Abbot Kinney Blvd. , Los Angeles is advertised as the coolest block in America. It definitely was the most energized street I’ve walked in this lifetime.
Venice Beach, Los Angeles had me in wonderment, like a believer on Christmas morning. I am still trying to understand what that says about me.
Everyone is teacher. Everyone is a student. It is all about time and place.
I don’t know the reasons, but for four days my mind slowed and my panaroma exploded. Drugs and alcohol were not involved.
It was said that Billy Graham is the first private citizen, since Rosa Parks, to lie in honor in the Capital Rotunda. I do believe many politicians have been laid there.
Rev. Graham hung onto life, only to pass at the age of 99. Knowing the after party is even better, why didn’t the reverend leave this life until the wee wee hours of the morning. That is something to think about.
Jared Kushner is a bright young man. Sometimes bright young men do not take job applications seriously.
Oscar Wilde said, “They spoil every romance by trying to make it last forever.” I wonder who he meant by they?
Daniel Day-Lewis might be the best actor of his era. Still, Gary Oldman deserved the Oscar for his portrayal of Winston Churchill in “Darkest Hour.”
Rational folks do not want to revoke the second amendment. They only want us to remember that our Constitution is a living document.
Barack Obama never stood up to the NRA. Donald Trump has zero respect for anybody but himself, and that is what this fight needs.
Tragedies are not the time for name calling but…… The authorities in Broward County Florida, fucked up real bad.
“In the white room with black curtains near the station.” Yes, the cryptic “Cream” song blasting on the left coast beach indicated to me that even Hell has a place to go tanning.
It was not officially advertised, but I am pretty sure there was a “creepy van” convention going on near Abbot Kinney Blvd. Also, the pitbulls must go there for spring break.
If you are in business, it is inevitable that you are going to take some hard punches to your gut. The most pain comes from acting as though it doesn’t hurt.
Hope Hicks. I love the name and we barely got to know you. Welcome to The House of Trump’s revolving door.
Michigan State’s star basketball player has been accused of assaulting over 200 woman. Major college hoops coaches are under investigation for all kinds of corruption. Still, the March Madness goes on.
My doctors continue to send me for blood tests. They have not been clear as to what they are looking for. All they need to do is ask me, it could help.
A question for Chuck Schumer in regards to his recent comments about the White House’s administrative team. Aren’t contradiction and open mindedness siblings?
On the plane ride back East I watched a movie called “Wonderstruck”. The flight attendant walked by and handed me a box of tissues. I admit, I have always been a rank sentimentalist.
Bill Maher has a hit weekly TV show on HBO. This despite the fact that he is an atheist, he consistently talks down to 90% of the American public, and his sense of humor is bedevilingly dark. Shit, when do I get my own show?
I was determined to keep my West Coast vibe going for a sustained period of time. The reality is that as soon as my plane touched down in New York my mundane, banal, sophomoric thoughts returned immediately.
This week I received an e-mail in regards to my 40-year high school reunion. For a second I was in a state of shock, then it hit me. I am blessed to have taken life this far.
A woman on Fox News was suggesting we take the word “man” out of the English language. She advocated words such as: “police officer, “postal server”, “thirdbase person”. I just reread the first page of the King James Version of the Holy Bible and I believe God, as well as all mankind, is going to have a real problem with this suggestion.
“Judge your success on what you had to give up to obtain it.” I do not know who said it, or where I heard it, but it sure as heck has my mind churning recently.
CNN just broke this story: “Trump Organization” is engraving the Presidential Seal on the tee markers at Trump golf courses. “The President could be in big trouble for this,” said CNN’s highbrow geek pundit Richard Painter. Woooohoooo. Now I’m ready to impeach the bastard!
“Everything came too easy for me to ever have any real ambition.” A 83 year-old street punk, born in Brooklyn, during the depth of the Great Depression, spoke those words to me recently. Wow.
In the end, God or the Devil may have the same simple question for all of us when determining our fate. “Do you believe in Magic?” I am sure the Devil does start to weigh in on us all.
And please do not look to me for my answer. I still could go either way.
I can’t understand the media’s fixation with the “mood” of the president. Trump is all about ratings and doing it his way. He may be playing with fire daily, but so far he is winning the game. Try not to forget, that if you believe in forever, it is a very long war.
I felt like I was located at some sort of go-between station the whole time I was in Los Angeles. I got a taste of paradise, it’s all I really need to make me stay.
