I might have mentioned that the wife gets a fair number of celebrities at work.  She's usually more interested in the pet than the owner, although she did admit to detouring through the waiting room the time Joan Baez was there.

I've only recognized two celebrities while living in LA, which shows how much attention I'm paying.

The two?

Kareem Abdul- ( Read more... )

 Ladies, don't forget, tomorrow is Steak and Blowjob Day.

I'm sure the guys remember.

I've been thinking a bit about social class lately, and this little quiz Reify posted intrigued me.

He credits "From a Quaker blog via ( Read more... )

 ...in an era in which the national security apparatus has turned into a kind of lumbering, savage, giant toddler, it behooves us to not leave things within arm's reach that it might stick in its mouth.

--Cory Doctorow

 Before you make fun of Angelenos for complaining about a couple of days of 105 degree heat, remember most of us don't have air conditioning.

Anyway, it was hot as all get out this weekend, but Niki came down with her roommates Precious and Kitty, so that the latter two could perform at Trannyshack LA.


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Book:  The Natural House:  A Complete Guide to Healthy, Energy-Efficient, Environmental Homes

I wanna live in a straw hut too!  Or a mud hovel!  I'm losing hippie cred in LA.  And it's been months since I've been to a certified organic farmer's market!  (Of course, I'm eating out of my uncertified-but-organic home garden)

Music:  The 1983 Sisters of ( Read more... )

I appreciate my French heritage, so I found Bill Maher's piece on the postive things American politics could take from the French hilarious.

As a side note, does it bug anyone else that the possible first female president is a former first lady? My opinion of this may be clouded because Lurleen Wallace, the only female governor that my native ( Read more... )

Democratic presidental candidate, New Mexico Governor, and former UN ambassador Bill Richardson spent his week leading an official delegation to North Korea, retrieving the remains of US servicemen, and negotiating regarding the North Korean nuclear crisis ( Read more... )

Kurt is up in heaven now.

This is going to come as a shock to no one, but ( Read more... )