SlowpokeBlog

I've left the charmless east coast winter behind to visit southern California. Mr. Slowpoke just wrapped up an academic conference, and we're going to explore LA and coastal points north. I have been to California a few times before, but LA only briefly, so this is my first true immersion in the fast food and blingy-car kitschfest that predominates here. I think anyone who pooh-poohs urban planning and no-growth movements needs only to spend a day in southern CA to catch a glimpse of the future of any town threatened by sprawl. The next day, they'll be zoning their ass off.

In a moment of supreme irony that made my head nearly explode, I belatedly found out that the LA Times wanted one of my cartoons, but they needed it immediately on the day I was flying to LA. Internet access has been frustratingly hard to come by, so it was too late by the time I got the email. I could've hand-delivered the thing, dammit! [UPDATE: I stand corrected. The cartoon actually ran after all, thanks to some sleuthing by coolio cartoon editor Joel Pett.]

Blogging will probably be xtra-lite (one must employ kitschy misspellings when within a 500-yard radius of a Wienerschnitzel outlet) for the next week, as I soak up the sunny, 80-degree weather. Ahhh...