The Designated Celebrant: Confessions of a Holiday Hater
December 18, 2012: It’s a week before Christmas. Since we’re a mixed religion family and Hanukkah has passed, my kids have opened most of their holiday booty from my husband and me and the rest of the family. I tried to remain neutral about the holidays, waiting with no fixed expectations for joy, peace, wonder, […]
No license plate, no problem
I’ve been spending a lot of hours on the streets of West Los Angeles lately and noticing that lots of cars are without license plates. One car at my children’s school has been sporting the dealer-issued ad-in-lieu of license plate for around a year. The other day, driving north on Sepulveda, a sporty black Volvo […]
AIG
Why have the public waited until the AIG bonuses scandal to become outraged? This behavior on the part of failing companies is par for the course in the world of people who disapprove of handouts, except when it comes to themselves. The banks and investment houses that received government bailouts also gave their executives large […]
The Hybrid
I have had my trusty VW Passat V6 wagon for several years. I’m still proud of it. It’s an exponentially better ride than most of the other cars I’ve driven. My mother’s ’73 Plymouth Valiant comes to mind. The last time I saw that car was on a “Push Pull and Drag” TV ad in […]
