December 26 (Boxing Day), 2015 I never would have guessed that it would be Tom Waits who would shake me out of my anti-essay phase (though I would like to slip back to aphorisms and stream of consciousness snippets whenever I need to). But last night (Christmas Day Eve) I caught a performance I believe […]
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December 18, 2015 Board OKs DWP Water Rate Increase As I alluded to in a \”Bits and Pieces\” — DWP was going to get back that money they \”lost\” while we Californians were busy conserving water. As Don King was wont to say: \”Only in America.\” These boards are too fucking funny as they
Pearl Harbor Day — December 15th 2015 I take my drinking pretty seriously — the problem is — so does everyone else! Sarkisian is such an asshole Any sympathy I\’ve given this jerk — I formally withdraw. He is a consummate asshole. The last thing I remember about applying for a job is that
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(11/29 — 12/6) Another Mass Shooting I suggested last week that Einstein felt that human stupidity was infinite. And now another mass murder?! Will the terrorists be competing with our home-grown mass murderers? Instead of a mass murder every 69 days-or-so (the current average length of time between mass murders) — will we be
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November 23rd — November 29, 2015 Einstein suggested that the only infinite things were the universe and human stupidity — and he wasn\’t so sure that the universe was infinite… I can\’t believe Donald Trump is still in the race I will get-to-the-rest of the Republican field in-a-moment — but how is this guy
OK! I took my rest!! My website manager, Bahman (the Brave), threatened to become my ghost writer, and I couldn\’t let that happen! He is far too busy working on his next degree and being a Soccer Dad! Besides, I was afraid that my readers might like his writing more than mine! How is it
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…for remodeling… September 18, 2015 As Anne Frank began doing in her 2nd year of hiding — I need to go through my 7+ years of essays (335 of them) and annotate and edit them (as an older [and hopefully wiser] reader). It was actually Anne, with her pristine clarity and exquisite insights of her
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August 24, 2012 I know that I lambasted Sark in \”Sark Sucks\” (a term he used [very interesting] in his drunken spiel at the \’Salute to Troy\’) — but now I feel like I have to defend the guy. I had no idea that his marriage was probably falling apart last season (though as a
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August 21, 2015 We get what we deserve… I love that scene in \”Young Frankenstein\” where Gene Wilder\’s Dr. Frankenstein confronts Igor (played by Marty Feldman) about where the Monster\’s brain came from — and Igor replies, \”From an Abbie Normal.\” Neighbor Andre and I like to bike and nosh together — and though we
July 28,2015 Prophets and \”end of the worlders\” have been predicting our doom since the dawn of civilization…and nothing has happened yet…but somehow, this global warming thang feels different (as everyone is now admitting that their local weather is changing…). I had the good fortune (or misfortune?) of participating in a CSUN \”think tank\” during
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