Red rice, long leaves.

The rice is a cranberry concoction that unfortunately, looks nicer than it tastes.  The leaves look too long to be mango leaves.  I think I really need to leave Los Angeles for a short trip first, and then permanently.  Montenegro is out of the question.  But I did spot some nice airfares [...]

Have a “Hanuman is my homeboy” hoodie for the holidays.

Have a "Hanuman is my homeboy" hoodie for the holidays.  Over the weekend I spotted a t-shirt booth at a Diwali mela and thought I could do better (the only memorable design from that booth was a shirt with the Adidas symbol in the Indian flag’s colors.) 
I was wrong.  I’m one of those people [...]

Past pictures.

I finally emailed myself a couple of photos I took during a tour of City Hall when I was downtown last spring for jury duty.   
I guess I was impressed with all of the craftwork inside the
elevator.  It was sort of like taking a gilded bronze cage to the upper
floors.  There was a lady [...]

Parks passed

Go, google, go.

Spotted on the road tonight, close to home - a Jaguar with the license plate "GOOGLE" turning into the parking lot of the 99¢ store.

Pony project [via]

Little library.

The book I wanted was checked out of most nearby libraries.  But the Little Tokyo Branch had one copy on the shelf.  The copy looked brand new, like it had never been checked out by anyone.  Kind of like the library itself.
I parked right next to this corner, at a street spot with a broken [...]

Hail here.

It just hailed here.  No, it wasn’t the size of golfballs.  I’d say it was the size of crushed ice pieces in those bags of party ice at the store.  I wouldn’t be surprised if this caused some roof/car damage.  Most of just melted away, though, in the shower of rain that came right after [...]

“Blues for my baby”

(as seen on tv)
Chad’s BLUES FOR MY BABY mix tape
A side"At Last" - Etta James"I Think It’s Gonna Work Out Fine" - Ike and Tina Turner"I’m In The Mood" - John Lee Hooker"I Want Your Love" - Big Twist & The Mellow Fellows"Gonna Keep on Loving You" - B.B. King"29 Ways" - Willie Dixon
B side"Cigarettes [...]

Egg smuggler.

A specially made corset designed to help smuggle eggs out of Australia. An Australian man who attempted to smuggle cockatoo eggs out of the country in his underpants was jailed for two years.(AFP/Australian Customs/File)