Archive for the 'Daily drivel' Category



Overheard at JetBlue baggage claim, LAX

Published on 23 April 2010

SETTING: Aging Outdoorsy Dude arrives at baggage claim, greets his Balding Friend or Brother. Manly hugs, back slapping.
BFoB: You look great!
AOD: Ehh, I could stand to lose a few pounds. [Pats paunch.]
BFoB: Where’s the glasses?
AOD: Yeah, I had Lasik!
BFoB: Oh yeah, how’s that?
AOD: Amazing! Last year I got my ear fixed, so now I can […]


It felt like January

Published on 13 September 2009

A year ago this weekend, I woke up late and shuffled into my office with a mug of the fragrant and wonderful coffee Doug had made and checked my email, flipped through my RSS feed. It was a cool mid-September weekend morning, and I was feeling pretty good about things in the main. I was […]


Be all that you can be

Published on 27 February 2009

girl 1: would u take us for a ride on your BMW?
BMW-driver: even to the end of the world!
soldier: hey, i’d like to drown some vodka, girls!
girl 1: just a second!
girl 2: where do you live?
soldier: right here- daytime at work, and at night in the clubs!
girl 1: which work???
soldier: contract of course!
blonde girl: contract?? […]


Opening bands suck, part million

Published on 17 February 2009

Saturday evening, d. and I went to P.A.’s Lounge to see Travels. They were great, despite Mona Elliott’s admission that she had food poisoning. Not as dramatic as her previous band, Victory at Sea, but the songs were beautiful and she and her boy had chemistry in spades. In fact, their harmonies rivaled — maybe […]


Any takers on FreeCycle?

Published on 23 August 2008

People definitely offer up a lot of dross that wouldn’t be worth the gas to pick up, but this is the strangest one I’ve seen yet:
Offering: corn cobs
Posted by: [redacted]
Sat Aug 23, 2008 10:55 am (PDT)I know it’s a little weird, but you never know.
We bought a […]