Sea lions.

LA's boring skyline from the water.

Two gray whales.

More whale action.

Spouting.

Sun glare and Risso's Dolphin.

Palos Verdes lighthouse.

Gray whale fluke.

Redondo Beach Pier.

An ugly boat.

Beer snob journal entry #1: Black Sheep Riggwelter.

Somehow, I hadn't seen this before. A complete history of LA's Red Line Subway, and how Westside NIMBYs tried to keep it from coming into their neighborhoods until they were choked with traffic.

My work orchid just won't die.

Fairfax blog update! The same panhandler that I blogged about back in July has now caused his very first(?) traffic accident. While ambling back to the sidewalk this afternoon, he forced a guy in the silver SUV to slam on the brakes. The SUV was rear-ended by another car (no doubt following too close due to the panhandler-caused traffic jam). Before the cops showed up, the panhandler took off.

I feel like a spy taking pictures through the office window - only I'm spying on boring everyday stuff.

Video of relatively large waves at Hermosa Beach Pier on January 1, 2006. But it's kind of hard to tell.

Rainwater collects in a bucket.

A very wet view from the front porch.

Big wave.

Large waves before the storm.

New Year's Day on Hermosa Beach.

Dominoes.

Cringing from the bad party.

Rachel enjoys the presents she didn't get.

Typical.

Big grin.

Point.

The table.

Christmas arrangement.

Trying on a Panama hat.

Tearing in.

Tree and loot.

More singing.

Elena and Rob.

Christmas carols.

Frozen lake.

New GPS fun.

Three normal folks and one alien.

Hunting for puzzle pieces.

Reading in the library.

Fudge sampling.

Arrrr! Logs!

I'm dreaming of an icy Christmas.

Tasty cookies.

Another satisfied cookie customer.

Rachel prepares the flowers.

Creepy Santa from Daniel's trip to New Zealand.

Becca's culturally sensitive welcome to her Japanese exchange students.

"You don't win 14 Grammys feeding Africans."

A ridiculous idea with no grounding in the economics of supply and demand: a digital music stock exchange.

Ira flies a bat over a lake. Note the revealing conversation on the bottom left.

Orange Charlie.

Blurry!

Streaky!

Nosebleed?

Ha ha ha. UCLA to MPAA shill: ARRRRRRR!