Archive for the ‘travel’ Category

Judaism Would Be More Intimidating If We Had Jewish-Themed Rides And Sections at Amusement Parks

It seems as though an amusement park’s critical acclaim is related to the quality of their themed areas. Busch Gardens Tampa has designed their different sections to resemble the jungle, Disneyland has worlds like Frontierland, Tomorrowland and Have-Your-Wallet-Raped-By-Donald-Duck-Land, Six Flags Magic Mountain is themed like a place where you can be robbed by gangs of [...]

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The Hundreds of Ethnic Minority Groups Make It Really Hard to Be Politically Correct With Your Racism

In the 1970s there were three television channels: CBS, NBC and ABC. If you had a show on the air, take an average episode of M*A*S*H for example, you would pull in a bare minimum of twenty million viewers. There weren’t a lot of choices and nobody cared. People didn’t pine for a thousand channels [...]

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Outdoor Movies Los Angeles – 2011

2011 Outdoor Movies in Los Angeles. Click on the marker for that location’s schedule, also printed in text below. More locations and films are announced throughout the summer. View 2011 Outdoor Movies Los Angeles in a larger map Cinespia – Cemetery Screenings at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery http://cinespia.org/ May 14 – Cat on a Hot [...]

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Are The “If You See Something, Say Something” Signs on The L.A. Metro Sarcastic?

I noticed recently that the Los Angeles bus and subway system has instituted the “If you see something, say something” campaign to keep citizens alert of suspicious activity. Am I the only wondering what kind of a pathetic terrorist would take out his attack on the Los Angeles Metro? For starters, what is the point [...]

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Big Bear Vacation Video

Big Bear is located two-and-a-half hours East of Los Angeles and features some of the best – and only – skiing within two-and-a-half hours of Los Angeles. Directions: Take the 210 until you go uphill. When you hit water, you’re there. It is a nice mix of local restaurants and shops that are owned by [...]

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Bridge to Nowhere Hike

The Bridge to Nowhere is located in Azusa, California. In the 1930s, someone thought it would be a good idea to build a road in the middle of a mountain range that would forever be uninhabitable. This was before Sim City. When they hit a giant dip over a river, they built a beautiful arch [...]

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Vancouver Vacation Video – Part Two

Second part of the trip to Vancouver and Vancouver Island. You can watch part one here. This video rounds up the BC Ferry, Victoria and Pacific Rim National Park.

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Vancouver Vacation Video – Part One

This is the first part of a week-long vacation to Vancouver and Vancouver Island, British Columbia. Part one is wandering around Vancouver. Started in Yaletown, walked around downtown to the library, Sky Harbour and The Centre. Day two, climbed Lynn Peak near the Grouse Grind and headed back down to the waterfront. Day three was [...]

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Do Somali Pirates Appreciate Pirate Jokes?

This post might be a little tricky to pull off due to only a nascent understanding of puns in the native Somali language, but I wonder if Somalia has some version of their own pirate jokes to regale their future raiders and crusaders like we have here. The first question has to be whether the [...]

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Redwood National Park and Oregon Coast Road Trip

Flew into Portland where my friend picked me up. Drove over to the coast, then took the 101 and the 1 back to L.A. It was cloudy. Northern part of the coast was covered in fog, best parts are the rocky coasts, massive cliffs and lighthouses, if you’re into that kind of thing. Screw lighthouses [...]

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