Verdugo City

Mike Your post makes me grateful as well that I ha...

2009-06-17T06:05:26.066-07:00

Mike
Your post makes me grateful as well that I have a job in these tough times and I also marvel at what people will do to keep a job. I can just pray that times get better soon for everyone.

Good post Mike.

2009-06-16T20:38:06.733-07:00

Good post Mike.

In 1978, I was living in Falls Church and driving ...

2009-01-11T19:26:00.000-08:00

In 1978, I was living in Falls Church and driving to see my girlfriend in New Brunswick. Five years later, I was living in New Brunswick, married, and my wife Ann was in med school at Duke. Many many hours on the I-95!

My sis lives near New Brunswick. What brought you ...

2009-01-11T19:06:00.000-08:00

My sis lives near New Brunswick. What brought you to Falls Church and also to Durham?

they just keep eroding our freedoms, don't they?

2009-01-01T19:32:00.000-08:00

they just keep eroding our freedoms, don't they?

damn, you're not supposed to bite your toenails wh...

2009-01-01T18:14:00.000-08:00

damn, you're not supposed to bite your toenails when you drive? crap. And all this time I had no idea.

H & D - thank you!

2008-12-29T21:43:00.000-08:00

H & D - thank you!

The experience of throwing out other people's stuf...

2008-12-29T21:42:00.000-08:00

The experience of throwing out other people's stuff after they die has made me more inclined to throw things out rather than saving them... I hate imagining people looking at my things and saying "why did he save this?"... Perhaps eventually I learn to stop accumulating things so I won't have to throw them out...

I love it! Great lyrics.

2008-12-29T20:33:00.000-08:00

I love it! Great lyrics.

I think - but I can't be sure - that I read - mayb...

2008-12-29T20:23:00.000-08:00

I think - but I can't be sure - that I read - maybe one of the classic historians, probably Gibbon - about how one of the salient properties of history is that we don't get to choose what survives, or how we are interpreted. No matter how hard we try to record or influence how the future will understand us, the strangest things can happen.

During our lives, we arrange photos, or music, or glass animals, and then when the intricate chunk of meat that sustains us is gone, the carefully constructed edifice that we built collapses in disarray, our gorgeous molecules are lyced. Some other organism comes along, picks up the pieces, and makes what use of them it can.

You have such a beautiful baritone voice and I lov...

2008-12-28T19:15:00.000-08:00

You have such a beautiful baritone voice and I loved the gentle and sweet lyrics. You're one of the people I hold dear in my heart too, happy holidays and new year!

She looks good-natured and happy. So poignant, tha...

2008-12-28T18:51:00.000-08:00

She looks good-natured and happy. So poignant, that the memory-keepers leave us these signs of life and it's all we have after they're gone.

I rather have chocolate!

2008-12-10T18:28:00.000-08:00

I rather have chocolate!

I've been wondering the same thing. Free, healthie...

2008-12-06T21:22:00.000-08:00

I've been wondering the same thing. Free, healthier, and more fun - what's not to love?

Taking the Ferrari to Ralph's is so SoCal. On the...

2008-12-02T15:29:00.000-08:00

Taking the Ferrari to Ralph's is so SoCal. On the East coast it would definitely be the bling-ed hummer with spinning wheelcaps.

The bank is easy - take the Bentley. The post offi...

2008-12-01T09:06:00.000-08:00

The bank is easy - take the Bentley. The post office - the Land Rover's probably OK. To the doctor, a sportscar, the 911 or the 'Vette.

MikeGood luck with the new blog!Clare

2008-12-01T08:18:00.000-08:00

Mike

Good luck with the new blog!

Clare

Yes, but what would you take to the bank or post o...

2008-11-30T19:37:00.000-08:00

Yes, but what would you take to the bank or post office? Or to the doc for an annual checkup, for that matter?

One of my goals is to give readers some sense of "...

2008-11-30T18:38:00.000-08:00

One of my goals is to give readers some sense of "This Beautiful Narcotic Place I Reside", as the band I See Hawks in L.A. calls it.

I love the movies too, even though the audience he...

2008-11-30T15:48:00.000-08:00

I love the movies too, even though the audience here doesn't add that magical note. A good film can really whisk you away for a little while.

Reading your post gave me a sense of Verdugo... o...

2008-11-29T22:15:00.000-08:00

Reading your post gave me a sense of Verdugo... ok, that was bad, but someone had to say it.

yay, a new blog! Now I want to snake around the va...

2008-11-29T21:57:00.000-08:00

yay, a new blog! Now I want to snake around the various towns in your area and explore.

Sorry. Made a typo. Know should be knowing. -Billy...

2008-11-29T20:42:00.000-08:00

Sorry. Made a typo. Know should be knowing.

-Billy

Mike: Thanks for verifying my confusion about what...

2008-11-29T20:40:00.000-08:00

Mike: Thanks for verifying my confusion about what is and isn't in LA. Coming from the East Coast, know exactly what is LA and what isn't is a big quagmire for me.

By the way, hope you are well.

Billy Malamon