lornamatic

Good to see the Gap found someone who looks nice in skinny pants.

You know that scene in the Wizard of Oz, where suddenly the world is in COLOR, and nothing will ever be the same again, not even after it goes back to black and white? Some day, I’ll write about what it was like, that day when the internet stopped being all text, and pictures started filtering through. That day, I found out there were flowers in Baghdad, of course there were, just like anywhere else in the world, and I sat at my desk and cried.

Over the past year, the same thing has happened for video, regular people taking video and uploading it. Regular people, like the ones who live in Lebanon, or Israel.

I’ve been looking for regular people’s video documentation of the conflict in the Middle East on Youtube. I’ve not found anything from Beiruit or Lebanon so far, but I suspect this will change fast.

For now, here is one person’s view from Haifa, Israel, where the air raid sirens have been blaring. War sucks.

One of my very favorite places in all of Los Angeles is the Sepulveda Basin Wildlife Refuge. It’s just a beautiful example of how to create a community park and an oasis for wildlife, right in the middle of a city.

They’re talking about building a freeway connector, to help ease traffic at the 101/405 interchage.

They’re talking about building the freeway connector through Sepulveda Basin.

Of course, they might not. It’s just one of five options.

But what I can’t get my head around is this: they MIGHT.

If you’ve never been, now’s probably a good time.

Here’s the rest of the story.

At first, a Corvette would suffice. But in this neighborhood, even Bentleys are a dime a dozen.

Now, “we only film it if it’s worth over $200,000,” said Spyder’s 9-year-old brother, Dash.