Back when I was assigned to the East L.A. area the local gangsters would pull up next to rival gang members while they were stopped at a controlled intersection, Whittier Boulevard and Arizona Avenue was a very popular location for… Continue Reading
Fifteen years ago, early in the morning of October 20th, I had the most vivid dream of my life. In my dream I was in a hospital delivery room, giving birth. I was pushing and pushing, and then finally, she… Continue Reading
PROLOG: The following is a true story pulled from the files of the Sanitation Squad. The events described here actually happened, but the names have been removed to protect the not-so-innocent. The Place: Palo Cedro, Shasta County. Not a bad place… Continue Reading
The first time Femme de Joie dined at Brick’s, back when it was on Placer Street (in the tiny building now occupied by the wildly popular Wilda’s), she was underwhelmed. She and Amico del Signore ordered sandwiches (the exact contents… Continue Reading
Do you have a favorite word? Are words in and of themselves your friends? Are there some words that seem to just roll off your tongue and their onomatopoeia alone, makes you want to say them? As a kid were… Continue Reading
On August 3rd, 2012, a tech writer for Wired’s “Gadget Lab,” Mat Honan, was the victim of identity theft. His iPhone, iPad and MacBook were remotely wiped, his Twitter account hijacked and his Gmail deleted. He lost irreplaceable photos from the… Continue Reading
Here is a little sleep quiz for you: Do you get between 7-9 hours of uninterrupted sleep every night? Do you have an easy time falling to sleep and staying asleep? Do you wake up to the sound of the… Continue Reading
There are five strains of viral hepatitis – A, B, C, D & E. If you fish around on the internet, you’ll also see mention of F (unsubstantiated, may not exist at all) and G (aka GBV-C), still under study.… Continue Reading
I used to ignore it, but the older I get, the more I listen to it. While I had heard it before, I remember this particular event so vividly, I’ll speak of it here as if it were the first time. Park… Continue Reading
Grandma was always packin,’ and rarin’ to go. She carried her own dice, and could, on occasion, shoot them straight and true. But usually they took an odd bounce. ‘Bama couldn’t help it. It was her ‘Yahtzee elbow.’ “Hey, ‘Bama,… Continue Reading
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