Friday time waster: Paul Anka channels Nirvana. Weird.
Who knew at the core of Nirvana’s famous anthem there was a swinging beat? Paul Anka, that’s who. While walking my doggies through a deserted grove in Elysian Park this morning, I was listening to a...
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Dark Knights for Dark Times
I’d never have guessed that The Dark Knight would rise to #3 in the all-time domestic box-office chart in just a month, with a chance to move into #2 by next weekend. After the film spent three weeks...
View ArticleBad day on the freeway
When I originally saw this article I thought it was about L.A. wasting money on freeway renovation. But no, it’s literally a story about a man (code named “Mr. Yee”) whose backpack flew open and out...
View ArticlePower as a commodity
I’m fascinated by Earl seeing a link between politics Illinois-style and politics L.A.-style. At first I’m tempted to differentiate between a guy brazenly selling a seat for personal gain and a PAC...
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Leave Nadya Suleman alone!
I’m pro-choice, and that means a woman should have the choice to have no babies, or to have 14 babies if her body is up to it. And that’s the choice that Nadya Suleman, the Whittier mother of six who...
View ArticleYour Monday Wit Fix
For those of you who miss LA’s Adam Carolla Show, the original group is back here today for a podcast. More here. Is there no other wit to be found on L.A. morning radio? I’ve tried waking up to other...
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Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa takes an interest
I have no way of explaining it, but as I write at the Daily News’ Click technology blog, L.A. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, quite a tweeter in his own right (at least that’s the word on the virtual...
View ArticleWeight! Weight! Don’t Tell Me!
I’m so confused. The doctor says lose weight. The BMI (Body Mass Index), which is calculated by multiplying your age by you shoe size, dividing by Pi to the 57th decimal and then adding your IQ while...
View ArticleWho’s Been Horsing Around with My Sushi?
We used to assume that when we ordered a particular food, we actually got that food. Oh, sometimes we joked about the “mystery meat” in the school cafeteria, but we thought we were kidding. It now...
View ArticleA Memory of Jonathan Winters
The news reported that Jonathan Winters died. As every comedian knows, Winters died many times—on stage, in film, on TV and on street corners (More about that later). He also lived and triumphed on...
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