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Halfway through my interview with Louis-Philippe Morency I suddenly felt incredibly self-conscious. Every nod, every movement of pen to paper, every glance in his eyes made me wonder what I might have been saying without saying anything. Would he catch my eyes straying to his bookshelves or the traffic on the [...] What are you doing this Saturday? Perhaps you’re taking a stand to help slow climate change by participating in one of more than 4,000 actions in 170 countries being organized by 350.org. The number, as the organization will tell you, represents the parts per million of carbon dioxide thought to be the upper limit for avoiding [...] [Show as slideshow] “Two firefighters die.” Each thick black letter blazes through the scratchy grime of the plexiglass newspaper rack. They ignite my attention. They singe my mind even after I pass, as I board a 754 Rapid at Wilshire and Vermont and as I disembark in Los [...] A bevy of berries on display at the Wilshire Center/Koreatown farmers market above the Wilshire/Vermont Metro rail station. Settling into a life of self-employed writerdom has taken a bit of getting used to. Roadblock number one: discipline. Thus, despite grand plans and great lists and now-fleeting moments of inspiration, I’ve been adoring my [...]
“Wheel is going green,” blared a television announcer during a Spring broadcast of TV’s popular game show “Jeopardy.” The wheel in question? “Jeopardy”’s sister show, the equally well-known “Wheel of Fortune.”
Pat Sajak and Vanna White — icons for decades of American dreams of easy money — became [...] Guilty. I love a great cup of coffee. Black and warm, on a gray rainy day like this, with books piling around me (alright, I guess instance I’m looking at newspapes and transcripts and doing so in a virtual sense — thank you USC Libraries and your various databases), it’s a welcome companion. As this morning stretched [...] [Show as slideshow] It has been a bit of one of those weekends for me — not to complain to strangers, though — I’ll let the images speak for themselves. Highlights include an afternoon on campus at USC, to a Saturday afternoon visit to the Bicycle [...] |
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