Thomas Guy

The greatest moment in the history of broadcast television (except for maybe the fake moon landing)

I like to claim the title of “Amateur Expert” in almost every area, but if there’s one thing I know, it is television. The clip is below. I think I’ve watched enough television to be able to spot it’s high water mark, and I would have to say it’s this performance by Alec Baldwin andContinue reading “The greatest moment in the history of broadcast television (except for maybe the fake moon landing)”

Offensive signage for laundry in West L.A.

Whew, it was tough wording that post title – took me right back to Mrs. Passaglia’s AP English class. “What’s ‘offensive’ in this sentence? The signage or the laundry?” I found this weird sign while I was jogging earlier today. I’ve heard the term before, but I wonder when language like “Chinese Laundry” became inappropriate.Continue reading “Offensive signage for laundry in West L.A.”

Upside down Amigo

This Isuzu Amigo must have hit the curb on its way onto the I-10 eastbound from Overland Avenue in Palms. I got video of the tow truck righting the overturned vehicle. The car gets flipped about thirty seconds in.

HOWTO: Send Twitter updates to your Facebook wall

In this modern day of mashable web services, we sometimes get caught up in what the latest app or web service is enabling us do. All for the simple price of our e-mail address. Sometimes we just want to do something simple, like have our Twitter updates go to our Facebook wall – rather thanContinue reading “HOWTO: Send Twitter updates to your Facebook wall”

Bike versus Volvo

This morning I came upon the aftermath of what looked to have been a fairly nasty traffic collision at the intersection of Colorado Avenue and Princeton Street in Santa Monica. I can’t tell much about what happened. If I had to guess, I’d say the motorcycle struck the Volvo. I’d bet the Volvo was tryingContinue reading “Bike versus Volvo”