Look at what I found waiting at my front door today! 🙂
Ding dong, deliveryyy! What's this? A Pom-a-gram?
There's something (pom)wonderful in here...
Aww, a SWEET message. 🙂
Peeking out from under the packaging is the tip of a lovely pomegranate.
Mmm, so plump and red! And it's a wonderfully chilled temperature from the cold outside. I can't wait to eat it!
I'm a sucker for a set of pens with something unique. Like special ink for preventing check fraud, for instance.
Approved by Frank Abagnale, former con artist and pro at check fraud. Now consultant against such things! (If you ever saw Catch Me If You Can, this is the guy the movie's about.)
More dogs from the Halloween Haute Dog parade. Part 2, pictures from my camera. (See Part 1 here.) Click to see a larger image.
The Halloween Haute Dog parade of dogs! Part 1, pictures from my phone. Click to see a larger image.
It all started when two cops on bikes, sirens blaring, stopped right in the middle of the road and held us there.
And then the cops began the procession of at least 4-5 dozen vehicles. As you can see Korean Air cargo is back there, as are some other Asian airlines.
At the official beginning of the procession (cops on bikes in front notwithstanding - they were just there to clear the way) was a hearse. I later learned that this carried a soldier, Staff Sergeant Joshua Cullins of the USMC and an officer of the LAPD.
And so it was that I came upon this solemn event that left me shaken, for after the hearse came a slew of sheriff’s vehicles, bomb squad vehicles (from both the FBI and sheriff’s department), some civilian vehicles with Marines inside, and so many more cops on bikes. It was an eerie event that left me wondering if there had been a bomb at LAX, but then I figured the funeral procession wouldn’t be ready so quickly.
All throughout lunch I tried to find out what that was, but it wasn’t until I got back to the office that I was able to find some articles about SSgt Cullins, who had served in Afghanistan and was recently killed by a bomb. He was a Marine reservist as well as an LAPD officer and he was on the cusp of joining the bomb squad, hence the three types of vehicles that were a part of the parade of respect.
Out of all the branches of the military, I respect the Marine Corps the most. They’re the ones in the trenches much of the time, fighting the dirty battle. So oo-rah to this young Marine and police officer who contributed so much. May the troops still out there stay as safe as possible.
Here are some of the articles my friends and I found:
http://www.daylife.com/photo/04RkaGUa8S7aS?q=Los+Angeles+International+Airport
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-cullins-20101020,0,2239541.story
Bruins understand that Westwood is a crazy place to try to find street parking at, but this summer, it got out of control with construction and special groups arriving. Did they really need FIVE signs here?!?!
Ok, seriously? Isn't this a bit overkill? Might as well just put one sign that says NO PARKING except 6-8 PM Sunday.
So I have a root canal in my front tooth, which I have no recollection of receiving and no clue why I needed it in the first place. I thought root canals were for older people, but apparently not!
That's what my jaw looks like!
It’s weird to see an x-ray of yourself… like, “hey, that’s my spine!” Kind of surreal.
It’s stormy here in SoCal and there are some great shots being captured of this weather, courtesy ABC7’s photo gallery.
This is my favorite - not only do you have a landmark and two seemingly contradictory weather indicators, there's also that one random helo in the middle of it all.
Wow, that is one intense bolt.
I call it rainbow birthing lightning.
Reminds me of those globes that create this effect.
Valencia, which has been branding itself “Awesometown,” had their first food truck event tonight, inviting a handful of the trucks to the parking lot at Bridgeport Marketplace. It was a smashing success and too good for its own good, with waaay more people showing up than anticipated. Panda and I spent an hour and an hour and a half each at the Fresh Fries and Border Grill Trucks, respectively. It was absolute insanity and I know next year it’s going to be a lot more spread out.
This way to YUM! They also had signs that said GRUB, lol.
A LOT of people showed up - far more than they expected! There were two aisles like this with food truck lining either end and a mess of lines crowding up the area.
This was where I started in the line for Border Grill. It took me an hour and a half to get to the front, order, and get my food. CRAZINESS.
