Now that Sarah Palin has added her “voice” to the debate the fire is getting stoked.  More real world examples of the rationing that ALREADY HAPPENS WITH PRIVATE INSURANCE are Read more

I used to live two blocks from here on cahuenga.  I used to get all my gas from this station… and get $5 pizza all the time at the Little Read more

On Tuesday I hiked to downtown to say goodbye to my friend and gracious host and walk to the light rail station.  I stopped and ate the “large” container of Read more

Monday I was on my own.  Byron forgot some stuff so I met him for coffee by his office across the street from the Farmer’s Market.  This was actually fortuitous Read more

Sunday morning we ate breakfast (this time actually before noon) at Top Pot.  Byron was quite embarrassed by my insistence on dipping my doughnuts in milk until soggy.  We sat Read more

On Saturday, for the first meal of the day (I’m refusing to call anything after noon “breakfast”), we walked to Coastal Kitchenfor some really great Mexican inspired scrambled eggs and hash Read more

This is the carpet in Byron’s apartment building… it looked really familiar to me… Friday morning (editor’s note: “morning” in Seattle is equivalent to “lunchtime” in my Los Angeles life) Read more

On Thursday I started my journey to Seattle from Van Nuys.  Victor dropped me off at the Van Nuys flyaway.  Curiously they only accepted credit cards for payment.  To my Read more

Elitism is the belief or attitude that those individuals who are considered members of the elite—a select group of people with outstanding personal abilities, intellect, wealth, specialized training or experience, Read more

He is not alone. cough cough. Read more