Source- Backyard pool survey: Beverly Hills has 2,481, Watts 0
By Bob Pool
December 2, 2013, 10:21 a.m.
A recent survey of every swimming pool in the Los Angeles Basin found that Beverly Hills has the most pools and Watts has none.
The digital analysis called the "Big Atlas of L.A. Pools" fills 6,000 pages in 74 printed volumes.
It concludes that the typical swimming pool in Los Angeles is oval-shaped and measures 16 feet, 4 inches by 33 feet, 6 inches, though there are numerous oddly shaped pools squeezed into backyards.
The fact that Bob Pool wrote this article is so LA it hurts. And yo Watts, sucks to suck.
SourcePolice evacuated dozens of people from a shopping center in downtown Long Beach after a report of a bomb threat inside a Wal-Mart store.
The Sheriff's Department bomb squad responded to the store, according to Sgt. Aaron Eaton of the Long Beach Police Department.
The possible bomb threat was reported about 1:30 p.m. at 151 5th Street near Long Beach Boulevard, Eaton said. The Wal-Mart is in the City Place shopping center.
Several streets into the shopping center were shut during the investigation. Authorities cleared the scene at 4:19 p.m. after determining there was no danger.
One of my friends on the east coast literally just texted me and 'wanted to make sure I was OK'. So if you're keeping score at home this kid thinks that I am in a Wal-Mart in Long Beach in the middle of a Monday. LA is huge but that is not close. Also, is he dialed in to the Southern California police blotter?
Either way, I looked up the story. "Dozens of people" were evacuated? You're telling me there were 24 people in Wal-Mart? That's low right? Am I crazy? Cyber Monday putting an absolute beat down on this Wal-Mart. Whatever, they probably needed a few days to clean up the dead bodies left in the wake of Black Friday. So much drama in the LBC indeed.
After some deliberation I decided I would include updates about my life on this site. I figure if you can't laugh with me (and you won't) then at least you can laugh at me.
I lived in Mass when I was very young, then moved to Maine where I spent the last 20 years. I just finished getting my masters in electrical engineering at Duke. Out of school I was offered a couple jobs in engineering with ridiculously high starting pay. I turned them all down, packed my car, and drove across the country to LA because I hated engineering. I'm looking for work as a writer. I would settle for internet famous. My friend hooked up with Jenna Marbles. I wish I had. Currently, I'm losing out on bartending jobs to high school kids who don't have $104,000 of student loan debt. Life is good.
I love Boston sports, sorry I'm not sorry. I'm pretty messy, I like breakfast more than lunch, and I like the taste of most girly cocktails. Other than that, I'm just a dude. Trust me, I hate myself more than you can hate me. Feel free to talk shit, I'm used to it. Maybe if you're too busy hating me, you wont have time to hate each other.
PS I really wish that video was the just the 3 seconds at the end when he yells 'who am I' but my degree didn't extend as far as editing youtube videos.
PPS It's going to be fun to cry about my daily failures out loud instead of into my pillow.
Editor's Update: pffft did it! That was easy. Who said higher education isn't worth every penny?
Christmas in LA sucks. This is my first winter out of New England and it has been everything I feared it would be. Listen, do I have Christmas lights hanging in my apartment? Yes. Have I been burning a Douglas Fir Yankee Candle all day every day? Yes. Do I have a tree in the corner and wreaths on the walls? Yes. But it's just not the same.
No snow. No assholes slipping on black ice. No getting deeply scotch drunk to take the chill out of my bones. No layering. No flannel. No boots. No 'hey doesn't this weather suck? I might kill myself tomorrow' chit chat between neighbors at the grocery store. No plow guy blocking off my driveway because he hates his job and me. Most of all, no spirit. This is supposed to be fun, god damnit.
A couple quick hitters I wanted to touch on: Mike Tomlin deserves a Razzie. Jason Kidd deserve a Best Supporting Oscar. When they kill off Paul Walker in Fast Seven it is going to be like reliving the nightmare that was Saturday night.
SourceNEW YORK (AP) - Fast-food workers in about 100 cities will walk off the job this Thursday, organizers say, which would mark the largest effort yet in their push for higher pay.
The actions are intended to build on a campaign that began about a year ago to call attention to the difficulties of living on the federal minimum wage of $7.25 an hour, or about $15,000 a year.
The protests are part of a movement by labor unions, Democrats and other worker advocacy groups to raise pay in low-wage sectors. Last month, President Barack Obama said he would back a Senate measure to raise the federal minimum wage to $10.10.
Protesters are calling for $15 an hour, although many see the figure as a rallying point rather than a near-term possibility.
It's not clear how large the turnout will be at any given location, or whether the walkouts will be enough to disrupt operations. Similar actions this summer had varying results, with some restaurants unable to serve customers and others seemingly unaffected...
Gotta be honest, I don't eat fast food that much. Strike all you want. If the lack of employees are going to cut hours of operation, kindly lose the noon-4 bracket and keep the 1-5am. You wont lose my business that way. Here's the real reason to keep an eye on this story. $15 an hour?! If the guy hammering a touch screen and throwing my crispy chicken in a bag starts getting $15/hr I will need to seriously consider a career change. I already can't get a job, and I shudder to think how big the applicant pool at the BK Lounge is about to get. Fingers crossed.
I can already see myself: Double baco cheeseburger. It's for a cop.
