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Nov

17

2010

I’ve been riding Bike 2.0 around a lot – partly to break it in, and partly because of an ear infection that’s keeping me out of the pool until after Thanksgiving. Since I ride on the Pacific Coast Highway and through Westwood Village quite a bit, I see a lot of really stupid driver behavior ...

Vehicular Fun

Apr

19

2009

Very, very little is happening in my world right now, and there are two things to blame for this. One is a usual suspect: Unemployment. The more unusual suspect is my car. My car has been a rock. Ten years old, eight of them under my care. Other than routine maintenance and a couple cosmetic ...

Oh, L.A.

Oct

29

2008

A fun Los Angeles moment this evening (or this morning, really, since this was when I was coming home at 12:30AM): Speeding down La Brea towards the 10, I came up behind a new-looking sliver Porsche Carerra. The CA plate: 0 IQ. Sadly, it was just some typical douchebag driving it and not a hot ...

Life Gets Expensive

Apr

6

2008

Several large expenses are cropping up in my life, and they’ve conveniently chosen to do so a) at the same time and b) when I took an underpaying job just so I wouldn’t lose my mind. Causing the most fun at the moment: The Bed. My bedframe, which has lasted me a good while and ...

A Weekend of “D’oh!…Oh, okay.”

Mar

23

2008

Two things gave me nice little “Oh…fuck…” moments this weekend, but for once, luck was actually on my side. First, I dropped my ATM card at Benihana’s. I’d gone for a friend’s birthday, and dropped my wallet as I was getting ready to leave. I didn’t realize the debit card was gone until we got ...

Dear Asshat Neighbor

Jul

17

2007

You are not the same neighbor over-alarming his 1989 Nissan. You live in the building across the alley from mine, and you park in a spot under your building that’s not walled in, directly across the alley from my window. You have a new car, but you have purchased a very similar but infinitely louder ...

Huzzah

Apr

23

2007

I see this idiot’s Hummer every day on the Fox Lot, and I got sorely tempted to post some pictures here but wasn’t sure whether that’d violate some sort of lot rule. Thank you, Defamer, for posting that picture so I don’t have to. Now I can focus on noting that this tool has that ...

Dear Dipshit Neighbor

Apr

20

2007

I know you prize your ’89 Nissan, but when moderate rain sets off the alarm repeatedly, you’ve made it too sensitive.

Week In Brief

Nov

4

2006

Assorted news and notes: – I came down with a real nasty sinus bug starting Wednesday. Lots of fun. And by fun, I mean massive pain. – It takes more forms of identification to be allowed to purchase real Sudafed than it does to pay for it with a credit card. By the time I ...

Welcome To The Neighborhood

Oct

9

2006

Fuckin’ kids. I was sound asleep about an hour ago and was awoken by the cat yowling. This isn’t anything out of the ordinary, but I heard a police radio, so I figured the cops were busting up the guys who hang out in another part of the alley that runs behind my building, and ...