Thanksgiving Traffic

Thanks, official LAX website.

Baja Fresh Frequent Diner Card

See you there!

p.s. A moment of silent for the long-dead Coffee Bean pink card.

Maybe I won't see The Road

I was looking forward to it, but maybe I should revise my expectations.

Die, Baby on an airplane, die?

Well this is another take on the complaining about mothers angle.

"Parents like Root and others who selfishly force the rest of us to pay the cost of their choices in life aren't just bothering us; they're stealing from us."

HARSH

But I do agree with her point that all kinds of people are inconsiderate all the time, and it is exhausting.

I think small children should be given a mild, safe sedative (Benadryl?) before boarding airplane for flights of more than 1 hour.

Wednesday night

Unlike some other people, I am happy to report that I actually look forward to going out the night before Thanksgiving.

Die Mommy Die

An article complaining about people who complain about mothers is begging for some backlash, but I was surprised at the level of vitriol in these comments.

Threats:
if you're a mother, be extra sure to be somewhat self-effacing and hyper-considerate when you're with your kid in public, we don't want to hate you, but we will if you deserve it.

A shout-out to Santa Monica:
i live off of trendy montana ave in santa monica, california. if this place isn't the land of entitled people ( young and not so young), then make your way to this neck of the woods and attempt to walk past not only gazillion dollar strollers and their ever so talkative, but unaware mommies congregating in front of overpriced children's stores and coffee houses, but gazillion dollar dogs (some on a leash some not), bikes that cost more than a 3 bedroom apartment, and packs of young, inflated women and their malignantely narcissistic boyfriends walking side by side who never bother to step out of the way so you can pass between them, rather than forcing you to walk by in the gutter. give me new york any day.

And political critique as thinly-veiled racism:
Look you are a white liberal. You are not supposed to reproduce, you are supposed to die and atone for your racial sins.

Only Mexicans and Somalis get to reproduce in America. And it is YOUR job to pay the taxes necessary to take care of them -- medical care, welfare, housing, education,etc. -- as your racial atonement.

Do something productive. Learn to speak Spanish. Make yourself useful. And get your tubes tied while you are at it. The New America doesn't need any more of your kind.

And, No, ObamaCare cannot afford to pay for wizened, dried up, thirty-something white feminists to get hormone treatments and IVF. There are just too many of you greedy white people. Die, for heaven's sake. Just die. OK?

RIP Jerry Fuchs

I'm a little late on this one. Pissed I never took advantage of previous Juan Maclean and !!! opportunities.

Oink Oink

Laura introduced me to Zooborns. Even if you aren't interested in all things cute, this site is a fasinating peek into the variety of species kept in zoos.

I imagine Ishmael would not be pleased. Too bad telepathic gorilla! I like it.

Penelope Cruz

Yoga Competitions

I will never compete in a yoga competiton (see here and here) because:

• My legs are too long to complete a lot of arm balances (or my core is too weak)


• My lower back will not tolerate this:



• I hear Bikram is a real asshole.

The Tweed, Moxie & Mustache Ride

This is real.

Related.

Bike Locks in Flemish

This video proves two things I already know:
1) Most bike locks I see are ineffective against the determined thief.
2) Flemish sounds more like gibberish than any other language on Earth.

Dry Brine!

I am really trying to eat less meat but this sounds like so much tasty fun!

Story of My Life

A big thumbs-down

These headlines have been up at LAT.com almost all day.

Bad Idea

RIP Phil Hartman.

$4 Iced Tea

At Magnolia, iced tea is $4!

Is this tea made from gold? Adderall? Diamonds?

Was it served in a large glass?

Did it have an exceptionally delicious flavor?

No, no, no, no, and no. It was just overpriced, as is their food, and service is mediocre and they can't accept more than 3 transactions per table, and cash counts as a transaction.

Eating here was a bad idea.

Nauseating

Another guy is executed as part of a nonsensical beurocracy (he was in VA not CA but I am looking at the big picture) in a morally and Constitutionally* questionable process that makes China appear to be in the mainstream as far as human rights are concerned.

On the upside, veterans that cannot receive benefits for their combat injuried are offered free legal help. Pullquote: "Nearly one out of every four homeless individuals we see on the streets of Los Angeles wore the uniform protecting our country."

Can that be right?

* Chief Justice Roberts says lethal injection as we practice today is just fine!

Paramore fans

I work across the street from the Hollywood Palladium. Often, fans line up for shows in the early afternoon to secure a premium spot in the venue.

More Paramore fans lines up earlier than any other group I have seen! Fans spent the night, and by noon the line was halfway around the block.

These fans are more committed than people who wanted to see legends like Bob Dylan and the Pixies. Are Paramore fans more committed or just younger?

Meta teartown

The latest thing to make me cry is a list of books that make other people cry!

Get a grip, Erin.

Obvi

Like Mozza2Go was going to be bad?

How much can one man eat and not die?

Jonathan Gold appears to be testing that limit every day! I found this profile to be an amusing read, though I didn't feel like I learned much.

Updated: Read the whole profile here.

I would like to see a battle of the New Yorker food-related Jonathans of late.

Related: I maintain that Jitlada is overrated!

A man lives inside Big Bird?

This made me smile.

Humpty Dumpty

As a newcomer to the casual cycling community in LA, I rejoice in this conviction of a guy who tried to kill a couple cyclists with his car.

I do not rejoice in being called a "Humpty Dumpty" but a lady who biked past me (as I, admittedly, lingered when a red light turned green) in Santa Monica last night. Is that a threat? Lady, we are all in the fight against cars together! Five fingers unite to make a great fist.

bearded-tschorn

I would be remiss in my dedication to facial hair if I did not link to everything this guy has posted on the LAT site.

He even has the hook-up for the above moustache earrings!?!?!?

Movember

Don't tell my boyfriend about this.

I am, however, open to a discussion about the Fingerstache.