Author Archives: Steven Unite

Hey! You still alive out there, given the white-knuckle, squeaky-bum, heart-palpitating finishes of these Big League ’murriKKKan Gridiron Throwball Cartel wild-card games so far? Like they used to say about the hoopball — you don’t need to watch until the … Continue reading →

Greetings from Southern California, where the weather is once again warm & sunny. Greetings!

The rain has gone away from L.A. for now, so back to the courts for the almost-daily tennis routine. We warmup pretty competitively, not just playing catch back-and-forth, and we pull out all the stops: sharp angles, drops, heavy topspin … Continue reading →

Well, now, another local washout! Also, today is the 39th anniversary of the deadly trainwreck outside of Chase, Md., which has been commemorated on this here Web log every year as follows… https://cynthiapublishing.com/hp_wordpress/?s=January+4 Don’t know what happened in 2025, though; … Continue reading →

Your No. London Arse ended its quartet of festive fixtures this morning (PST) away at Bournemouth. After going behind 1-nil within the first quarter-hour, the Gunners responded the way potential champions must, scoring three on-the-trot, the latter two courtesy of … Continue reading →

Well, Friends of Damp Weather, you’ve hit the jackpot now to start this new year. Yea, verily, it looks almost certain that sunny Southern California will sustain precip on each of the first seven days of 2026 — cazart! Nonetheless, … Continue reading →

For the boomers, the obligatory Mistah Guy Lombardo & His Royal Canadians. After that, for the Xers, something from Los Angeles’s very own multiculti musical darlings Oingo Boingo. Both are nice songs to ring out the old and look forward … Continue reading →

RIP, Brigitte Bardot. The motion picture in today’s video lede had it all: Jm. Stewart a little bit hapless; Billy Muny not wishing his enemies into the cornfield; Brigitte Bardot getting crushed-on as a nice lady, instead of as an … Continue reading →

Happy Boxing Day now! Generally this marks Opening Day of every big Santer Aniter meet, but this year we wait a couple more days. Can you stand it?

A veritable Saturday Sportstravaganza (wut?!) is three-fifths complete now, and the results were not too good, especially in the contest most personal to us…