Garbage, The Breeders, Juliana Hatfield 3, Veruca Salt, Liz Phair ... it was a good era for ladies who alt-rocked.

Wow, I haven’t thought of Belly in a long time. One of my guilty pleasures when I feel the need to reconnect with 1990s female-fronted alt-rock bands, of where where were quite a few.

I feel disappointed.

Great, now I can’t get my car out. Make up your minds, HOA bosses!

Commence Caddyshack resets in 3 ... 2 ... 1 ...

As I’ve rambled about elsewhere (because it beats working), there is a lot we don’t know about the process by which the rule change came about, such as the number of members of the board or membership required to approve any change in rules. Also, under California law, any change must be “reasonable.” I think a…

Just the opposite. I’m not defending anything. I’m trying to explain why this particular action by this HOA is so screwed up that no homeowner, not even one as messed up in the head as you seem to think someone must be to live somewhere with an HOA, would have to abide a rule change like this.

The homeowners have a settled expectation under California law that any changes to the HOA terms will be made according to written rules and duly conferred authority of the board pursuant to those rules, and that any changes will be reasonable. (Civil Code s. 4350). The article does not say whether the “open door”…

When the “open-door policy” is a new change to the bylaws as of 1/1/2018, no, the homeowners did not purchase the properties with that encumbrance in mind.

That’s better than if the giant is throwing rocks at you. You can face each other as God intended. Sportsmanlike. No tricks, no weapons, skill against skill alone.

The guitar had better range than Span.

Not pictured: the Texans’ staff immediately sent Zaid back out on the court for a second attempt.

I wish other sports worked this way. That lonely beer vendor trudging up the steps in a major league ballpark in the middle of a stifling July doubleheader would hold onto the tiny spark of hope that maybe, just maybe, if things fall his way and the team’s third backup infielder breaks a thumb, he could strap on the…

Hey there, almost neighbor. I can turn my head and look right at City Hall ... which now for the first time in ten hours is not accompanied by the incessant chants of the striking workers of this hilariously mismanaged and essentially bankrupt city.

Do you want to make the walk from Jack London Square to 12th Street at 11 pm after a night game? Have fun with the homeless encampments under 880 and the random drunks/stoners/anarchists/pimps lined up along Broadway.

NFL TV viewers have been subjected to ads for Viagra and Cialis for years. It’s only fair that the ladies get a little bit of that sex-aid action with the new sponsorship deal the NFL has signed with Sybian.

Holy cow, a Material Issue cassette. As tape sits there baking in the sun on the dashboard, I can almost hear it get more and more warbly: “...VALerieee loVES Meee...”

I wanted my parents to get a 5000 Turbo so bad it hurt. We had a friend who had one; he took me out for a short drive and gave me a demonstration of full throttle. It would probably seem laughably sedate now, but at the time that kind of verve from a big sedan that looked and sounded that futuristic blew me away.

The real trick for Sauber is where they will store one of these in the already tight cockpit:

Well that was a nice little Tete-a-[collapses].