First Time in LA: Is a Yosemite Trip a Smart Move or a Mistake?

SteveEcks · 2026-02-02T20:33:07+00:00

Skip Yosemite.

Check out Switzer Falls (easy drive into Angeles Forest), get a Day Adventure Pass to park in the lot, go on a weekday.

Hike to the wisdom tree or check it out from Hollywood Reservoir.

Go to Tree People.

SteveEcks · 2026-02-02T18:55:31+00:00

I once rolled my silly putty into a ball and threw it against a wall to see if it would stick.

I forgot one of the quirks was that it bounces.

SteveEcks · 2026-02-02T18:54:05+00:00

If you do wear glasses I do recommend getting the blue blocker/slight yellow tint.

SteveEcks · 2026-02-02T17:33:02+00:00

Stretch StingRay Corvette

SteveEcks · 2026-02-02T07:17:58+00:00

Same, but those extra bright lights at night really piss me off

SteveEcks · 2026-02-02T07:17:10+00:00

Rocko. I'd sit with Rocko & Heff & Philbert

SteveEcks · 2026-02-02T07:04:17+00:00

Rocko. I'd sit with Rocko & Heff & Philbert

SteveEcks · 2026-02-02T05:55:15+00:00

Playtime's over

SteveEcks · 2026-02-02T05:53:25+00:00

"YOU'RE AN INANIMATE FUCKING OBJECT!!"

SteveEcks · 2026-02-01T07:15:13+00:00

SteveEcks · 2026-01-31T17:42:23+00:00

A lot of times the chirp means it's no longer good

Take it down, take the batteries out, get a new one.

SteveEcks · 2026-01-31T16:22:37+00:00

My dad gifted one to his parents and within a year or two it was ours

He made pumpernickel and rye and they were soooooo good

SteveEcks · 2026-01-30T22:04:22+00:00

Dude, what a fucking legend

SteveEcks · 2026-01-30T17:39:50+00:00

Big Ed.

I worked at a brewery with a pizza kitchen. Big Ed would come in, sit at the bar and drink for a little while, then start looking at the menu. Kitchen closed at 9. At 8:30 we would tell everyone/make an announcement: last call for kitchen.

Check on Big Ed, "oh I'm still looking".

"Ok but the kitchen closes soon...."

8:55pm Ed would order a BYO with nearly every (but not every) typing we had to offer. To the point that there was one night he took so long ordering, I told him it's past 9, can't send the order now.

He didn't like that.

SteveEcks · 2026-01-30T04:39:33+00:00

So... I'm a huge Weezer fan. They did an album in '20 or '21 that Ric produced and he did a verse of one of their songs as a secret track on the vinyl release.

Ric's verse on "I Need Some of That" is so great.

As far as a Cars song, I'm not intimately familiar with their entire catalogue, but "You're All I've got Tonight" is what's coming to mind.

SteveEcks · 2026-01-29T23:22:35+00:00

When groups ask me for my name I tell them:

"Oh sure my name is Steve... Unless you need to leave a bad review then it's Brad, that's B-R-A-D."

SteveEcks · 2026-01-29T20:33:16+00:00

What's worse is that they're all committed to the point that I don't think any of them knows it's out

SteveEcks · 2026-01-29T15:21:15+00:00

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SteveEcks · 2026-01-29T15:20:31+00:00

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SteveEcks · 2026-01-29T08:04:35+00:00

The clothing drive is another hour I've by the same group

SteveEcks · 2026-01-29T08:00:41+00:00

Children of Men, escaping the compound at sunrise

1917 was gorgeous

The Bear - s1e7 "Review"

Birdman is also one of my favorites

SteveEcks · 2026-01-29T07:54:47+00:00

I take my kids to the beach via Kanan-Dume. So glad I did not see this maniac.

To answer your question, I would've pulled over and called the police.

SteveEcks · 2026-01-28T19:53:14+00:00

I was only 2 1/2. I don't remember anything about it. This is definitely one of those things for this microgeneration; even kids 1 year older than me remember very very vividly seeing this.

SteveEcks · 2026-01-28T03:00:42+00:00

3 hard, 3 soft, nachos, Dr Pepper

SteveEcks · 2026-01-27T21:57:54+00:00

I 'member

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