I’ve updated the delegate scorecard as of 10:50 p.m. California time. I’ve also broken out the delegates awarded to each candidate by pledged and unpledged delegates — if a candidate has 100 pledged delegates, and 25 other delegates who cannot… Continue Reading
As many of my friends know, I have a penchant for travel, for going to places different than my usual haunts. Even when we lived in a place as beautiful as Tennessee, I found that being in the same old… Continue Reading
This sort of thing drives me up a wall. It’s a shame and a waste. In nearby Barstow, a woman died because some assholes were irresponsible pet owners. The dogs that killed her did what they had been taught to… Continue Reading
I didn’t even know that Los Angeles County’s seal even had a cross on it, so I also didn’t know that the County Supervisors voted to remove it in 2004. They did so fearing a suit for violation of the… Continue Reading
On the corner of Cesar Chavez Boulevard and Main Street, in Chinatown, is a gas station. Regular unleaded sold there this morning for $3.899 a gallon. I was hungry and in a celebratory mood after my unexpected win in Federal… Continue Reading
One woman’s lonely fight to document traffic violations in Los Angeles. Shame is a powerful motivator, but anonymity trumps shame. The number of violations she documents in a one-week period is astonishing.
1. The Wife “quit” Toastmasters last week. I’m only four speeches towards getting the basic certification, and I think I’d like to finish it, if only to have actually finished it rather than stopping going because The Wife did. She… Continue Reading
NASA’s high-resolution satellite flew over Southern California Sunday afternoon. This is what it saw. The fire you see outlined on the right side of the picture is burning in an area called Agua Dulce, which is south-by-southwest from Palmdale. You… Continue Reading
My last pair of sunglasses were eaten by the X-ray machine at the security screen for the Superior Court in Stinking Bakersfield. So over the weekend, I got a pair of blue-lensed sunglasses. I know the scuttlebutt and rumor is… Continue Reading
Yesterday, a friend came over for dinner. She’d never been to our house before and was taken aback by its size. She may well be the last guest we entertain here in the Rented Mansion In The Desert. The reason… Continue Reading