2007
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writer’s guild v.i.p.?
I heard there was a sign with those weird words pointing upstairs at the strike meeting at the Convention Center. I haven’t been able to confirm the report, but issues of status have crept onto the picket line, and in ways that cut deeper than John Stamos and unavailable tee shirts. There was a strategic […]
Strike!
Whenever you see pictures of celebrities on the picket line, they’re wearing strike tee shirts. Every day I picket, and every day, I ask for a shirt. They are absolutely unavailable. I can’t get a fucking tee shirt. But John Stamos shows up, and somehow they manage to find him a shirt.
Topanga State Beach
Could’ve taken a picture of the man nearby swimming in his underwear (yes, white briefs), but nah. Pic of the intersection instead. Unfortunately, I’ve seen it all on the beach. This one does get in the top ten though (along with people swimming in jeans and a man shaving in the water)
Yap. A place where the plane hits hard on a jungle runway, and you get to walk down the stairs into the open air. Everyone is chewing their betelnut in the ‘airport’. One day, years ago, I was on a plane that stopped in the FSM (Federated States of Micronesia) and the islanders got on […]
Hot Dogs for Peace
Photo: Topanga Memorial Day Parade 2007Every Friday a peace group stands on Topanga Canyon Blvd. with signs against the Iraq War. They’ve been out there for four years and counting.
Wild Food
Isa and I went to a “Wild Food Summit” down the street at a “burning man” community. We learned how to forage.
My Tibetan Mastiff
Momo’s not so bad. He only has one bite “on his record.” Notice the language. It’s like saying I have no Mexicans “on my payroll.”
Yurt Livin’
I can’t for the life of me remember how the decision to put this in our yard came about. That said, I suppose that’s how all the other yurts in Topanga came to be.
Jack Silbert, curator