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From My Yoga Mat to The Movie Maverick
I was on my yoga mat this morning at 24hr, trying to focus on my breathing in savasana (or corpse pose, the much anticipated final super-duper relaxing pose of any yoga class). Usually my mind wanders off into space and I feel pretty floaty, but today it just kept going back to Tuesday night... »
PaleyFest 2010 Is Upon Us
I’m a little late in getting this post up, considering the 27th Annual William S. Paley Television Festival (PaleyFest) has already started. You’ve only missed three events, Modern Family and Lost, which were both fantastic and NCIS, which I didn’t attend. There are 10 nights left highlighting such acclaimed shows as Breaking Bad and... »
How the Internet is Spoiling My Olympics
I suppose it was inevitable. This past year, social networking shot through the roof, with everyone and her grandmother (literally) on Facebook. That is in addition to the explosive popularity of Twitter, as well as websites pumping out up-to-the-minute news 24/7. At the same time, the old media NBC television network decided to tape... »
Supercross Is Back!!!
OK, well, actually Supercross came back 2 weeks ago for the first race of the season. But as they have for the last several years, they will be running 3 separate weekends out of Anaheim Stadium. This Saturday is A2 (Anaheim 2), and it is sure to be a MESSY race! With record rainfall this last... »
Happy New Year!
Firstly, let me apologize for my too-long absence. I have no excuse except extreme busyness and to say, moving during the first week of December flat out sucks. Well it’s that time again out with the old and in with the new. Whatever highlights or pitfalls you celebrated or endured in 2009 I wish you... »
Can ESPNLosAngeles.com Draw As Many Readers Away From LA Sports Outlets As It Has Writers?*
ESPN’s new online hub for local sports, ESPNLosAngeles.com, officially launched today, providing a new source for LA Sports news, as well as a new home for several LA Sports writers, including the LA Times’ (former) Lakers bloggers. Meant as a hub for local online sports coverage one could set as their homepage, the site features... »
Orange County: The Crazies that Keep on Giving
I’ve been trying to stay away from the whole “birther” thing, I really have. These people are completely nuts, and I fear for their sanity. And I figured that writing about them would only encourage them more, so I definitely didn’t want to do that. But, it seems that everyone is talking about them, and... »
Would you pay $13 a month for LA Times online subscription?
LA Times has unveiled their new eEdition, “a reproduction of the print edition– online” for $12.99 per month. Considering that I just got a year of 7-day home delivery of the actual print edition for $75, or $6.25 per month, and they are offering print subscribers the online subscription at no extra cost, I’m... »
Shepard Fairey Statement on Associated Press Fair Use Case
Shepard Fairey has released a statement and updated his filing in his fair use case with the AP. He writes: “Throughout the case, there has been a question as to which Mannie Garcia photo I used as a reference to design the HOPE image. The AP claimed it was one photo, and I claimed it... »
The future of journalism: ‘Oh shit!!’
There’s a scene in The Wire where Omar, a psychopath with a shotgun whose trade is robbing drug dealers, gets into a drug stash house he intends to rob by disguising himself as an old lady in a wheelchair. Once he pulls off his wig and pulls his weapon from under the lap blanket,... »
Angels Organization is LAME!!!
I am watching the 11:00 a.m. news on ABC7, one of the perks of working part-time, and they just did a story about how you can’t tailgate in the parking lots at Angels stadium. Wait, let me clarify … you can tailgate, but you can’t drink alcohol. What!?! But here’s where it gets really... »
A Taurus To Save Them All?
If you’re anything like me, then even the mention of the Ford Taurus leaves a bad taste in your mouth. I understand what the Taurus did for Ford and how many people absolutely loved it, but for me, I wasn’t sad to see it leave the fleet several years ago. Now however,... »
Calling All SoCal Artists
Are you an artist? Do you live in Southern California? Do you have a recent work that hasn’t been shown at the IFAC? If you answered “yes” to all of those questions the Irvine Fine Arts Center just might have the exhibition you’ve been waiting for. The Irvine Fine Arts Center presents All Media 2009, a... »
“I’m Very Impressed With Your [Douche] Bags”
Not much gets past Jay Louis, the owner/author of the Hot Chicks With Douchebags blog. He even took notice of our little post a while back taking quasi-umbrage with his placement of OC as one of his “top five HCwDB areas”. So it should be no surprise that he (and his readers,... »
Knott’s Book Signing Event on Video
Jay Jennings, the curator over at The Knott’s Berry Farm Museum, alerted me to this video of his recent book signing event. It’s nice to see people still love the place and frankly I haven’t seen a line like that since I waited in like for chicken dinner. Mmmmmm mmmmmmm! The video features Jay... »