Tag Archives: longshots

OK. Nothing better than observing all the special Southern California Leap Day rituals, such as prancing around in a bikini and not worrying about hypothermia. Four more years!

Feb. 29! You’d think these racetracks in the U.S. would pull out all the stops and whip up something quadrennially memorable for the Leap Day. Nope. Nothing inspirational about today vis-a-vis the horseys. Wait till 2016, the Mayan Long Count … Continue reading →

Oskar Sundae in La-La Land, which means the highways and byways will be Apocalyptically deserted from roughly 1 to 9 p.m. today. A fine time to drive! Happy motoring! On the subject of Tinseltown, above is the trailer from the … Continue reading →

Did you see that news bit claiming that the earliest-known horse actually weighed about 12 lbs.?

Shoot, boy! Everything’s so serious nowadays on the daytime television. You got the view, the chew, the talk, the ceaseless chatter about, really, nothing that important. Yet the panelists feel compelled to show much righteous indignation, to open their mouths … Continue reading →

Hamburger from a test tube. Soylent green is people!

All this sentiment for New Orleans! Now we have the intro for the late, lamented, one-season-only “Frank’s Place” on the CBS Television Network. That inane sissie snob shows like “Frasier” and “Will & Grace” lasted longer than it, by up … Continue reading →

Three things: pitchers and catchers have reported for Spring Training, so the prospect of a Red “Doctober” is not that far off; here’s the first local bloom of the Bird of Paradise, and local temps are headed for the mid-60s … Continue reading →