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Two Things I Love About Southern California
Finally People Can Stop Pretending They Care About Space
Space Shuttle Atlantis Lifts Off for Last Mission
Dick Williams, 1929 – 2011
Hall of Fame manager Dick Williams, who won two World Series titles with Oakland and led two other franchises to pennants, has died. He was 82.
Williams also managed our local club, the Angels, although he was better known for his work with other teams.
I remember he once said to an umpire, “They’re not just booing that call. They’re booing your whole career.”
RIP Dick Williams
Five Guys in Europe: Venice
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An American in Cannes
Here’s a young man enjoying the beach at Cannes, probably as a high school graduation trip with his friends.
He looks like he’s enjoying himself, clowning it up for the camera . . .
The Golden State Mutual Building
On June 1, 2011, the City of Los Angeles reached a significant milestone in its historic preservation program: the approval of City Historic-Cultural Monument #1000, the Golden State Mutual Life Insurance building at 1999 W. Adams Boulevard in West Adams. The Golden State Mutual Building is a very fitting recipient of this honor. Built in 1949, this six-story commercial building was designed in the Late Moderne style by architect Paul R. Williams 1894-1980. Williams was the first certified African-American architect west of the Mississippi River, the first African-American member of the American Institute of Architects, and also served on the first Los Angeles Planning Commission in 1920.
Five Guys in Europe: Relaxing in Cannes
Enjoying Life to the Fullest
FARGO — An eyewitness here says a Fourth of July fireworks accident decapitated a Fargo man Monday night. Police identified the victim as Jesse William Burley, a 41-year-old father of two, who enjoyed life to its fullest, said Burley’s stepfather Chuck Asplin of Fargo.
If by “enjoyed life to the fullest,” you mean “had no fucking sense.” He died doing what he loved — being a complete asshole.
Maybe I can’t say that I enjoy life to the fullest, but at least my head is still attached to my shoulders . . .
A Father’s Instruction
I was a son to my father . . .
And he taught me and said to me,
“Let your heart hold fast my words. . . .”
If you don’t like something change it; if you can’t change it, change the way you think about it. — Mary Engelbreit
Man Protesting Motorcycle Helmet Laws Dies From Head Injury
Town of Onondaga, NY — A Parish man who was participating in a motorcycle helmet protest ride was killed this afternoon when he went over the handlebars of his motorcycle and injured his head on the pavement, state police said.
Posting this for the irony, not because I think helmet laws are a good thing.
Should we require people to wear crash helmets in their cars? It would save a lot more lives than motorcycle helmet laws.
Hard-working Americans should not be forced to protect themselves from fatal head injuries.
FREEDOM!
Five Guys in Europe: Italy
Nothing Materialises
“Don’t you find yourself getting bored?” she asked of her sister. “Don’t you find, that things fail to materialise? Nothing materialises! Everything withers in the bud.”
“What withers in the bud?” asked Ursula.
“Oh, everything–oneself–things in general.”
L’audace, l’audace, toujours l’audace!
Tiger Mothers
In one study of 50 Western American mothers and 48 Chinese immigrant mothers, almost 70% of the Western mothers said either that “stressing academic success is not good for children” or that “parents need to foster the idea that learning is fun.” By contrast, roughly 0% of the Chinese mothers felt the same way. Instead, the vast majority of the Chinese mothers said that they believe their children can be “the best” students, that “academic achievement reflects successful parenting,” and that if children did not excel at school then there was “a problem” and parents “were not doing their job.” Other studies indicate that compared to Western parents, Chinese parents spend approximately 10 times as long every day drilling academic activities with their children. By contrast, Western kids are more likely to participate in sports teams.
Now he would never write the things that he had saved to write until he knew enough to write them well. — Ernest Hemingway, “The Snows of Kilimanjaro”
Fault and Change
Think of all the things that are not working in your life. That job you don’t like, that relationship that’s not working, those friends that annoy you. Now turn them all on you. Imagine that everything that’s not working in your life, is your fault. How would you approach it? What would you work on to change your life to the state that you want it to be?
EppsNet at the Movies: Punching the Clown
Michelangelo apparently once said that if people knew how hard he worked, they wouldn’t call him a genius and I think with me, it’s sort of the opposite, you know. I think that if people knew how little I worked on this stuff, I don’t think they would say that I suck.
Cannot recommend this movie highly enough!
Five Guys in Europe: France
We’ll always have Paris . . .