The Big Thanksgiving Blowout Spectacular Week is ended and thus begins the most wonderful time of the year. It was my favorite when I was a kid for obvious reasons. My anticipation for Christmas Eve between the ages of 7 and 10 was off the charts. I even created a countdown calendar one year that … Read More
The week prior to Thanksgiving can be a doozy, especially for work. After leaving the service and moving around in the civilian world, I’ve found an amazing consistency no matter the industry I deal with, especially with white collar jobs — a lot of people take the entire week of Thanksgiving off, which means the … Read More
It rained this week. It may have rained earlier, but this was the first meaningful rain of the season, not only because it had a bit of hail in it, but we got the first snow on the mountains this year on 11/16. This is always a big milestone for me, since while the harbingers … Read More
Week 45 has concluded and curiously, President 45 got re-elected, so Grover Cleveland no longer sits alone in the Non-Consecutive Club. It’s fitting, since Cleveland himself presided over an era of rampant graft, corruption, and a disgustingly wealthy elite who rapidly consolidated their power while exploiting everyone else as if they were disposable cogs in … Read More
Mark it down — October 29th, 2024 was the first time I turned the heat on in my car. This is always a milestone for the year, since it usually means fall has officially arrived. It will continue to sputter in haphazardly for awhile, but hopefully temperatures aren’t going to get above 80 degrees too … Read More
I was in Hawai’i last week and it was an interesting time as always. I typically fly Hawaiian airlines out there and that in itself is a study in contrasts. I think they’re probably the last airline that feeds you something substantial during the flight at no extra cost, which is nice. How long that … Read More
It seems repetitious to complain about the heat yet again, but here we are in autumn and the temps have been in the upper ’90s. Is it climate change? I don’t know. Most likely. What I do know is that as someone who grew up on the east coast, I genuinely miss autumn. It was … Read More
After an oppressive heat wave and subsequent wildfires all over the Southland, we whip-lashed in the other direction and had a genuinely cool week that felt like autumn. The temps fell by about 30 degrees over a couple of days, eliciting yearnings of hope that the cruel summer had ended and fall had truly started … Read More
So Hell Week was quickly followed by Fire Week here in Southern California, as several pillars of smoke rose at once into the sky. There was the Airport Fire down in Orange County, The massive Line Fire over near Big Bear that looked like a volcanic eruption, and the Bridge Fire near me in the … Read More
It’s a hot one. Like seven inches from the midday sun. For the last week. Day after day of heat so bad it makes you want to slap the people who were whining about the clouds and pleasant weather back in June. I’m gonna have to take out a second mortgage for the electric bill … Read More