Earlier today, a month-old blog entry received its first reader comment.  Four minutes later, another comment came in and within the hour, one final comment was left. Quite suspicious, ain't it?  I looked at my website stats and noticed that all three comments were left by IP's in the Los Angeles area.  "Ah-ha!" I thought. ... See Full Entry »

Thanks to comments from Thomas, I learn this morning that two arrests have been made in the murder of Marine Sergeant Ryan Lekosky. Melvin Clay, 37, and his girlfriend, Heliana Amrine Helaina Amrine, 21, were arrested late Thursday night only a block away from where Clay allegedly stabbed Ryan. Amrine was charged with being an accessory ... See Full Entry »

On Saturday, Tim and I decided to spend the evening out and possibly catch the Pacquiao and Margarito fight.  It was before 7 PM so we rushed off the Loaded, a bar down the street that has a great happy hour.  As soon as we got there, I noticed something was amiss.  There was a ... See Full Entry »

New Orleans police have released a computer composite sketch of the man wanted for killing Marine Sgt. Ryan Lekosky.  Ryan and his wife were walking in the city's French Quarter after having left the Marine Corps ball.  A motorist started an altercation with Ryan's wife and Ryan was stabbed several times during the ensuing fracas. The ... See Full Entry »

I've been having a hard time sleeping and concentrating for the past few days. On Sunday morning, I learned that a close friend of my sister and her husband had been killed. At first I thought it had been in combat. Like my sister and brother-in-law, Ryan was a Marine, though unlike them, he was ... See Full Entry »

I just learned that my hometown, a city about 11 miles outside Boston, is implementing breed-specific legislation (BSL) against pit bulls.  Boston has had BSL for a while, and for the few months Penny and I lived in Boston, I had to get a special license for her, send in her picture, put up a ... See Full Entry »

This past Sunday was the 25th annual Los Angeles Marathon and also the debut of a new route dubbed "From the Stadium to the Sea."  Runners raced from Dodgers Stadium through downtown Los Angeles all the way to the beach at Santa Monica Pier.  Organizers hoped to give participants a more interesting route that covered ... See Full Entry »

Have you seen Kelly Osborne lately? She's lost 42 lbs and looks great.  The best part? She did it all through diet and exercise. She can afford to turn to liposuction or hiring an intense personal trainer, but she did it gradually in a way that allowed her to stick with it and eventually grow to ... See Full Entry »

Was the well-intentioned, 1st Annual Los Angeles Street Food Fest a disappointment?  According to Twitter, the answer is yes. I actually first heard about the Street Food Fest on Twitter.  A few days ago, one of the food trucks I follow mentioned that they might be at the fest.  I had forgotten all about it until ... See Full Entry »