Category: Being Larry
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Grin and Bear It
The advantage of having a journalist in my immediate family is that we get “Breaking News”. For example, a major news network report this morning was about a black bear visiting a neighborhood. On the video from the owner, it (the bear, not the owner, although this outcome would not surprise us) is leaning up…
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iPhone EMT
Face it – we are now physiologically connected to our phones. It occurs to me that EMT’s must be trained for this sort of emergency – diagnosing someone who is conserving power, who’s shut off, or who’s Wi-Fi is down (I leave this to your imagination). Or the worst case – they lost their phone…
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Larry Hits the Lotto
Something you should know about me: If you ask me a reasonable question, do not expect a reasonable answer. I simply CANNOT be trusted. For example – Whenever I go to a restaurant a polite, well-intentioned server typically asks this question: “Can I bring you anything else?” Almost always, I say “Money”. This is how…
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Fun at the Library
So today I was accused of being a “copious NOT taker”. Let’s see….. that means that I’ve done a lot of nothing. Yep, that’s about right. Others and I have been participating in discussions about redesigning our local libraries. I asked if we could have a dinosaur. Really. A good book is a wonderful thing…
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Car Wash Blues
So, we have determined that I am, in fact, the “Janitor of LarryLand”. BUT, my talents are not limited to simply janitorial services; No, I also am a cook, personal shopper, handyman and official car-washer as well. So, imagine my surprise when I got outside this morning to find my neighbor’s cars being washed professionally. …
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Hot Off The Press
Here at LarryLand, we’re into Breaking News. Or, at least, we want our news “Hot off the Press”. In case you were sleeping under a log in Ukraine, hiding from Russian Forces, and missed the Mayhem in Manhattan, a certain former president called “The Donald” has been “indicated”. So, that leaves us with the question…
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LarryLand Meets DisneyLand
So our friends Matt and Heidi made the dubious decision to take their kids on an 8+ hour drive from Northern California to visit Disneyland for 3 days. It’s “Magical” as my daughter would say. Its exhausting is what I would say; we have experience. However, they’re wonderful people and we jumped at the chance…
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Cleanup in Aisle 2
We’ve all heard this phrase in Star Trek from Dr. McCoy: “Dammit Jim, I’m a Doctor, not a …..” One thing is conspicuously absent from the list: He never said he wasn’t a maid. I would like to think that I am King of LarryLand. Closer to the truth – I am the janitor of…
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The Leased Tern
Here in Huntington Beach, there is a small seagull-like bird called the California Least Tern. Apparently it is their tern to be on the endangered species list. With valuable government benefits, things may tern for the better. I can’t speak for you, but I blame this on the name.
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Local Colding
They say the best thing about Southern California is the weather. That is not true; it is the weather reports on our local news. I watch the weather reporters hard at work (that is to say usually bored stiff with no apparent weather to discuss) every morning at about 6:30. When I saw this weather…
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