Jon in Pasadena

Jaws is considered among the best at breaking down formations and offensive strategy, especially what the QB saw on a given play.

The set-up to pay-off ratio of that joke is around... infinity.

Word. The other day I'm driving behind some ritzy BMW with a large X-ian "fish" emblem blazoned on the trunk, and the !@#$tard tosses his lit ciggy out the window. And people wonder why Griffith park seems to burn down every two days this summer. But at least he didn't get his ashtray full of ashes or anything, God forbid.

Do tell...

No doubt about it. For a while when I lived in Nevada County I had to commute 100 miles to work, over Donner Pass. In winter. On a motorcycle. That was nutz. Once my throttle cable froze in the full ON position, and I rocketted over the icy pass right in front of a CHP. He went-on the bull-horn but was literally tongue-tied. What came out was something like "Hey! YOU, arggh,no,you--uh, snow,hey, what the !@#$?" Another time, I was driving somewhere on Hwy49 I think, and a freak storm hit. It was bone dry when I started and 30 minutes later I had to pull off in some tiny hamlet because the snow was over my front fender. I spent a wide-eyed night in some dingy motel right out of "Hostel" and didn't get a wink of sleep, clutching my screwdriver & listening for the buzzing of saws....

LA traffic is notorious, but for day-to-day life it depends almost entirely on where you live relative to where you work. I have an easy 30-40 minute commute which I think isn't so bad. Agree that there are too many people, but again, to what extent that affects you depends almost entirely on where exactly you are in the LA Metro area. I'm sure Chester County is quite nice. I'm glad you are happy living there.Where I live (in the foothills of the mountains north of LA) I too have black skies with stars at night. Also, ski resorts 90 minutes in one direction, beaches 60 minutes in the other direction, about 2,800 restaurants within 5 miles of my house, great schools, great neighbors, a zillion museums and such within easy driving distance. I suppose you might say I live on the fringe...but so what? It takes me less time to go completely across the LA area than you posted it would take you to get to DC....and I seldom need or want to go there anyway. Not too sure why I should feel deprived living far from Amish country...I guess they're really nice people. I actually don't mind shoveling snow (Chef!) I wouldn't really care if we started to get some (have seen hail a few times.) I took my kids sledding last winter and will probably start them on skis next winter. I'm far enough away that they're NEVER a concern. Never much bothered by any of the above. Except for losing a few non-precious non-heirlooms in one EQ. The smog in my city is usually not bad; work is not great but I'm indoors with A/C Can't recall the last time I was affected by a SIGalert. Maybe not (yet) in Chester County, but have you checked Philly lately? Never run into either of them, but I do see porn stars quite often at one of the places I go to for lunch.

And...LA County itself is a pretty big place. Pasadena wasn't horrible by any means, but we moved (guess I should change my handle) last year to a *very* nice little city up in the foothills of the San Gabriel range. I too hear coyotes, see all kinds of wildlife, and can hike up a trail from my property to as deep into the mountains as I want to go...

Just making the point that perfection is in the eye of the beholder -- and includes more factors than the weather. Why do people get so uptight about others' opinions on their chosen dwelling places? Who knows? My money is on those folks being pretty insecure individuals.

Agreed. NO biters here. The last time I went to Florida I was eaten alive by the bastages. Over 72 bites in *one* evening. That was 30 years ago and I've never seen any good reason to return.

(Bad form, I know, replying to my own post....)Hmm, I seem to remember that you're actually in the Seattle area, not Oregon, though your TSW profile still says NW Oregon I've hung out in Seattle and also in some towns further west like port angeles & sequim. Great natural beauty up there. Froze my kiester off on Whidbey Island though, when the wind comes whipping off the sound...

I've only made it out to Hawaii once, and it is indeed close. Perfect for some people...I'm just not one of them. No hard feelings, eh?

I've spent some time in Oregon (mostly in Portland & around Reed College) and it's a very nice place. Went skiing at Mt Hood with a friend from College and his brother and had a great time. My "no place is perfect" comment was referring to more than just weather, by the way.

Not really. I like to travel light. Hate accumulating stuff, *especially* breakable stuff. That's how I roll. The same thought has occurred to me occasionally, when I'm stuck in traffic and it's like 105 degrees out. No place is perfect.

I don't have any precious heirlooms. And my house is *very* solidly built, thanks!

There are some investment products like ING's sharebuilder* which allow you purchase stock shares in fractional increments. I believe ETRADE* has (or had?) something similar. * I am not recommending either of these products since I've never used or evaluated them. Just noting that they exist.

I was in the middle of interviewing a job applicant this morning, when the room started bouncin'. I tried to convince the interviewee it was just leakage from our sound-stage, and I think I had him going until the other employees started streaming out the doors. This one lasted a while, but didn't feel all that strong where I was (at work, in Hollywood). The strongest one I've felt was probably the Whittier Narrows quake in 1987. My girlfriend & were actually tumbled out of bed in my apartment in Pasadena; the wall cracked open, a lot of crap fell off shelves & broke, etc. The aftershock a few days later at friggin' 4:30 a.m. was fun, too. The biggest quake I've been in was 1994 Northridge (really centered in Reseda), which killed 70 or 80 people and broke the I-10 freeway. My wife's apartment in Northridge was red-tagged due to that sucker. Still, not too bad for over 25 yrs. of SoCal living....

Yeah, but Kyle Williams was off today. /sarc>

Naw... that's for a

Hey Angela wasn't half bad once upon a time. Even when I was 14, she was probably better looking than these two...dunno about the cheese grater thing, tho'. Maybe in a reeeeeal dry stretch... I must confess, I did sort of have a "thing" for my Junior High Art teacher. (She was way better looking than Honeybutt). Sadly, she happened to be a Sister. Of the Roman Catholic variety. Not too sure how well that would have gone over.

Good grief. If I was in the shower and turned around and saw one of those mugs, I'd feel the urge to... ... take a shower immediately. So all-in-all I suppose it could have been worse.

"They refused to launder the prisoners' undies with TIDE, and look what happens when you use that other brand -- YELLOW STAINS!!"

On the 2-disk DVD release of X2 (the 2nd X-Man film) there is an interesting Special Feature about how they constructed their Oval Office & West Wing sets. I found it pretty interesting. They even made sure it was updated to accurately reflect GWB ordering the Oval Office carpeting to be changed from the traditional deep blue color to some horrible pinkish-beige-y hue.

Whom, the receptionist? Sorry about desecrating the thread. I had the shot and I took it. The made me do it.

I'll miss TR. He would have really enjoyed the upcoming election. This week sure did suck majorly. Can we get a do-over?

Understandable. They're dropping like flies this week for some reason.