Voluntary Motherhood

I think Santorum has been going about his whole anti-birth control campaigning the wrong way. Why focus on the negative? I like to think of him as a pro-stork candidate.

"Save the Stork" -Santorum 2012

Paterno

Wait, wait, there's just one little thing I forgot to mention. Ah, you know what? Never mind, it's no big deal.

Oh, Racism

I have a dream that one day little black boys and black girls will be able to do light janitorial work. -Rush Limbaugh 2012

Kayaking Santa Cruz

While taking the ferry back from a cave kayaking trip on Santa Cruz Island on December 23rd, an hour out of Ventura Harbor, CA we came across two pods of Orca. Our guide said that it was the most he'd seen in 24 years of guiding. Today, the LA Times published an article that said that spotting Orca is a rare occurrence and that the two families had been spotted off of the Palos Verdes Peninsula this weekend and had been seen in Ventura previously. A priori my shot below is one of the Killer Whales that they were writing about.

This was my first wild Orca. I like him.



That section of the water that looks like it's on fire, is a humpback whale exhaling via his tiny grey sliver.



Santa Cruz cave kayaking was the goal of the trip and so here's that perspective.



This Sea Lion winked at me.



Posthumous King Jung Il sighting on the ferry ride over.



That's me.

Rampage

Here is today's winner for best heckler style comeback in the comment section of an article about the guy who shot up Sunset and Vine yesterday.

Post-Apocalyptic Thanksgiving

Little known fact, this salty crane was not the inspiration for the sitcom character Frasier Crane.





I found the ground in Salton Sea to be mushy on the inside and crunchy on the outside. Like a middle aged hippie who slowly but surely ruins trailer parks.




I'm not sure that your engineering proposal is the most sound solution for the situation but I'll take it under advisement. Also, you should go ahead and run a spell check before your next publication.



Little known fact, this Rusty Trailer Roof was not the inspiration for the B-52s lyric "Tin Roof, Rusted"






Widely known fact, this is what Indian Jones' fridge should have looked like after it was nuked.




The short term destiny of every fish in the Salton Sea.




Isn't it beautiful how close to the surface a dead pelican floats?



Don't do it bird, don't you get in that water.






The cacti insisted that I photograph them from their backlit side.

















All right already, I get it. No means no.











A little known fact, The Trouble With Tribbles episode of the original Star Trek series was not based on these cactus balls.



Trapped bird beaks.

Occupy LA

And he's definitely not happy about it.













Vintage demonstrator.














Seems like kids all look the same these days.














Does Will Ferrell know you're using his-- Of course he does. You always do.







Max Headroom. Never forget.















Cleaning up the streets one layer of skin at a time.














Establishing shot.














These people probably aren't sleeping in tents. Not with that hair.














"LA is the new Benghazi" Only when the Lakers win.















Looks like Real Steel's going the guerrilla marketing route.














Just like the 49ers, the 99ers stencil their shirts with baby blue paint poured from a latte cup.