WEEKEND UPDATE (HEADLINES ONLY)

THE ROADS IS UNSAFE ON ACCOUNT OF HOW THEY NEEDS MORE GOATS (BBC News)

LOCAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE TELEVISION AD: "Oceans of opportunity is available at Golden West College" (OCWeekly blog)

STEW FOR 30,000 MADE WITH BACKHOE: INCLUDES WAY TOO MUCH TARO FOR MY TASTE. (pinktentacle via neatorama)

BANKSY GITMOS DISNEYLAND; IT COULDN'T HAVE HAPPENED TO A NICER COMPANY (wooster collective)

BUTTER. OCTOPUS. BUTTER OCTOPUS? BUTTER OCTOPUS! (webshots)

Good luck, guys

paraclete, paraquat, parakeet

I got to meet threepunchstuff and talk for a couple hours at Ruba last night. That was cool! I wasn't able to give him the full Fellini Movie Experience because the place was almost deserted. However the Brock Samson Insane Annoying Cook guy was in good form at least.

I bought groceries at 2 in the morning. The night clerks at the Ralphs are the stockers sometimes. The one I got was a huge bruiser of a guy, way over six foot and BIG. He had a flat gorilla like face and was covered in non-ironic tattoos and not a few scars. I've seen him there before but he's usually been all grinny and friendly. Tonight he was in a foul mood and I was apprehensive. Seemed like the kind of guy who might backhand me and break my neck and then just say "aww shit, back to jail again."

Happy Birthday

My father would have been 85 on Friday. He died in 1993. I still miss him. But he had a good life and left behind some good books. Can't ask for more. This is him in 1943 as a very young naval officer.