Archive for May, 2010

Have North And South Korea Finally Worked Out Their Contract Disputes For The Korean War Sequel?

It’s a shame that soaring salaries and egos have detracted countries from producing wars the way they used to. You could make the argument that studios are so invested in “tentpole” wars that carry on for decades and don’t have discernible starts or finishes, simply for the sake of franchising their wars, that we’ll never [...]

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Mount Wilson Trail

Mount Wilson is located near Sierra Madre and is a grueling fifteen mile hike to the observatory, which affords stunning views of the San Gabriels and downtown Los Angeles. Todd and I climbed it while making dick jokes. Here’s the hike: To get to the trailhead, take the 210 freeway to Baldwin Ave. in Sierra [...]

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Los Angeles Outdoor Movies 2010

Despite the fact that Los Angeles doesn’t have anything by way of seasons, it appears that there are three or four months where it only drops ten degrees at night instead of the usual forty. During these months, which northerners call “Summer,” you can find some outdoor movies around Los Angeles. Here are the 2010 [...]

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5 Best Bike Lanes in Los Angeles

5. Chandler Boulevard One of the newest bicycle right-of-ways in the city, this stretches across nearly the entire valley floor from one side of boring, ghetto suburbia to the other. There’s not a lot of sun cover, which makes the Chandler path useless from May through October, and you have to stop frequently at intersections, [...]

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7 Worst 2010 World Cup Jerseys

7. United States Hooray, we won a beauty pageant. Oh, wait, our entire back line is recovering from crippling injuries and we’re stuck with a jersey with a white-on-white sash on the front. The USA jersey is a poor throwback to the 1950 England win, but maybe these will distract the Brits. 6. Portugal The [...]

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7 Best 2010 World Cup Jerseys

We are almost one month away from the biggest global sporting event. More than a billion people worldwide will be glued to televisions despite all your soccer hating. Soccer jerseys (or footie kits) are as much of a business worldwide as your Kobe replica threads, so here’s my rundown on the best and worst of [...]

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