Toast at the Ethiopian place.

Wild parrots of Sycamore Canyon.

Chewbecca.

Me.

Looking for the cause of a noise in the bushes.

Sitting on the asphalt.

Woot.

Sycamore Canyon hike.

Malibu Seafood.

Daniel is waiting for a fish taco.

Where is my fish taco?

Watching the baseball game.

Everyone hates the Dodgers but me.

At the game.

rainstorm

Hail and rain at 12000 ft

Barcroft station

those are all flies.  

sundew eating a bug in the bog 

bog 

Marmot-eering 

bee 

Big fat marmots make thea smile 

No marmots makes thea very angry 

Columbine 

Freaky parasite 

Patio party.

My uncle's train was 5 1/2 hours late from San Jose to Los Angeles, arriving at 2:27 in the morning, instead of the scheduled 9:00 p.m. arrival. That's the amount of time it takes to drive down.

My favorite dessert place on La Brea and Beverly gets a shiny new website. I'm fond of the pastries, and the coffee isn't bad either.

Embarassment.

Ooooooooooooo.

Holding the camera high.

Sarong party.

Synopsis of the new comic series from ACC Studios:

America's future has become an Orwellian nightmare of ultra-liberalism. Beginning with the Gore Presidency, the government has become increasingly dominated by liberal extremists.

In 2004, Muslim terrorists stopped viewing the weakened American government as a threat; instead they set their sights on their true enemies, vocal American conservatives. On one dark day, in 2006, many conservative voices went forever silent at the hands of terrorist assassins. Those which survived joined forces and formed a powerful covert conservative organization called "The Freedom of Information League", aka F.O.I.L.

The efforts of F.O.I.L. threaten both the liberal extremist power structure and the U.N.'s grip on America, the U.N. calls F.O.I.L. the most dangerous group in the world. It seems the once theorized Vast Right Wing Conspiracy has now become a reality.

The F.O.I.L. Organization is forced underground by the "Coulter Laws" of 2007; these hate speech legislations have made right-wing talk shows, and conservative-slanted media, illegal. Our weakened government has willingly handed the reigns of our once great country to the corrupt United Nations. The Department of Political-Correctness is required to assist U.N. monitors to properly edit all print and broadcast media. Live broadcasts are a thing of the past; all transmissions are monitored by the U.N. and any "offensive" material is dumped.

Rupert Murdoch's decision to defy the "Coulter Laws" hate speech legislations, has bankrupted News Corporation. George Soros has bought all of News Corps assets and changed its name to Liberty International Broadcasting. LIB's networks have flourished and circle the globe with a series of satellites beaming liberal & U.N. propaganda worldwide.

The New York City faction of F.O.I.L. is lead by Sean Hannity, G. Gordon Liddy and Oliver North, each uniquely endowed with special abilities devised by a bio mechanical engineer affectionately nicknamed "Oscar". F.O.I.L. is soon to be joined by a young man named Reagan McGee.

Reagan was born on September 11th, 2001. He is the son of a NYC firefighter whose life was spared by attending his son's birth. Reagan has grown to manhood in an ultra-liberal educational system: being told, not asked, what to think. With personal determination, which alienates him from his contemporaries, he has chosen the path less traveled...the path to the Right.

The Ditty Bops.

Skeeter Truck.

Skeeter Truck.

Mark from Skeeter Truck.

El Cid.

The old laptop gets a new lease on life.

Just what I want to think about while having coffee.

Oh god, I would feel better about signing up for the Los Angeles Organic Vegetable Express produce service if it's acronym wasn't LOVE.