Monthly Archives: January 2024

Unchecked growth, the perpetual-motion hamster-wheel of late-capitalism consumerism, the superiority/inferiority mode of thinking, commodity-fetishization…it’s in there!

Jayson Stark now in the Baseball Hall of Fame! Even 40 years ago, when he was doing his early-week MLB recap columns in the Philalala Ink-wire (Ink-wire!), you could tell, no matter how young & innocent & inexperienced you were, … Continue reading →

Told you it was windy out!

This fine (read: delicate, lightweight) Asian hair does not respond to all male-grooming products equally. Brylcreem & VO5 are too heavy; they mat the hair down. But these modern, hip, Millennial-type hair-treatments (but NOT styling gels) are much more flattering … Continue reading →

Saturday!

In the Rumi / rheumy / roomy mode of living, there’s ample space to be mawkish one day or one moment, then raucous the next. So it is here. We have plenty of schlubs wreaking havoc on our bus today, … Continue reading →

As we do each year, we remember the events that took place on the railroad tracks at Chase, Md., on this date in 1987.

Pictured is the weak tail-end of a quick-passing weather system that dropped between one-tenth and one-fifth of an inch of rain on the East San Fernando Valley overnight. Over the next 10 days, the chances of local precipitation flatline at … Continue reading →

Staff mascot Kevork K. Kanine, here pictured in a restful pose prior to the recent holidays, wishes you a happy & healthy new year now.

Another day, another open-face hot turkey sandwich on egg bread, and accompanied with homemade mashed potatoes, all of it drowned in sage gravy. That’ll clear out any fog from the previous night’s overcelebrating! Again, here’s to 2024!