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Bret and Jemaine Cameo on Drinky Crow

For the roughly 500,000 viewers who watch Adult Swim, the Drinky Crow Show offered a surprise treat for Flight of the Conchords fans. There are two alien characters that appear in the episode, “Old Girlfriend.” They are voiced by none other than Bret and Jemaine.

Site Update

I’ve been updating the site all day – hopefully I’ll have a real post in a little bit. Oh, that photo is from Microsoft Virtual Earth. Find the story behind it here.

Little Tripod in Little Osaka

We had dinner in Little Osaka tonight. It’s one of my favorite neighborhoods in the city. It was a great spot for us to have an impromptu ramen dinner on Valentine’s Day evening. Afterward we stopped by a little shop called Tokyo Japanese Outlet. I did a Google search on the address and it looksContinue reading “Little Tripod in Little Osaka”

Steampunk Santa Monica

So, there’s this building in Santa Monica… Big Orange Landmarks just published a great post on the Stimson Mansion in South LA. Its architect was one of LA’s great early architects, Carrol H. Brown. One of his most recognizable works is the Keller Block building at the base of Third Street Promenade in Santa Monica.Continue reading “Steampunk Santa Monica”

Limited Parking

I just came across a story in the Guardian with some great photos illustrating an interesting problem caused by the economic slowdown. It seems that the arrival of the slowdown was so abrupt that auto manufacturers didn’t really have time to adequately ramp down production. Now, I know what my ever-so-intelligent readership is thinking: “Duh,Continue reading “Limited Parking”