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The Man at La Jolla Playhouse
This was the most amazing, disturbing, and exhausting piece of theatre I have seen in many years. We're still talking about it and analyzing it. We have a feeling this will be making bigger news as it tours.— October 12, 2010 9:29 a.m.
Invaded
RE: Alien Trespass "... the joke, rather, is the attractive notion that anyone ever would have been moved to scream out loud at a thing like The Blob." Well, there are reasons to scream out loud at The Blob. I met a woman in '99 and we watched "The Blob" on a date. She had an open crush on Steve McQueen. We started noticing that McQueen seemed to be reading cards for dialog off-screen. We started screaming, "What are you looking at, Steve?" We went on forever and laughed a lot. I married her.— April 4, 2009 3:29 p.m.
A sampling of San Diego's vanity license plates
You really nailed the zeitgeist with this story. I'm enthralled by all the comments. I have a pic on my cell of a pristine yellow 65 Mustang with the standard old black/orange plates, with my initials on them. Pure coincidence. Gorgeous. When I saw it, I was leaving a sushi bar, which involved a great deal of sake and $. I might have killed the guy and stolen his car if I could find him [smiley face emoticon]. gavin_bowlby: It never occurred to me that one might fake the CA number-letters-numbers scheme on a vanity plate. What a fun way to mess with people. tcj— March 4, 2009 8:29 a.m.
A sampling of San Diego's vanity license plates
Josh: My brother Wes' story is only great in retrospect. But I'm sure he wasn't embellishing when he told it to you. I was there. He was stone-cold sober, we had to cancel our show in North Park, and I bailed him out later. A nightmare. I've worn out my King Stahlman t-shirt -- need a new one. RIP Mr. Stahlman. Didn't thing about how my "Rush" burnout tied into my Rush Limbaugh hatred. Good thing I don't do stickers on the car. etc.tcj— March 2, 2009 8:10 p.m.
A sampling of San Diego's vanity license plates
Josh: Re my brother Wes, you met him a few times: Memory keywords are "Jillian; blond; ex-boyfriend." I'll say no more. Re stickers on cars: My wife has a Ford Focus bought from a firefighter that came with that SDFD sticker. She also put an equestrian sticker on. No empirical evidence that it helps, but also never a ticket in that car. And editing can be painful. THX MOMY was a good bit. The Doors: I was a fanatic late 70s, but burned out for 20+ years. Now I can listen to them again (unlike Rush). "L.A. Woman" is probably the fave, but "I'm gonna build me a woman, make her 10 feet tall" is the sound worm. I love your involvement here. etc.tcj— March 2, 2009 11:02 a.m.
A sampling of San Diego's vanity license plates
Hey Josh. That story was a kick to read! When I bought my Subaru Outback in 2007, I decided to splurge on a plate. I went through lots of possible lawyer permutations, but our dog spends much more time in that car than my clients. And cops like dogs a lot more than lawyers. I got "CARRYK9" and couldn't believe it. 35 million people in this state and that's available. We've gotten a lot of mileage out of it. Dog-park folks love it. My brother Wes, whom I believe you know, recognized the plate and chased down my wife with hiking-friends on the 8 out near Alpine. One of the women in the car said, "Why is that guy honking at us? We're not that hot." Also, my wife recently got a ticket out there, and the cop was almost apologetic about it. That wouldn't have happened if the plates said "TCJ LAW." Best $35 I ever spent. T.C. Johnston, LL.M.— March 2, 2009 9:03 a.m.