fashion forward

One of my touchstone downtown crazies, Homeless Steve Martin, is sporting a new summer look.

Still wearing his huge purple parka with the hood up, still sporting his giant amber old person sun goggles, the kind designed to fit over a big pair of eyeglasses.

Now he's added a huge polar fleece beanie, worn over the hood of his parka.

Truly, it's the cherry on top of the derelict sundae.

true customer tales

mom with a little boy and girl buys them a few books.
as they leave the little boy comments:

We get to keep these? Forever?

mom: Yes.

boy & girl in unison: COOOOOOL!

FOUND

Opened up a book and a German 500,000 mark note from 1923 fell out.

Not as weird as the postcard with the canceled Hitler stamp I found that one time, but less freighted with meaning.

Title of the Week

Tom Swift in the Caves of Nuclear Fire by Victor Appleton II.

birthday pix up

Feel the flickr!

pelf promotion

The august LA Times reviews the revival of Terminus Americana.

I saw the original Lodestone production and the play is a corker.

true customer tales

A leathery, oversunned gal with comically fake breasts & her boyfriend buy a couple of kids books.

me: would you like a bag?

gal: Uh....
pauses, looks a boyfriend who is laden with more bags than a Grand Canyon pack mule, looks back at me, looks back at boyfriend
....yeah!