I have a crush on a gal at the gym. Do I know her name? No. Have I ever even spoken one word to her? No. Do I know anything about her other ...

Yoga is like English psychedelia. That's what I'm thinking about on this solemn Sunday night, the last day of a two-week vacation t...

People who don't live in Southern California think of this place as the land of endless summer. But we have seasons. They're just ...

The Mets announced today that Johan Santana's pectoral issue is really a shoulder tear that will require surgery. That makes three surg...

The second half of the 1970s were not especially good years for The Who, at least not in my opinion. The Who By Numbers is just that, and W...

I had a nice day at Del Mar yesterday with my friend Howard. Howard is a hep cat. When he wants to know if you're familiar with someth...

I enjoyed my drive yesterday out to San Berdoo. I took the 210 just past the city of Fontana - the junkyard of dreams - and got out at Moun...

I've been rediscovering the excellence of Rush. It started last night at about ten. I worshipped at the green cross and then blissed o...

Jeff Francoeur was traded to the Texas Rangers yesterday for a minor league prospect. He was very mediocre in parts of two seasons with the...

There's been a few things weighing on me over the past few days, so I took a drive along Route 66 to clear my head out. I turned due ea...

I started a two-week staycation last Thursday night. A staycation is the best kind of vacation for me because it gives me a chance to roam t...

I just found out that the Minnesota Twins have claimed Brian Fuentes off the waiver wire. Tito, as he is known affectionately by his teamma...

LA has always had a love affair with England. And vice versa. One of my favorite books is Evelyn Waugh's The Love One, a Hollywood nov...

I went on Prozac for the first time about 15 years ago, a few months before the big Northridge quake. The only reason I remember the start d...