I moved to Los Angeles with a friend/roommate.  And we shared living quarters for a couple of years.  Then his sister moved in with us, and I decided I needed my own place. So I started apartment hunting.  I ended up in the Fairfax District-ish / West Hollywood-ish area, about two blocks from the corner…

Can animals sense tension in their human servants? Maybe that’s why Leo did what he did. I don’t know and he’s not telling. Last night, I was very anxious as the election results were coming in by dribs and drabs and no answer in sight (which, of course, is exactly what we were warned would…

Makeup. People who have been in theater for a long time tend to have an inordinate amount of makeup. I have been in the theater for a long time. And I have the makeup to prove it. There are three reasons for the accumulation. First, you are constantly on the hunt for the perfect foundation/base…

There is not much in my life that makes me feel like a grownup. I have avoided growing up assiduously. But you know what makes me feel grownup?  Making a good meal that is a good for us. Tasty is always good. But a lot of non-grownup food is tasty. And easy is always appreciated.…

I can’t find a lot of information on Alice Simpson.  She may or may not still be alive.  If she’s alive – she’s around 78 years old.  I hope she’s still alive and I hope she is still making art because her art is terrific. She is the daughter of “rubber-legged” eccentric dancer Hal Sherman…

Well, not really the top – but close enough. When I lived in LA I moved – a lot.  I used to say, instead of spring cleaning – I moved. For a while, I lived in Silverlake.  Over by the stadium – in fact the stadium was just on the other side of the hill…

Our old little brown tabby Leo suffers from the pukes from time to time. Today was one of those time to times. Not only does he puke, but he has to be an asshole about it. I swear, he pukes right where he thinks we’re (or more specifically I) going to step. Like right next…

I have been on a hunt for software that will scrub vocals from a CD; to create my own karaoke-type track. Of course, I can’t do anything the easy way.  Easy would make me happy, and nobody wants that!  Now, you can get just about any song already made into a karaoke track. BUT (yes,…

Since we entered the Covid-verse, when I do the weekly grocery shopping I pick up some frozen breakfast entrée.  Before the time of masks and distancing, we went out to breakfast Sunday mornings; but of course that is but a fond memory now.  So every week for the last seven months, I have been picking…

Doctors and researchers call it the “Obesity Paradox” when fat people do better than non-fat people in certain medical situations. I wish they would call it what it is – “Fat Protection” or “Fat Evolutionary Benefit Syndrome”.  There are simply times when being fat provides protection. Nobody seems to know why, and the researchers are…