I had to run down to Guitar Center today — well, had to in the sense that I had a very slim justification and I took it and ran with it — and so got to enjoy some beautiful blue L.A. skies with fluffy white clouds and palm trees while everybody else I know is [...]

I usually stop in Gilroy to pick up an audio book every time I drive to L.A. I won’t drop big bucks on a new book, as those can run upwards of $50. But classics are cheap. This time it was Frankenstein. The reader could have been better. His delivery is a little muddy. But [...]

II love audio books. Whenever I drive down to Los Angeles I always stop in Gilroy, gas up, and buy an audio book. I don’t bother with the new stuff — it seems stupid to pay over $50 for a book I can get in print for under ten bucks — so it’s been a [...]

I was listening to KFOX on the way to work. Usually the morning show is unbelievably good. But then they played “Ooh, Baby, I Love Your Way,” off of “Frampton Comes Alive!” That song is, in case you didn’t know, in the Guinness Book of World Records as the most irritating yet overplayed song ever [...]

1. Hit your brakes hard and abruptly for no reason. Do this often, as it’s a helpful way to make sure the adrenal glands of the driver behind you are functioning properly. 2. If there are only two lanes on your side of the highway, hang out in the left lane going about 55, especially [...]