I spent the weekend cleaning up the office, breaking in my new running shoes, and taking in a few exhibitions around town that would be closing soon. On Saturday, I visited the Central Library for the first time to see the exhibition of drawings by Richard Neutra. The show was terrific, and featured drawings of […]

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As bad as frivolous lawsuits are, I wonder if anyone is paying attention to the effects of grammatical mistakes on giant billboards. Or maybe to the way they affect us all. Either one.

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It’s time for the end of the year wrap-up, which I haven’t really done with any consistency (see the Best Live Shows of 2004 and Top Ten Films of 2004), but I’m going to give it a shot. 2008 has been an extremely busy year for us, our second full year in Los Angeles, one […]

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We’re getting ready for my parents’ arrival on Wednesday morning (weather at the Seattle airport willing), and I’m looking forward to the short week, two days on and five days off. It’s been cold and rainy over the last week, with the exception of this weekend, thankfully, which we spent looking at houses and condos […]

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He endorsed Obama on video, but more importantly, check out that great collection of vintage typewriters in his office. Nice. Wait until the last second of the video, when he gets up to turn off the camera, to see them all.

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Goodbye, Wegmans card; I’m finally coming to terms with the fact that we don’t live within a few thousand miles of a Wegmans, and it’s time to ditch the keychain card. Same with the flimsy Amherst fob, which was some sort of gift I got at some point, but just takes up space. As for […]

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Things are beginning to get back to normal. I finally got my boot off two weeks ago, and am enjoying walking around again, unimpeded. I’ve begun walking and taking the bus to work again, just in time for the super-hot weather, but it feels good, and it’s reassuring to see the same gentleman with the […]

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After a few years of despising the concept, I got my first cellphone when I moved to the big city, in December of 2000. I promptly got rid of my land line, and have been cell-only ever since, barring last year in Rochester. My first phone was a workhorse, a Samsung 3500 that lasted four […]

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I found some really weird pasta tonight.

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Went for a treat at Mashti Malone’s last night (mmm, make mine a double!) and spotted the Wienermobile parked up on the sidewalk in front of the recently renamed Quality Inn on La Brea. When we came out to look for an apartment last summer, it was the Holiday Inn Express, and while not amazing, […]

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I saw an ad for the new Onion News Network today, hosted by anchor Brian Scott, which is kind of funny. When I searched for it online, I came across this story, in which Brian Scott brings us an interview with Wes Meechum. Now I’m getting suspicious… This fake news network is, of course, sponsored […]

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This past weekend, Aimee and I took another L.A. walking tour, this time around Miracle Mile, and met Michael halfway through for lunch ($12 worth of meat) at Pampas, the Brazilian churrascaria place in the Farmer’s Market at the Grove. We also took our “This American Life Live” poster to get framed, and ran some […]

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I guess I shouldn’t have asked for that third thing to break last week; apparently, it’s our hot water. So our showers have been cut short since the show; maybe we used too much hot water getting ready, who knows. As for the other things that broke, I’ve taken my computer into MacEnthusiasts, a typically […]

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It’s hard to believe, but this is the thirteenth message from Karen Freeman I’ve posted here, and this one is a real doozy. We learn about her family, a past boyfriend, and more about the apparently Cleveland-centered conspiracy involving the stock market and the actors guild. The Man Responsible(804 kb mp3, 2:16) Hi David, it’s […]

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In this installation of the ongoing saga of Karen Freeman, we learn about Karen’s uncle from Cleveland, her reading habits, and her concerns about Monopoly. Not monopolies, but Monopoly. She’s definitely not running out of things to say this time around, and I don’t get the sense that she’s just spinning her wheels as we’ve […]

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