Snapchat Leaving Venice

I’d heard rumors, but that’s it. Well, it turns out the rumors are true. The tech company, founded in Venice in 2011, is vacating a large chunk of its Venice network of office space for a location in a corporate office park in Santa Monica. This may actually serve as one final “fuck you” toContinue reading “Snapchat Leaving Venice”

SERIOUSLY, WTF??? “Torch-wielding protesters rally at Confederate statue in Virginia” – NY Daily News

Okay, it’s just not funny any more. Torch-wielding white supremacists rallied around a Robert E. Lee statue slated for removal and chanted “Russia is our friend” in Virginia Saturday night. I realize they’re just trying to get people upset, but this is just downright weird. I’m not going any further. I support free speech, so goContinue reading “SERIOUSLY, WTF??? “Torch-wielding protesters rally at Confederate statue in Virginia” – NY Daily News”

‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’ Season 9 Cast: Ted Danson, Mary Steenburgen Return

Finally!!! Some good news! The husband-and-wife duo, who played themselves on Larry David’s long-running HBO series, will join the series’ core cast — David, Jeff Garlin, Cheryl Hines and Susie Essman — who are all set to come back when the show makes it comeback. In other news, there will be a ninth season ofContinue reading “‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’ Season 9 Cast: Ted Danson, Mary Steenburgen Return”

Cold War II

And the name fits. I’m glad to see the mainstream news media is giving it some attention. Admittedly, it has a nicer ring than to than does “World War III”. It started after Vladimir Putin changed history by invading an independent country, Ukraine, and seizing its Republic of Crimea. I grew up during the end of the firstContinue reading “Cold War II”