First Post: Wednesday, May 4, 2022

Derby & Oaks files up, download them now, no pesky Derby AE’s to jam-up the software. We’ll catch-up with you sometime on Saturday morning. Let us know how your numbers and analyses come up. Meantime, here’s a good song to listen to. You might think it’s Elvis Costello, but it’s not. Also, prick up your ears to listen to who’s singing backing vocals. Continue reading

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First Post: Tuesday, May 3, 2022

Post positions and fields now known for the Derby & Oaks. No matter. We’ll be looking at each race not until maybe a few hours — never a few days! — before their respective post times. That, friends, is the beauty of an established Betting Line approach, like the one afforded us by the BestLine — no mental gymnastics, no pretzel logic, no juggling of factors and how to rank them. That stuff is hard on the brain! And how do you know if you are getting the balance correct? You don’t! Even if you hit the race, the ad hoc system you devised might not be good for the long haul! More on this thinking on the jump page, but before then, please enjoy some gosh-darn tooting by the one and only, the immortal Al Hirt, backed-up by Arthur Fiedler & The Boston Pops Orchestra. Continue reading

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First Post: Monday, May 2, 2022

Tonight marks the first time since 2018 that your La-La Land Los Kings of the big-league ice hockey ass’n will participate in the Stanley Cup tournament. They go to Edmonton for Game 1 of the best-of-seven opening-round series, with the puck dropping at 7 p.m. PDT. In this video lede, we see Dustin Brown Sr., the captain of the two title-winning Kings teams, in 2012 & 2014, lead the team one last time in his final regular-season game just a couple of nights ago. The emotions were high, and the hug from Kopi brought out even more feels. Continue reading

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First Post: Sunday, May 1, 2022

All right, all right, ya honorary Pilipinos! Take it easy! Toro y Moi Mahal weekend on this here Web log ends today with a circling-back to the album’s most infectious track. What song does this one in the video lede remind you of? The answer is on the jump page! Continue reading

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First Post: Saturday, April 30, 2022

Again we pilipino pinoy afro-pilipinos over here are marking the release of the new Toro Y Moi album, Mahal. Here’s one that sounds like Beck or Stephen Malkmus might have had a hand in. Come on! This versatility isn’t fair! Continue reading

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First Post: Friday, April 29, 2022

Official release day for this album. Celebration-time for all Pilipinos, Pinoys, Afro-Pilipinos, etc. Continue reading

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First Post: Thursday, April 28, 2022

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Blooming

You can’t really tell, but the purple blossoms are out, here in downtown Studio City, at the Beeman Park tennis courts. Jacaranda season has begun. Yes! Continue reading

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First Post: Wednesday, April 27, 2022

W.C. Fields was wrong. Children & animals are the opposite of hatable for the people who are all good. Continue reading

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First Post: Tuesday, April 26, 2022

Good afternoon. Continue reading

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First Post: Monday, April 25, 2022

Forgot to do the burner thing, like he forgot all those gov’t. agencies he said he would abolish in that one debate. Prevagen, Rick, or at least some ginkgo biloba, buddie! Tejas! Yeeeeeeehawwwwwwwww! Continue reading

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