These were taken during my family’s 2006 and 2007 visits to the place my sister calls “The House That Threw Up Christmas.” This truly is a local institution – according to their website, their first Christmas was in 1964, the same year as my first Christmas. They’ve got a photo archive through 2005, so you can see how the display has evolved over the years – well, “grown” is a more accurate word than “evolved;” […]
After answering my friend Kim‘s question on Twitter not long ago, I thought it might be a good time to revisit this post from December 2007. Suzanne made a little goof in her daily DearReader.com letter (on December 17, 2007), and I wonder if this is a common misperception: “This morning, first thing when I woke up, the realization hit me–Christmas is almost here–should have started singing The Twelve Days of Christmas four days ago, […]
It’s about time we got a button in here, isn’t it? I got myself a Tumblr blog after all, and if you’re on Tumblr, I’d be more than happy for you to follow it (and I’ll follow you back)! But here are a few reasons you might choose not to: I’m treating it as a “spinoff” from this blog, so a lot of what I post there will probably end up back over here anyway. […]
I was born the same year that the Beatles took over the world, but by the time I became aware of the band, they’d already been broken up for several years. I’d become a serious fan by the time I was in high school, though, and had learned a lot about their lives and music. Throughout the 1970s, fans still harbored hopes for a Beatles reunion, wondering if each collaboration between two (or occasionally even […]
For those of you following The Continuing Saga of My Stupid Shoulder (co-starring My Klutzy Feet), I had a follow-up with the orthopedic surgeon the day before Thanksgiving. The shoulder is doing well – the Ultrasling is doing its job, apparently – but he’s sending me for an MRI, which will allow him to see things that don’t show on an X-ray, and he’ll want to see me again once the results come back. I […]
There’s a little scenic-overlook park on Mulholland Drive, just above the Hollywood Bowl, that I pass on my way to work. I had a little extra time one morning when traffic actually wasn’t horrible, and I stopped there to take a couple of pictures. This is the city. Los Angeles, California. Morning traffic is a little on the light side, which is probably why I had time to stop for picture-taking. That’s a light fog, […]
Image via Wikipedia I wish you and yours a very happy Thanksgiving Day, and hope you have at least a few – but hopefully many – things in your life to be grateful for and appreciative of this year! Today, I’m thankful for a long weekend, a dinner that won’t require much effort on my part (thanks to Tall Paul’s picking up for my slacking dislocated shoulder), and everyone who takes the time to share […]
More sights to see while walking down Hollywood Boulevard… Oh, too bad – we missed the AFI Fest! Over-indulge in the Botox, and you just might end up here When you think “Hollywood,” what image comes to your mind? Subscribe to Blog via Email Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. Email Address Subscribe Join 2,318 other subscribers
It’s a two-for-one special today, but they’re vaguely related: What Kind of Intelligence Do You Have? Your Dominant Intelligence is Linguistic Intelligence You are excellent with words and language. You explain yourself well. An elegant speaker, you can converse well with anyone on the fly. (But I’m much better at writing it, IMO.) You are also good at remembering information and convincing someone of your point of view. A master of creative phrasing and unique […]
If you were on Twitter Saturday afternoon, you might have seen this: @florinda_3rs Florinda Pend.-Vasq. Guess who fell and landed on her right arm AGAIN? Shoulder’s not dislocated this time, but the impact was bad and the whole arm just hurts. Sunday morning’s follow-up: @florinda_3rs Florinda Pend.-Vasq. Arm Injury Update: less pain & more mobility than yesterday, but still needs rest & healing time today. Also, Left-Handed Typist is back! I didn’t visit the ER […]
It seems like “the holidays” – or at least the process of getting ready for them – start just after Halloween these days, and that sent me off on a few Tuesday Tangents. When did you start seeing Christmas-merchandise sections in the stores this year (assuming you already have)? On October 29, I noticed that the Christmas section of the new Target in my neighborhood was larger than the area devoted to Halloween…which hadn’t happened […]
There have been too many stories in the last year or two about cities closing or limiting the hours of their libraries, but bookstores have been having a hard time of it as well. Shelf Awareness regularly reports on closures in the independent-bookseller sector – there’s one looming in Nashville – but they’re not the only ones affected; the big-name bookstores have been struggling too. I live in what’s essentially a one-bookstore town…well, two if […]
