“The infamous cone was released back into its natural habitat after ten years of captivity. Yes we are that old.” – Kat
I can hardly believe it myself. It’s been almost ten years since we graduated from high school. Ten years since we “acquired” several orange traffic cones.
Godspeed, orange traffic cone. Enjoy your freedom.

Via the Desert Sun:
Supporters of the voter-approved gay marriage ban are suing the secretary of state’s office and various state and local offices across California in federal court, alleging that the state’s campaign disclosure law violates their rights to privacy.
The suit contends that many on either side of the gay marriage debate have received significant [...]

Sounds like fun. And you probably get a ton of free avocados!:
Luxury suites. Shopping sprees. Four-star hotels. Such was life in the high-flying world of the California Avocado Commission.
That, at least, is the image presented by a blistering report released last week by the California Department of Food and Agriculture, which painted the commission, [...]

Seriously, $2.79 for ONE Hasse avocado from Mexico? That’s insane.
Meanwhile, I filled up the XTerra for $25.72 today. Nice.

I gotta say, I was really surprised to find Russian Standard vodka for sale at our local grocery store (the one off Hwy 111 in Palm Desert).

Now my parents can impress all their friends when they serve cocktails with some good vodka (not that Smirnoff/Absolut/SKYY junk).

This ad came up while I was reading an article on The Guardian:

Wow, “life = fun”? Amazing. I think a third grader designed this.

Have I ever told you how my parents love to talk about polar bears? Oh, yeah, I have. Almost every time I talk to them on the phone, they are bringing up some story about polar bears swimming 60 miles to find food, or polar bears cannibalizing each other, or whatever.
Anyways, when I [...]

Post Gidget invasion, and Dora’s nightmare.

(Allan Grant, 1961)

Worse than Detroit:
The most recent federal statistics for the nation’s 49 metropolitan areas with 1 million or more residents showed the Riverside, San Bernardino and Ontario area worst in unemployment at 9.1%.
The figure — which is based on reports up to September — is eight-tenths of a point higher than the second-worst region, the Detroit [...]

Los Angeles, over seventy years ago. Wonder what is there right now. Probably a mall.

(1937, Horace Bristol)