There’s some sort of sporting event that happens today. I may have to check it out and see what all the fuss is all about. But in the meantime, with Los Angeles basking in 80-plus degree temps and under crispity clear skies, I hauled myself the camera and the tripod up on the roof to …
Let’s just put it this way: I’ll be going to the store for some tomato juice later. That’s right, Susan and I got ambushed by a skunk this morning with me getting the worst of the juicing. We were nailed barely a quarter mile into our second consecutive four-mile morning walk. Trust me on this …
Yesterday might not have been the snap, crackle or poppiest of clear days for the L.A. basin, but t’weren’t too shabby as balmy winter days go. And having to get up on the roof yesterday for a minor chore I brought my camera with me to see what could be seen (click the thumbnails for …
Molasses-assed as I can be, of course I’d planned on starting the marathon conditioning thing Monday (in despa-preparation for the loooooong training walk I’m taking Feb. 10), but it wasn’t until this morning that I rose from bed about a quarter past 5 a.m. with Susan thankfully rising right along with me (I probably wouldn’t …
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Well, boy howdy if I didn’t actually make good on the idea I had in the wake of yesterday’s tagging of our mailbox to set up a covert “Scumbag Cam.” Indeed, I stationed the truck curbside in front of the house and with the aid of an old laptop and an equally old USB webcam …
Once every year or so? No biggie. Twice in a three days? Grrrrr. Three times in five? And I’m ready to camp out with a shovel handle the better to jump out and brain the tagtard when they go for a fourth. And we all know they will go for a fourth. Walking Susan down …
Yesterday afternoon, when getting home from some errands with and for my mom, I found the side of the mailbox tagged in orange paint. I can’t be certain but the scribble looked to be “a pouch.” Maybe “4 ponch.” Hard to say. The hmmmm part comes in because it certainly wasn’t there as I cleaned …