Despite all my bitching and whining about the rain last week, there’s still no better reason than the weather to live in southern California. To wit: Predicted high in Chicago: 23 degrees Predicted high in D.C.: 27 degrees Predicted high in Los Angeles: 81 degrees. Now I feel a bit better that Laz has won ...

Well, it’s that lovely time in the reconstruction of my computer’s hard drive when I have to ask everyone for their addresses…again. One of the wipeouts before I sent my computer off to be fixed wiped everything I had reconstructed, so if everyone who wants to could, once again, use the lovely link to your ...

I forgot to mention one lovely development that happened while I was computerless. And it’s a continuing pattern of annoyance. One of my asshat downstairs neighbors (who I’ve written about before) has acquired a set of conga drums. They have also decided that the ideal time to practice with them is at 2:30 in the ...

$16.23 in dimes, nickels and pennies. That, evidently, is how much change I managed to collect in a year.

This is definitely my favorite cops and robbers story of the new year: While Garfield County [Oklahoma] Sheriff’s Deputy Matt Mixon searched his vehicle, suspect Billy Gurney, 34, slipped behind the wheel of the patrol car and out of his handcuffs. “I had to make a lot of decisions, and I had to make them ...

My cat, for whom I have acquired about four dozen cat toys that are now batted under various pieces of furniture, has found a new favorite toy. The description of how this works doesn’t really do the full picture justice. If I can somehow get video of him doing this, I’ll do it, because it’s ...

I am home before 8 for the first time all week. Hooray!

I got my computer back this afternoon. I’m reloading data onto it now, programs tonight when I get home. AND…It stopped raining! Not one damn drop in the forecast for the next ten days. Damn good thing too, I was about to start looking for an ark.

Fucking hell. Two hours and twenty minutes to go 20 miles. Stupid mudslide danger. Motherfuck the 405, and its designation that 2 of the northbound lanes will be closed until Tuesday “or later.” LATER?!

Well, I was going to use this computer-free weekend to go to the beach, but I don’t think that’s going to happen, since it’s supposed to rain until monday night. It’s supposed to dump 5 inches of rain, on top of the 15.68 inches in the last 3 months (more than we normall get all ...