This is mostly a note to my future self, but if you live in L.A. this is useful. I had to get my first ever smog check for my Acura. Somehow the California DMV neglected to remind me about this checkup, so they let my car's registration expire before w… more »

Around the same time I was figuring out wtih Chris that we should go to Spaceland for his birthday, my friend Jaime randomly told me to go see The Funeral Party at Spaceland. That confirmed our choice and after checking out their Post-Punk Dance sounds o… more »

I've been waiting all year for The Yeah Yeah Yeahs to shake it like a ladder to the sun. Their newest album, It's Blitz, is one of my favorites of the year. It's definitely the CD I've played the most in my car this year. I got tickets about 2 months ago… more »

This was the first weekend of AYSO matches.  I'm coaching 3 teams with Eddie. U-16  Burbank - It was an ugly game as we lost 3-1. Our girls have skills, but the 8:00 AM kickoff seemed to make them forget how to play. They made so many mistakes and coul… more »

I just upgraded my blog software to b2evolution 3.3.1 I can't stress how easy b2evo makes everything.     more »

The Essential Arthouse series at my local Laemmle came to a close this weekend. This review is 52 years late, since I saw Ingmar Bergman's 1957 film, Wild Strawberries. I really had no idea what to expect from this one. I didn't know if it would be l… more »

This date feels good. I've copied and pasted the following from some factoid I saw on digg. All the 09/09/09 information you could ever want on a day like today, the last of it’s kind for another 1,001 years. (I actually disagree a little. 09/09/21… more »

There's a lot to like about Inglorious Basterds. Unless you have the attention span of a HEY LOOK AT THAT BIRD! I saw Inglorious Basterds with Carlo, and we both thought it was great. It is unarguably great. It's undeniably great. So we were surprised… more »