bride> An inch of rain in Los Angeles will cause flooding. I grew up in Daytona Beach and spent the 90s in Gainesville, Fl. Rain was not unusual. In Daytona it rained like clockwork from 3 to 4 pm pretty much every day for eight or […]