(Un)trained Coach So my friend is at his son’s soccer practice, the only adult there. At the end of the session, the coach asked him to stand in the goal …
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Gotta Love Those Election Time Phone Calls Annoying, for sure. Especially since the well-intended, perhaps even volunteer, at most minimum wage callers cannot go off the script they’ve been told …
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Divorce, Arts District Style Was flying the frisbee with my favorite eight-year-old Arts District resident (probably the only eight-year-old Arts District resident) on a weed-filled vacant lot (ditto) when I …
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Do You Believe? A neighbor and I have noticed for several weeks loud footsteps and cracklings on the building roof at various hours, sometimes as late as one or two …
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We Are A Higher Order Remember laughing at the idea of the poor dumb dog that salivated when Pavlov rang that bell? Remember feeling superior to the wretched beasts so …
More +September 29, 2014
National Grouch Day Some days have your name all over them. October 15th. Would have missed it again and forever without AOL and its impressive finger on the pulse of …
More +September 22, 2014
What’s The Difference? Spent some time today in a beachside community south of downtown Los Angeles. No judgment either way, but couldn’t help but notice a few differences, folks: In …
More +September 18, 2014
What Were They Thinking? When men decided it was gansta to wear knee- high socks with Nike shower shoes. When Jack-In-The-Box cast little people (including bubblehead Jack) in its TV …
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Language Samples from Ten-Year-Olds Some from computer game playing; some not. Mob spawner Disco balls at the extra house Corrupted trees Infinity daggers Sewercide Defeat the bosses Sun fury Knock-back …
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Notes Not From The C of C Overcast mornings Tired green trees Grimy streets Dodger turf wearing thin Surly truants hanging out at 7-Elevens Hurricane humidity drifting up from Mexico …
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