Griffith Park & Silver Lake Blog.
Posted in Important Stuff on Apr 4th, 2010
In my place the floor rolled long enough for me to find my shoes, get ready to grab the bird cage, and decide it wasn’t worth turning off the computer, my LIFEBLOOD. From the LA Times: A 6.9 earthquake struck Baja Calfornia this afternoon, rattling a large swath of Los Angeles and Southern California. The [...]
Posted in Creatures, Important Stuff on Sep 22nd, 2009
Today I saw visitors come here looking for “coyotes killed in Griffith Park” and I knew my day was ruined, even with the start of Dancing with the Stars tonight. From LA Unleashed, an LA Times blog: Two recent incidents in which people were bitten by coyotes in Griffith Park have caused wardens to take [...]
Posted in Important Stuff, The Land the Times Forgot on Nov 3rd, 2008
I wrote in my cartoon blog, Why I Did It, about how I take my canary for a walk these days. He’s near enough to a window to get fresh air, but for him to go outside is nirvana. Can you imagine how the breeze feels against his feathers, ruffling them, tickling his skin? I’ve [...]
Posted in Important Stuff on Oct 3rd, 2008
Do you feel a little bit skeevy this week, having spent way too much time analyzing Dancing with the Stars, and worrying if there is any money left in the market for ME from the market collapse, or wondering how many more Sarah Palin – moose cartoons will pop up this week – and my [...]
Posted in Important Stuff, Silver Lake on Jun 11th, 2008
The bird balls dwp dropped into Ivanhoe with much fanfare this week were tested by NSF for one condition only: whether or not they leach chemicals into water that is exactly 73.4 degrees Fahrenheit. These bird balls passed that test, but have not been tested (or they failed) for everything else! Numbers, please. Photo from [...]
Posted in Important Stuff, Silver Lake on May 5th, 2008
Julian Harris-Calvin, Councilman Tom LaBonge’s assistant, a cheerful girl with a very busy schedule, said Marty Adams, “some kind of scientist” for the LADWP, would call me. He didn’t. I finally got him the next week. We talked for a good 40 minutes. Surprise -he’s not a scientist! He said he is an engineer. He’s [...]
