World News: April 7, 2016

So, there’s this cheery little quote I ran across today: “Iraq remains the center of what Jordanian King Abdullah now refers to as the Third World War.” Source: World War Three may have already begun in Iraq and Syria Let’s hope he’s wrong. In other news mid-east news, the House of Saud has become the number threeContinue reading “World News: April 7, 2016”

The Sunset Cutoff of the Red Car Trolley

So, there’s this little park in Santa Monica. It’s right near the Volkswagen dealership on Santa Monica Boulevard near 26th Street. Anyway, the park is on a street named Park Drive. So the park is named, “Park Drive Park.” There’s this riddle I liked as a kid: “Why do people drive on a parkway and parkContinue reading “The Sunset Cutoff of the Red Car Trolley”