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A lot of what I remember about this, I do because I was keeping a quasi-journal at the time. It was in a blue-covered, college-ruled, single subject notebook I'm sure I initially bought for a different purpose. Early morning.  November 19, 2005.  I may have overslept. I remember feeling rushed until I got into the car. Since I packed the night before, I must have overslept.  Ashley West Leonard gave me a ride to Burbank Airport. I was heading to Minneapolis, MN for Thanksgiving at my sister’s house. I was able to visit with them for a full week. Since I was never the wake-up-and-smoke-a-cigarette-before-everything type, I hadn’t had one before the flight. I got to my sister’s and remembered that Beverly (my sister) had quit cigarettes a few years before. I think her husband, Dan did likewise.  I didn’t want to smoke or smell like cigarettes around my nieces, Rebecca Ryweck and Rachel Ryweck. Also, it was November in Minnesota, so...

Hello again! So, I finished hosting trivia around 11pm on Tuesday.  Swung by my friend, Scott's place for a few.  He showed me a really funny episode of "Children's Hospital".  Then, I headed over to Pete & Cate's for a few hours of hanging and good times. I left there around 4am; a bit later than expected.  Heading back to Ventura, here's what the Ipod played for me: 1.  If You Want To Sing Out, Sing Out - Cat Stevens A nice mellow opening to an hour on the road.  I liked this song even before I saw Harold & Maude .  Of course, I liked it even more after. 2.  Away When You Were Here - Ben Folds Five From the new (yes, new!) Ben Folds Five, The Sound of the Life of the Mind .  This is the 2nd track I've heard from the new CD.  It seems to be about someone dealing with feelings about their distant, now deceased father.  Good song; depressing topic. 3.  Dirty Blvd. - Lou Reed This is from New York, which is p...

,,,Hey there!  Here's part 2 of this little experiment.  I left L.A. around 2:30am after a fun night of hosting Trivia and spending some time with my friends. Here's what I got to listen to (via Ipod Shuffle) on the way Home to Emily : 1.  Ain't That a Kick in the Head - Dean Martin This is from the "Cool Then, Cool Now" CD.  I love it when they keep studio banter in songs like this.  This one, however is unusual, in that it "features" Kevin Spacey (which I just found out) from one of those duets-after-they-are-dead collections.  Well, it still works. 2.  Out On the Road (Mondo Version) - Norah Jones Fun - and appropriate - song from her new one, "Little Broken Hearts", produced by Brian Burton AKA Danger Mouse. 3.  Fighting (Instrumental) - Elmer Bernstein 2 weeks in a row, Mr. Bernstein makes the list.  As I said before, I really like the score to Heavy Metal (1981) .  This is from the last story from the Loc-Nar called "Ta...

Every Tuesday, I drive down to Los Angeles from Ventura. More specifically, I head to Barney's Beanery in West Hollywood to host Trivia (9pm. Come check it out sometime!). After, I usually head to my good friend's home (that would be Pete & Cate) and enjoy a few hours hanging out with some of my very great, gracious and generous friends. The trip is 60 miles, each way. That gives me about 2 hours each Tuesday to listen to whatever music I have on my ipod. I have an 8GB so I tend to rotate music off and on it frequently. Recently, as suggested by my love, Emily, I listened to the entire ipod, alphabetized by song. That guaranteed I actually hear each song at least once. I highly recommend doing this. The only rules are: 1. No skipping any tracks 2. No repeating any tracks. It took me a few months to get through my ipod, from A to $64,000 (the last song was the theme song to the $64,000 Question). Since then, I have swapped out a lot of songs for new music. ...

Originally posted: November 24, 2005 First off, a big THANKS to Ashley for carting my ass off the the airport before the sun came up on a Saturday morning. Mucho appreciado!! BURBANK AIRPORT 6:30AM 11.19.2005 LAX is for SUCKERS!!! Burbank, or as it is called these days, Bob Hope Airport, is the easiest airport I've ever been through. Everyone's polite...dare i say, NICE?! That includes the passengers. There was a mix-up. I'm standing in a line, about 7 back from the desk. "THIS IS NOT A LINE TO CHECK IN YOUR LUGGAGE", bellows the desk clerk - Is it that or something more important/official sounding like customer service representative or another elongated title? Anyway, when the proper synapse fires, we all move over to the correct queue...IN THE ORDER WE WERE IN PREVIOUSLY. Lots of Please, you were before me's and No, no, you were first's are heard as my hope for civilisation as we know it inches higher. As I get my boarding pass from the e-...