Author Archives: John
A new gripe, a new blog category
I write a lot of letters of complaint, sometimes with real expectations of results, sometimes just to cool off. Usually I send them, sometimes not. I will inaugurate this new category with a letter I wrote last night after hearing … Continue reading
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Names for things, names for people
Oliver is now starting to realize that there are two different languages in his life, I think. For a while now, he will call things by two names if he knows them both and especially if he really wants something: … Continue reading
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Tough Guys Don’t Dance
After reading Mark Singer’s puff piece in the May 21st Talk of the Town, I was intrigued to see the movie Tough Guys Don’t Dance, directed by and screenplay by and based on the novel by Norman Mailer. Critics panned … Continue reading
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Sopranos/Big Love
I loved the end of the Sopranos. It was perfect symmetry. Personally, I think he bought it listening to Journey with an onion ring in his mouth. Do I feel the need to see it spelled out like all the … Continue reading
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Lee Baca, Sheriff to the Stars
…but boy what fractured syntax he comes out with, almost Bushian. All this from today’s CNN web site coverage of you-know-who going back to you-know-where: The sheriff later hinted at a news conference that Hilton had psychological problems, and said … Continue reading
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Mt. San Antonio
Back up Baldy again. This trip was about 1:40 to the ski hut, half an hour taking pictures, then about 1:15 to the summit. Tons of people on top: It was almost 80 degrees on top. Down via the Devil’s … Continue reading
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Wifeless & childless
Oh, and I got to go to a baseball game and read the WHOLE newspaper over coffee because wife and son flew to Brazil late Sunday night. I miss ’em. But I don’t lack for activities to distract me! 🙂
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Solar Hot Water
This morning’s L.A. Times has an article on the front page of the California section about the decline of the solar hot water heater. Only 1,000 were installed in the whole state last year. Watching acres and acres of new … Continue reading
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Inland Empire 66ers
Yesterday evening I went to see the local Rancho Cucamonga Quakes (Angels) play down the freeway in San Bernadino against the 66ers (Dodgers). It’s quite a nice stadium, with nice mountain views, plenty of good seats (I don’t know if … Continue reading
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Shakes
Two earthquakes at nearly 4 magnitude tonight around 11:15. As soon as we felt the jolt, I went to the Internet and found this site, which is dynamically updated and won’t show these quakes after about a week from now. … Continue reading
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