6:30 a.m. These lushes were hanging out outside the local dive bar. 8:00 a.m. Finally I checked out the picture of the Metro Blue Line crash last night. I would’ve been on that train if I didn’t get a ride home with my coworker. Ouch....
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A friend sent me this last week. The FBI had an opening for an assassin. After all the background checks, interviews and testing were done there were 3 finalists. Two men and a woman. For the final test, the FBI agents took one of the men to a large metal door and handed him a gun. “We must know that you will follow your instructions no matter what the circumstances. Inside the room you will find your wife sitting in a chair. Kill Her!!!” The man said, “You can’t be serious, I could never shoot my wife!” The agent said,...
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I had dinner with my friends Melissa and Jen last night at Jen’s house. Melissa is a good friend from high school who has moved away to Boonytown, IL after getting married a few years ago. She’s out in the sunny and tornado-free CA for a week to visit her family and friends. So it was good to see her. It was also wonderful to Jen after all these years. You see, Jen was my best friend from high school through college. We were tight. I went with her family on a road trip to visit her relatives in Texas...
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I truly am solar powered. I did wake up and leave the house feeling pretty good. Alert and awake. The sun was peaking through the clouds as it made its way up the sky. The weather was crisp. Damn near dancing down the streets to the music on my new favorite MP3 player, Sandisk Sansa. As the bus headed up toward LA, the clouds got thicker and the lights dimmed. The bus was suddenly warm and comfy. And I nodded off. All over the place. As in my head was bobbing back, forward, left and right. And I couldn’t keep...
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In the news recently, it was reported that potential employers are now starting to google the names of their candidates to see what all pops up. Then they can use the information found, may it be the person’s site, blog, or comments posted elsewhere, to help with their hiring decisions. Well, am I screwed because I’m out and about in the Webosphere? Google me and you’ll find this blog among other things. You’ll find my post on Omidyar during Katrina as I was trying to help out. You’ll find comments I have sent to Thailand’s newspapers. You’ll find my day...
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Don’t have time to get into all the details now but here’s one funny nugget. It’s Farmers Market day in Downtown LA. So Celeste asked me to read off the ingredients from a recipe so she could create a grocery list. Me: One pound button mushrooms. Celeste: Button mushrooms? Which ones are those? Me: The round, white kind. You know, the regular ones. Celeste: Oh. Okay. Me: One head garlic. An onion. Celeste: What kind of onion. Me: Chopped. Heh. Now I have to compile my list. Company potluck is Friday so we’re getting our ingredients today....
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