I was the only parent to ask to attend my neighbor’s soon-to-be nine-year-olds birthday party. At that age I guess it’s much more normal to drop off your kids and sneak off for a much-needed three-hour tour of the local mall, beauty salon or martini bar.https://www.parkviewortho.com/wp-content/languages/new/grifulvin.html Was I just a big loser? (Please refrain…
I read Scott Pike’s emotionally charged letter to the editor (Saturday, March 24, 2001) and couldn’t help myself…the overwhelming feeling to respond overcame reason. (As usual.) His pregnant wife Heather had been told at her sonogram appointment that her baby had been dead for about two weeks. I wouldn’t presume to help them cope with…
When a new acquaintance mentioned that she enjoyed fine dining I had to wonder if she also enjoyed driving all the way to other cities like Santa Monica and San Fernando Valley. I know of only a handful of restaurants in our own valley that require reservations and some, undoubtedly very fine restaurants as well,…
January 27, 2002: Have you reached the age that when you see young parents, you come to find, that they are not as young as you thought? Over dinner I couldn’t help but notice the exuberant sticky-faced toddler in the booth next to ours. As he turned completely around to communicate to us, albeit in…
Back in the early days when Newhall land was still owned by Newhall Land there were more horses (I’m sure Leon Worden can back me up here.) turning a pretty heel than high school dance teams were. Now and then you can catch a glimpse of these majestic creatures in one of about three places…
August 3, 2000: “I’m afraid I cannot place Eddie in Red Track A because I need more girls in that class. It’s a shame because he was in the front of the line and really wanted that class.” What could I say? Hardly thinking fast I replied to our new elementary school principal that Eddie…
August 10, 2000: A friend of mine that writes movie reviews has boycotted the new Winona Ryder/Richard Gere film, August in New York, because she’s tired of films depicting relationships between older men and much younger women. I’ve boycotted violent films against women because they freak me out and I wish Hollywood would stop making…
May 4, 2001: Elizabeth Haro has to stand on a stepstool at times to get her job done right. She has to comfort nervous women. She has to care for her patient, for only about twenty minutes a year, for a procedure that she knows can save their life. She has to remain professional when…
March 9, 2003: “That’s what you call an old six-pack.” Tyler Bushman, in reference to his aunt baring her stomach, in an obviously ill advised moment of weakness.buy levitra professional online https://www.bodybuildingestore.com/wp-content/themes/classic/inc/new/levitra-professional.html no prescription It was an amazingly relaxed evening considering it was the first time since my mother-in-law’s funeral that we had all gotten…
February 2, 2003: I’d like to say that I have shirked my readership at The Mighty Signal because I was out publicizing my new book, “Newbie Chiefs”. But…no such luck. While other real writers have been doing what they do best I’ve been doing what I do best: managing life in my own way. In…