April 2010
1 post
LA Budget Crisis - a search story →
Apr 13th
July 2009
8 posts
“LAX should be an exclusive club. They already have velvet ropes. Now your name...”
– Dorothy Parker
Jul 16th
Sam Nazarian Named to Airport Commission →
Jul 16th
Jul 16th
“Politico reduces the world to Rahm Emanuel and to the people who want to be Rahm...”
– Michael Wolff, Vanity Fair, August 2009
Jul 10th
Jul 8th
Now, Sarah's Folly by Maureen Dowd →
Jul 8th
Jul 8th
“Life is too short to compromise time and resources… it may be tempting and...”
– Sarah Palin, explaining that staying is the quitter’s way out, so instead she is going to quit
Jul 8th
June 2009
13 posts
The Soulvine: Betty Pleasant, The Wave
Much to the delight of some high-powered onlookers, Lakers great Kobe Bryant confronted Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa at the start of last week’s jam-packed Lakers victory parade and added a whole new dimension to the day’s festivities. According to mesmerized eyewitness accounts, this is what happened: The City Council members were told to arrive at the parade staging area at 10 a.m. last Wednesday...
Jun 25th
Jun 25th
“In all fairness to his aides, “I’m getting some Argentinian...”
– Best comment ever from Gawker
Jun 25th
Jun 25th
“Was the crowd at the Laker Rally booing Mayor Villaraigosa, or shouting...”
– @franklinavenue on Twitter
Jun 17th
Zine and Nuch at the LA Pride Parade
Jun 15th
Jun 15th
“If your Councilman Jack were out on a limb, would you help your Councilman Jack...”
– Robert Benchley
Jun 4th
Jun 4th
“Villaraigosa finds yet another way to “get on” the local news.”
– Dorothy Parker (no relation)
Jun 2nd
Jun 2nd
LA Times: Mayor is dating local newscaster →
Jun 2nd
Jun 2nd
May 2009
19 posts
“Even the heated 2005 mayoral runoff between then mayor James Hahn and Antonio...”
– Joel Stein on California voter turnout, Time magazine - June 8, 2009
May 29th
"State of Insanity", by Joel Stein, TIME, June 8,... →
May 29th
WatchWatch
100 Great Movie Lines in 200 Seconds
May 28th
“The place is like a museum. It’s very beautiful and very cold, and...”
– Ferris Bueller
May 27th
May 27th
Cameron's house is for sale!!! →
May 27th
May 23rd
“The only ism Hollywood believes in is plagiarism.”
– Dorothy Parker
May 23rd
WatchWatch
Barack Obama = Cliff Huxtable. Does that make Reggie Love = Theo?
May 23rd
May 22nd
May 21st
“If you weren’t around to see the 1962 Mets, here’s a reminder.”
– Vin Scully, 5/18/09
May 19th
May 19th
May 19th
You shouldn't be allowed to write a novel, if you... →
May 19th
May 19th
May 17th
A post from the old blog...
Sung to the tune of “Leaving on a Jet Plane” by Peter, Paul and Mary All my bags are packed I’m ready to go Ameriquest is at my door Predatory lenders know how to fly But the laws I’m breakin’ Won’t cause my fall The risk’s worth takin’ for Roland Arnall Ethics rules, for me, they don’t apply So dine me and lobby me Tell me that you’ll pay for me...
May 17th
May 17th