International Worker's Day today, so of course there were three separate marches in DTLA. The building management company sent out an e-mail this morning detailing all the street closures and all the precautions they were taking to keep our workspace safe. They mentioned that LAPD had suggested downtown workers work from home or at alternative* … Continue reading Tonight’s Bus Story: The Alternative Route
Author: thebillypulpit
A New Normal Day in Spring
This just in from Tucker Carlson on FoxNews Tuesday: "Handshakes are bad. See why companies are banning them, after this." Meanwhile, in other news today: 1) Somebody killed two people and injured several others at the University of North Carolina (my heart leapt; my daughter and SIL both teach at UNCG) at Charlotte; 2) the … Continue reading A New Normal Day in Spring
Monday Night Baseball in California April Style
Loved the baseball program's tease-out tonight to the bottom of the ninth in a 2-2 game (Yankees @ Angels): 1) 1-second highlight clips of all three swinging punch-outs of Yankee pretenders by some Halo Hurler you Haven't Heard of in the top of the 9th, with music you faintly recognize in the background; 2) cut … Continue reading Monday Night Baseball in California April Style
The Night Before Easter
I have seen two spiders today so far. Both were inside the boundary between my space and the outside. They appeared hours apart and at different boundaries. Bases loaded and 2 outs. Hang on, I’m gonna watch this…struck him out! The first one came in with the cat while it was still light outside, and … Continue reading The Night Before Easter
Do We Have To Know Dates?
One of the reasons I like Bill Maher is that he is funny and intelligent. One of the reasons I do not like Bill Maher is that he is mean and angry. Some guys are funny and mean (Did you like Don Rickles?), and some guys are angry and intelligent (George Carlin?). Some are angry … Continue reading Do We Have To Know Dates?
Your Voice Mail Was Full
Hey, Chuck. I'm listening to some Live “Rosalita” tonight, and I thought of you. You didn’t answer the phone, and your voice mail was full, so I’ll write it down for you. The guy who bought your truck wrecked it on I-10W by Holt at the end of January. How do I know? He never … Continue reading Your Voice Mail Was Full
Taxman and the Lady Who Would Not Swap: A Hate Fight on the Bus
I tried watching Tucker Carlson last night. I hoped he would give me another blog topic, but that didn’t work out. TC's opening piece was about immigration. He called it an “invasion" of “Illegals” to lump them all into a single, easy-to-remember category of Others to Fear. He had Kirstjen Nielsen talking quietly and calmly … Continue reading Taxman and the Lady Who Would Not Swap: A Hate Fight on the Bus
The Journey Begins
Thanks for joining me! Good company in a journey makes the way seem shorter. — Izaak Walton
Tucker Tonite – 3/26/19
But first, some Brian Williams, like backing the swing up as far as you can before taking off. Tuned in as they were saying they were confused by the assertion in Barr’s letter that Mueller did not charge Trump with obstruction. 2 pundits trying to read the tea leaves in word choices in the Letter. … Continue reading Tucker Tonite – 3/26/19
The Billy Pulpit 