http://www.pinkospy.com/blog.php Copyright 2008 Thu, 19 Jun 2008 17:37:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.2.2 http://www.pinkospy.com/blog.php/index.php?p=112 http://www.pinkospy.com/blog.php/index.php?p=112#comments Thu, 19 Jun 2008 17:37:58 +0000 General http://www.pinkospy.com/blog.php/index.php?p=112 Eating L.A.: Cherrypicking in Leona Valley: Out of L.A. for the day Cherry picking was great. No thorns. No bears. Big clumps of ripe berries just leaping into the hand. I came home with about 10 lbs. And two cherry pitters. The metal German one works best (of course). I made ... http://www.pinkospy.com/wordpress/wp-commentsrss2.php?p=112 http://www.pinkospy.com/blog.php/index.php?p=111 http://www.pinkospy.com/blog.php/index.php?p=111#comments Thu, 12 Jun 2008 20:13:31 +0000 General http://www.pinkospy.com/blog.php/index.php?p=111 Yesterday I got some change from a machine, and it included 3 dollar coins: a Susan B. Anthony, a Sacajawea, and a new George Washington. I have a few issues with US currency in general: that the paper bills aren't different sizes, textures or colors, that the coins aren't remotely intuitive, ... http://www.pinkospy.com/wordpress/wp-commentsrss2.php?p=111 http://www.pinkospy.com/blog.php/index.php?p=110 http://www.pinkospy.com/blog.php/index.php?p=110#comments Fri, 06 Jun 2008 00:25:30 +0000 General http://www.pinkospy.com/blog.php/index.php?p=110 :: Come Out & Play 2008 :: I'm not in New York, and LA is plenty busy this weekend, but this event makes me want to hop a plane. Sounds like it might rival Midnight Madness. I love games. I love public events. Public Games? Swoon. http://www.pinkospy.com/wordpress/wp-commentsrss2.php?p=110 http://www.pinkospy.com/blog.php/index.php?p=109 http://www.pinkospy.com/blog.php/index.php?p=109#comments Thu, 05 Jun 2008 19:08:02 +0000 General http://www.pinkospy.com/blog.php/index.php?p=109 According to Popbitch: >> Stop! In the name of love http://www.pinkospy.com/wordpress/wp-commentsrss2.php?p=109 http://www.pinkospy.com/blog.php/index.php?p=108 http://www.pinkospy.com/blog.php/index.php?p=108#comments Mon, 19 May 2008 19:38:55 +0000 General http://www.pinkospy.com/blog.php/index.php?p=108 Yesterday I participated in a home-grown Iron Chef, and my team won! I was actually kind of the booby team mate (added when a previous team mate dropped out--I volunteered thinking that I would be more of a chopper and cleaner rather than a chef), but then some of my ... http://www.pinkospy.com/wordpress/wp-commentsrss2.php?p=108 http://www.pinkospy.com/blog.php/index.php?p=107 http://www.pinkospy.com/blog.php/index.php?p=107#comments Wed, 07 May 2008 22:46:37 +0000 General http://www.pinkospy.com/blog.php/index.php?p=107 From Deep Economy by Bill McKibbon (which I cannot recommend highly enough--lots and lots of totally inspiring information mixed in with the very bad news): "Do we just think we're happier in communities? Is it just some sentimental affectation? No; the body reacts to community in measurable ways. Staggering ways. According ... http://www.pinkospy.com/wordpress/wp-commentsrss2.php?p=107 http://www.pinkospy.com/blog.php/index.php?p=106 http://www.pinkospy.com/blog.php/index.php?p=106#comments Wed, 23 Apr 2008 16:07:07 +0000 General http://www.pinkospy.com/blog.php/index.php?p=106 According to the NYT: "The bigger problem is that the now-finished boom was, for most Americans, nothing of the sort. In 2000, at the end of the previous economic expansion, the median American family made about $61,000, according to the Census Bureau’s inflation-adjusted numbers. In ... http://www.pinkospy.com/wordpress/wp-commentsrss2.php?p=106 http://www.pinkospy.com/blog.php/index.php?p=105 http://www.pinkospy.com/blog.php/index.php?p=105#comments Thu, 06 Mar 2008 06:12:31 +0000 General http://www.pinkospy.com/blog.php/index.php?p=105 I know I know. But sometimes there is just too much to be done and the world crashes in just a little too much. http://www.pinkospy.com/wordpress/wp-commentsrss2.php?p=105 http://www.pinkospy.com/blog.php/index.php?p=104 http://www.pinkospy.com/blog.php/index.php?p=104#comments Mon, 18 Feb 2008 23:47:13 +0000 General http://www.pinkospy.com/blog.php/index.php?p=104 I dropped a friend at LAX yesterday, and was thinking about the last time I was there. Early early AM, pre-coffee. Waiting on the security line. Someone had abandoned a rolling bag. We all saw it. Nobody said anything to security. I know that I was thinking that if I ... http://www.pinkospy.com/wordpress/wp-commentsrss2.php?p=104 http://www.pinkospy.com/blog.php/index.php?p=101 http://www.pinkospy.com/blog.php/index.php?p=101#comments Tue, 12 Feb 2008 02:36:24 +0000 New York Los Angeles http://www.pinkospy.com/blog.php/index.php?p=101 Back in LA. It seems that NYC always puts on a show when I'm there, bringing the balmy in February and the shops on sale. Good thing I'm on a spending fast. Friends friends friends. Sometimes here in LA I forget that I am much loved. That people get me. ... http://www.pinkospy.com/wordpress/wp-commentsrss2.php?p=101