tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52609782012-02-16T03:10:28.761-08:00Am I the only one who gives a $#% about the rules?Laurienoreply@blogger.comBlogger551100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5260978.post-45832596358777754952011-11-17T19:48:00.000-08:002011-11-17T19:44:19.226-08:00

A commenter left the following link on my blog -- very interesting. How far back does the State College abuse go? http://milowent.blogspot.com/2011/11/is-anyone-asking-whether-art-sandusky.html

Laurienoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5260978.post-629792459760269752011-11-15T23:04:00.000-08:002011-11-15T23:00:40.519-08:00

I believe so. I think it's fascinating that Jerry Sandusky's father ran a community center, a kindergarten, taught football, and ran an ice cream truck. He sure must have loved kids! Funny how he only had the one. Shy, bashful, Jerry. "Art Sandusky was a standup guy, and he idolized his son, taught him everything, even how to kick extra points," said Dick Cain, a 79-year-old bartender at the

Laurienoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5260978.post-61279890855325518732011-11-15T11:31:00.000-08:002011-11-15T11:27:00.327-08:00

Lots of indicators of deception in the Costas interview. Example:Question:  Are you sexually attracted to young boys, to underaged boys?Answer:  "Am I sexually attracted to underaged boys?  Sexually attracted?  No. You know, I enjoy young people.  I love to be around them, but no, I'm not sexually attracted to young boys. "Please note that the question is answered with a question, indicating

Laurienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5260978.post-52111091560256287862011-11-15T09:21:00.000-08:002011-11-15T09:36:07.675-08:00

I just sent this letter to the senior staff, superintendent, and school board for Central Mountain High School, where Victim 1 in the Sandusky case was repeatedly molested, on campus, with the full knowledge of the staff.  Please read and share! To the Principal and Senior Staff of Central Mountain High School and to the Keystone Central School District Superintendent and School Board;

Laurienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5260978.post-92079246201692610992011-11-15T08:49:00.000-08:002011-11-15T08:45:21.455-08:00

I'm pretty sure it's weird to shower with small children you are not related to. Or related to, for that matter.http://www.delcotimes.com/articles/2011/11/15/opinion/doc4ec24e8c85e00981843760.txt?viewmode=fullstory

Laurienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5260978.post-48796521967718493462011-11-14T14:42:00.000-08:002011-11-14T14:38:22.778-08:00

Here is Jack Raykovitch's resignation statement. Is it just me or is this totally DEVOID of outrage and personal betrayal? He worked for Sandusky for 26 years. His whole life was Second Mile. Shouldn't he feel personally outraged, betrayed, and horrified that his life and organization was built by a monster? This statement contains none of those things. It contains distance, coldness, and a glib

Laurienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5260978.post-39924132187678933972011-11-14T13:39:00.000-08:002011-11-14T13:35:06.738-08:00

It doesn't need to be organized into a "ring" to be a ring. It can just be separate individuals who each have a taste for child porn, who therefore are all too happy to look the other way when "one of their own" is on the loose.Another insightful passage on the possibility of a pedophile ring at Penn State from the blog "Statement Analysis":"When a man was seen in a shower with a young boy, the

Laurienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5260978.post-65071699194148493352011-11-14T13:37:00.000-08:002011-11-14T13:32:54.194-08:00

From the great blog, Statement Analysis, on the ubiquity of pedophiles:"Pedophiles are at all of our children's activities.  They go to "Sesame Street Live" even though they have no children, (and it was easier to spot them before the advent of cell phone cameras by the big cameras they'd lug around), and all sorts of children activities, including Little League, Scouting, and Sunday School.  

Laurienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5260978.post-42010913354798180562011-11-14T13:32:00.000-08:002011-11-14T13:28:49.868-08:00

Jack Raykovitz, ex-CEO of child sex brothel Second Mile. Stepping down today. Wonder what he's scared of? Governor Corbett said that Second Mile was "grooming boys" for Sandusky.Anyone else curious what you might find on this guy's computer hard drive?http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/15/sports/ncaafootball/jack-raykovitz-chief-of-second-mile-resigns-amid-penn-state-scandal.html?_r=1&hp

Laurienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5260978.post-37157649531360382492011-11-13T22:27:00.000-08:002011-11-13T22:23:53.925-08:00

Reporting like this.http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2011/11/special_report_why_the_jerry_s.html

Laurienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5260978.post-52837282071938270302011-11-11T23:05:00.000-08:002011-11-11T23:01:46.468-08:00

Here is the website from an archive - the actual website is now defunct, for some reason...http://web.archive.org/web/20080628213004/http://www.thesanduskyfootballcamp.com/index.html This is from 2008!!!

Laurienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5260978.post-9508082329586555762011-11-11T22:48:00.000-08:002011-11-11T22:44:18.395-08:00

http://www.gopsusports.com/museum/events.html

Laurienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5260978.post-32343932175103980082011-11-11T22:43:00.000-08:002011-11-11T22:39:12.445-08:00

Again, you just can't make it up. Not to be believed!From the Penn State University Official Camp Athletic site, on the 2011 summer football camp session:Dear Parents:Thank you for considering our Penn State Place Kicking Camp. To those of you who have sent a child to one of our past camps, thank you for your continued loyalty; rest assured that your child's 2011 camp experience will be every bit

Laurienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5260978.post-30760263459462823932011-11-11T22:39:00.000-08:002011-11-11T22:35:09.453-08:00

This is the most recent Facebook status update on the Penn State Sports Camps Facebook page, posted on June 23rd, 2011:"How many of you visited the Creamery during your camp sessions at Penn State this summer and if you did, what flavor did you pick? Help the future campers out!"Can you believe??   See for yourself:  http://www.facebook.com/pennstatesportcampsHere's the comment I added:Did any of

Laurienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5260978.post-12927495485677715472011-11-11T22:34:00.000-08:002011-11-11T22:30:34.203-08:00

From their website: (emphasis is mine)"All summer youth camp participants are supervised by adults, 18 years of age or older, who have received safety training. Residential counselors have cleared a background check. A ratio of 1 adult to 15 participants is observed.Parents/guardians of commuting students check their child(ren) in and out every day. Residential participants are checked in at the

Laurienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5260978.post-80508189671306857712011-11-11T11:01:00.000-08:002011-11-11T10:57:28.960-08:00

Thank you, and Gov. Corbett, for having the guts to do what you did.Guts seem to have been in short supply over at Penn State. Now take the next step, which is MOTHBALLING YOUR FOOTBALL PROGRAM.It's over. It's OVER. No more football. Get used to it. Also, start saving up the hundreds of millions you will be forced to pay, and should WANT TO PAY, to the human being's whose lives and souls were

Laurienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5260978.post-85898356673646086032011-11-10T21:58:00.000-08:002011-11-10T21:54:08.761-08:00

Not that it will do much good. But if enough tiny voices cry out, who knows?Do not broadcast the Penn State game on ESPN on Saturday. Do not profit on the backs of raped children! Stand with the families and parents who are sickened and outraged at Penn State's coverup and derliction of duty. DO NOT BROADCAST THIS GAME!!! Your site says that there are 3 core principles you live by:- Act and

Laurienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5260978.post-30842903193020478672011-11-10T21:43:00.000-08:002011-11-10T21:39:22.969-08:00

"It is strange that Centre County District Attorney Ray Gricar never prosecuted Jerry Sandusky on child-rape charges 13 years ago, some speculate, because Gricar was known for being fiercely independent and hard on crime.But it is even stranger that we cannot ask Gricar why Sandusky was not put behind bars, because the tough-as-nails district attorney disappeared in 2005. And though he was

Laurienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5260978.post-25210974264022403992011-11-10T21:41:00.000-08:002011-11-10T21:37:18.910-08:00

There is an ice cream parlor at Penn State that serves a sundae consisting of two scoops of ice cream in a bowl and a big cone sticking up between the scoops, to resemble male genitalia. The ice cream flavor is banana with nuts. And it's called THE SANDUSKY. Everyone in this town knew. They ALL KNEW. And thought it was hilarious. Here is a photo of the Sandusky. Interesting that Penn State

Laurienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5260978.post-42002151467349683112011-11-10T21:06:00.000-08:002011-11-10T21:02:12.682-08:00

Go Mark May!! My thoughts EXACTLY. You can see and feel how enraged he is. As we all are. As all normal people should be.Mike McQueary at this point should be running out to CVS to buy hair dye and starting to grow his beard. As his wife packs the car and the kid, they could make it to the Mexican border by the time the game is over on Saturday and angry mobs start heading to his house with

Laurienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5260978.post-32884694266120258322011-11-10T19:36:00.000-08:002011-11-11T10:31:57.910-08:00

Billy Crystal, making his triumphant comeback at the Oscars!  Direct from Forest Lawn!  Jew-fro toupee and all! I know zombies are trendy these days, but this is nuts. One day they will run out of SNL alumni. Right? Please?  Boy, he's really gonna reel in the young hip folks!  I guess those crazy teenagers just can't get enough of "City Slickers 2: Curley's Revenge"!  When you're

Laurienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5260978.post-5867216762900903442011-11-09T21:35:00.000-08:002011-11-09T21:31:47.620-08:00

That's right, he was allowed to adopt 6 children out of the foster system.Maybe the police should interview them. Mrs. Sandusky has some explaining to do of her own.I, for one, will never stop throwing up.http://thestir.cafemom.com/in_the_news/128516/jerry_sandusky_abuse_case_puts

Laurienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5260978.post-37888795199512536342011-11-09T21:04:00.000-08:002011-11-09T21:05:25.981-08:00

Yes, ball torture. That's just one of the delights awaiting you at my alma mater's sex workshop. Or, as The Daily Pennsylvanian put it: "Tuesday night, over 40 attendees participated in the "Screw Smart presents: The Anatomy of Pleasure: What You Didn't Learn in Health Class" as part of the Love Your Body Campaign. This is the University of Pennsylvania and it's another higher education

Laurienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5260978.post-8361274724902368252011-11-09T20:25:00.000-08:002011-11-09T20:21:10.390-08:00

Minutes after I sent my screed, I received the following email from his Penn State email account. Laurie:I appreciate the e-mail...authorities have asked me not to say anything...The truth is not out there...It did stop...again...that is all I can say.  Thank you. I tried to do the best I could, making very tough decisions in a very short time.Mike McQuearyWide Receiver CoachRecruiting

Laurienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5260978.post-47244999020002769682011-11-09T20:24:00.000-08:002011-11-09T20:20:28.804-08:00

I sent this to Penn State's Mike McQueary, the star witness in the Sandusky child rape nightmare. I ccd about 30 other Penn State football employees, PA newspapers, and the mayor of the town. Here's my letter: Mike,As I'm sure you are aware by now, your actions back in 1998 are shocking to those of us just hearing about them. They have rocked me, and my friends and family, to our core. I

Laurienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5260978.post-71065754020688987322011-10-31T21:16:00.000-07:002011-10-31T21:13:26.536-07:00

You can never be too thin.  Or too white.I don't like where his hand is going here...

Laurienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5260978.post-45852512930805375752011-10-25T09:13:00.000-07:002011-10-25T09:10:00.964-07:00

Performance artist Marni Kotak, future Mother of the Year award recipient, is now living in an art gallery space in New York awaiting the arrival of her latest art prop: her newborn baby, which she plans to deliver in the gallery in front of visitors.Previous performances include re-enacting the losing of her virginity in her parents car (for which she had sex with her boyfriend in a car parked

Laurienoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5260978.post-60378968581425250562011-10-25T00:23:00.000-07:002011-10-25T00:20:32.232-07:00

A dog beach in Santa Monica! Finally!  Oh the days I used to wish for this when I 1) Had a dog and 2) lived on the westside. The best part about this story is that the main issue that was holding it up the whole time was "cleanliness." Hey, at least the dogs in Santa Monica go IN a body of water from time to time. Haven't these city officials  ever walked through the pier/Ocean Avenue park area?

Laurienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5260978.post-2791826677872540222011-10-21T12:18:00.000-07:002011-10-21T12:18:56.838-07:00

Yueyue, the 2 year old girl who was 1) neglected by her mother in a busy marketplace and allowed to run into traffic, 2) hit and run over twice by large trucks, and 3) purposefully ignored by 18 passersby who saw her and did nothing as she lay writhing in terror and pain, has died. I can't and won't watch the video of the entire gruesome event. The Chinese are having a rare moment of

Laurienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5260978.post-65811408959264990862011-10-21T09:54:00.000-07:002011-10-21T09:50:51.392-07:00

I object to using children as props in any political rally, on either side. Having said that, I think taking little kids to a "sleepover" in unwashed Zuccotti park late at night on a weekend is more than a little nuts. No tents allowed, but I'm sure they'll love sleeping in their strollers all night long. Be careful not to camp too close to the drum circles!! http://www.parentsforoccupywallst.com

Laurienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5260978.post-5239049243245220222011-09-20T11:52:00.000-07:002011-09-20T11:53:48.368-07:00

Because They May Save Our Lives. Really. A molecule unique to sharks has unusual virus-killing properties. Sharks almost never get sick. Maybe one day we can harness this immunity and help ourselves. That's a lot better than a bowl of soup. Just one more reason slaughtering sharks for their fins is not a good idea. Shark Molecule Kills Viruses

Laurienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5260978.post-13103778059478328292011-08-17T10:19:00.000-07:002011-08-17T10:25:30.891-07:00

The Future of Publishing, Pt. II Amazon has been letting writers self-publish for a while now, mainly digital-only editions. Now, with the launch of Amazon Publishing and the hiring of some big-name New York literary agents, they are about to set fire to the dreams of unpublished writers the world over. Here's the New York Times story. Their first book will be the new opus from

Laurienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5260978.post-46441756298623991772011-08-17T09:56:00.000-07:002011-08-17T09:56:52.551-07:00

The Future of Publishing JK Rowling hung on to the digital rights to all her books. Now they will be available exclusively on Pottermore, her new website. In the future, will every author have their own website? It seems to me that the future is bright for all the hopeful, unpublished authors out there. The middlemen and gatekeepers are shrinking. I think this is all to the good. Authors of

Laurienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5260978.post-60170926040246802652011-08-11T20:46:00.000-07:002011-08-11T20:58:43.712-07:00

Next Time, Let's Just Spend The $39 Million on a Solid Gold Toilet and Flush the Rest Down It The mayor of Los Angeles currently employs 200 overpaid, underworked aides and hides the cost of their salaries. I thought this was the worst example of city corruption (see my previous posts). Until today... Your city officials. Buried deep inside the LA Times today was this amazing story on the

Laurienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5260978.post-42654618777447627442011-08-09T11:22:00.000-07:002011-08-09T11:22:47.199-07:00

What Do you Do When Grandma's Boobs Are Better Than Yours?   I can't decide if this is a great thing (no more wrinkled rocks-in-socks from which to avert your eyes at the beach!) or a sad, weird thing (ew, Grandma is hot!). All I know is, I'm getting mine done before I'm 80.

Laurienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5260978.post-29230689463280809722011-08-06T21:51:00.000-07:002011-08-06T21:51:57.235-07:00

My Secret Shame I used to hate Gwyneth Paltrow. You did too. It's galling, really. Oscars, expensive diets, macro-everything, rock star husbands, and butt-slobbering articles about you in formerly dignified cooking magazines. It's enough to make a normal person sick. But then there's GOOP. Oops! I love it! The summer newsletter was like a long, dreamy list of things I simply must buy for my

Laurienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5260978.post-81662240520689673352011-08-06T21:14:00.000-07:002011-08-06T21:14:37.279-07:00

In French, the word "earthquake" is: tremblement du terre. Sounds absolutely heavenly, n'est ce pas?

Laurienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5260978.post-34430980591518174502011-08-06T15:52:00.000-07:002011-08-06T15:52:51.477-07:00

What a waste. Of time, treasure, and blood. 30 U.S. Troops Killed in Afghanistan.

Laurienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5260978.post-21371108779086426752011-08-05T23:39:00.000-07:002011-08-05T23:39:21.096-07:00

Two prisoners escape work crew near Laurel Canyon. Specifically, they made a run for it while working on Mulholland in Studio City, just down the road from Fryman Park.  Did you know the city was using prison labor crews in your neighborhood? This is an upscale, residential area. Kids, strollers, etc. Houses full of stuff. Whose idea was this? Besides, prison labor? We still use this? That's so

Laurienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5260978.post-45097611863736963392011-08-05T08:41:00.000-07:002011-08-05T08:41:26.083-07:00

That would be Anne Hathaway in "One Day," the new movie based on the "bestselling novel" (that I never heard of.) In it, Ms. Hathaway also showcases a series of the worst hairdos every committed to film. I can't believe Garry Marshal's gooey fingerprints aren't all over this one! It looks that treacly. One Day, the official movie site (watch the trailer here and judge fo' yoself).

Laurienoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5260978.post-38367725777228895402011-08-05T08:30:00.001-07:002011-08-05T08:30:05.552-07:00

Photojournalist David Guttenfelder's pictures with the Marines at war blew me away. Some of the best I've ever seen. In sweat, in blood. See them all here. 

Laurienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5260978.post-6653468513130822122011-08-04T23:15:00.000-07:002011-08-04T23:15:43.101-07:00

From the New York Times: Chinese Officials Seized and Sold Babies, Parents Say

Laurienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5260978.post-62598208840155399122011-08-04T22:40:00.000-07:002011-08-04T22:40:30.112-07:00

Funeral Services Will be Held at St. Bernadette's Dead at 63. Racing for pinks.

Laurienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5260978.post-74271677022058878022011-08-04T22:17:00.000-07:002011-08-04T22:17:58.504-07:00

The Word Itself Makes Some Men Uncomfortable There are six people in my immediate family: 2 adults, 4 kids. Signing all of our names at the bottom of a thank you note or Christmas card makes my wrist tendonitis flare up. There's just too many names. So I like to sign using just our first initials, in birth order for the kids . . .  Laurie, Aaron, Bruno, Ivan, Agatha . . .  Um, do I need to

Laurienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5260978.post-5037983261532790022011-08-04T21:57:00.000-07:002011-08-04T21:57:46.160-07:00

Love Your Teachers, Hate Their Unions You read that right. The brazen, seedy tactics teachers unions use to combat parental reform efforts really chaps my hide.  Please note: I am not talking about teachers. I am talking about their unions! Many public school teachers  in this country are dedicated, loving, selfless, creative people who find great joy in stimulating children's intellectual

Laurienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5260978.post-48420908423055544162011-08-04T10:49:00.000-07:002011-08-04T10:49:40.991-07:00

You Use Whatever You Can Find My 16-week-old son in his sister's 2T princess pull-ups.  Sleeping beauty.

Laurienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5260978.post-39608997315854182011-08-04T08:57:00.000-07:002011-08-04T08:57:19.156-07:00

What Happens When All the Books Disappear into Tablets? I live in a dual iPad-Kindle home. Which means that a lot of our recent book purchases have been for the digital versions.  It recently occurred to me that if all of our future household book purchases are digital, none of these titles will ever appear on our bookshelves. They will be hidden away forever inside our gadgets. Is this bad?

Laurienoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5260978.post-28511406301033184892011-08-03T20:10:00.000-07:002011-08-03T20:10:22.967-07:00

Because No One Ever Gets Tired of Hearing About Other People's Baby Names I love baby names. I love picking them out, I love hearing about the names my friends choose. I love how baby names have become a "thing." You know what I mean.  Maybe I love hearing new names because I spent so much time in the land of branding and naming and taglines. In many ways having a baby is like launching a new

Laurienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5260978.post-37011817555097953952011-08-03T14:08:00.000-07:002011-08-03T14:06:40.855-07:00

Ah, I do still miss Spy. But this slideshow I found on Slate brought back fond memories...Enjoy: Still Separated at Birth? http://www.slate.com/id/2287767/

Laurienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5260978.post-39582552457287015462011-08-03T13:17:00.000-07:002011-08-03T13:17:27.721-07:00

Attention Achievers! As far as I know, there has NEVER been an official cast reunion from The Big Lebowski...until now. This blog subscribes to the Lebowski Fest newsletter and here is what I just received in the mail: In celebration of The Big Lebowski Limited Edition Blu-ray™ debuting on Aug 16th, join Jeff Bridges, John Goodman, Steve Buscemi, Julianne Moore + T Bone Burnettfor a very special

Laurienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5260978.post-59446666742034701202011-08-03T12:56:00.000-07:002011-08-03T12:56:02.287-07:00

In 1982, the then-president of Syria massacred up to 40,000 of his people in the city of Hama. Squads of goons basically replicated the civilian slaughter of the Warsaw Ghetto by going door to door and murdering entire families, babies and all. Then they poured concrete over the corpses and bombed-out buildings and paved the entire town center -- to hide the evidence. Today, the son of that man

Laurienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5260978.post-31685382708720134892011-08-02T23:22:00.000-07:002011-08-02T23:22:30.195-07:00

I found this weirdly inspiring. I try to do a few of these. My "dump zone" keeps growing ever larger, however. Read it.

Laurienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5260978.post-82594183302594356002011-08-02T23:13:00.000-07:002011-08-02T23:15:49.561-07:00

It's Good to Be The Mayor In the course of my quest for the real reason the city is incapable of trimming our street trees this year, I found the incredible database of L.A. city employee salaries, courtesy of the hard-working L.A. Daily News, which continues to be an essential source for concerned citizens. (See post below for the link). As I perused the listings of tree trimmers ("Tree

Laurienoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5260978.post-79199570069442964442011-08-02T15:03:00.000-07:002011-08-02T15:05:36.819-07:00

. . . There's Still 149 City Workers Who'll Keep Their Jobs Yesterday I reported the story of my futile attempt to get the City to come and trim a dangerous tree on my sidewalk. The man at the tree department gave me his sob story about how there were only six workers to cover the entire San Fernando Valley. Sounds crazy, right? I decided to check it out. The heroic LA Daily News, an excellent

Laurienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5260978.post-35406125754842255642011-08-01T23:31:00.000-07:002011-08-01T23:31:02.081-07:00

Another city service up in flames! Victim: street tree trimming. I called 311 weeks ago to ask the city to send guys to trim the enormous creaking magnolia at the sidewalk.  It's huge and it's hideous. I park right under this thing, in a sea of its dead orange leaves. The tree's resident spiders routinely use my car to anchor their new webs. It's leaning at at 20 degree angle out over the street.

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