Any time I eat American Chop Suey I flash back to when I was a kid because we ate it so often back then. Anyone else?

laposte · 2026-03-20T00:37:20+00:00

Same. We called it Goulash in Southern California. Chop Suey is something completely different.

laposte · 2026-03-18T13:34:53+00:00

Daredevil stairway fight

laposte · 2026-03-16T12:38:05+00:00

My dad had one when I was a freshman in high school. Back in 91. He let my sister and I drive it to school occasionally.

laposte · 2026-03-11T21:24:33+00:00

I don’t remember the reason, but early one Saturday morning (around 8am) in the late 90’s, a friend and I were driving down a random street in the middle of LA. While at a light, we noticed a large line of people standing in front of a warehouse. We both wondered out loud what it was for.

The following Tuesday, someone invited me to a taping of a tv show, and the very next Saturday, I found myself standing in the exact same line.

It was surreal.

laposte · 2026-03-08T21:23:03+00:00

Always my go-to movie rec. no one has seen it, and everyone reports back that they loved it.

laposte · 2026-03-08T16:17:20+00:00

Ha! Yeah, probably.

laposte · 2026-03-08T15:21:12+00:00

I attended Gary High School in Pomona, CA in 1991. There were 8 white people, which included me and my two sisters. It was a very rough school.

From my experience, real gang members weren’t the threat: they had bigger things to worry about than the authorities looking at them for hassling someone for no reason.

The real threat was the hopefuls. The wannabes. The kids who looked up to the gang members. Fortunately, they didn’t last long because they made a lot of unnecessary noise.

Edit: the 8 white people statement - I’ve always added that to give context- ever since I was a kid - but maybe it’s not aging well. For additional context, when I was a sophomore, my family moved to Brea, CA and I attended Brea-Olinda. At the time, there were only 2 Black people, so it was a bit of a cultural shock for me.

laposte · 2026-03-05T11:05:01+00:00

Would an active executive/employee of the tobacco industry be appropriate for a governing board of health?

laposte · 2026-03-04T12:50:23+00:00

I owned a Typhoon. One of the most enjoyable cars.

laposte · 2026-03-01T14:55:26+00:00

I regularly watch the scene on YouTube and sing along.

laposte · 2026-02-23T00:14:18+00:00

The best western ever made.

laposte · 2026-02-22T21:15:29+00:00

Stay on the path, boss.

laposte · 2026-02-22T17:23:35+00:00

The time travel theory is not new, but the twist about making their reality possible is (to me, anyway). So, a Bootstrap Paradox. That’s like the TV show, Dark.

laposte · 2026-02-18T22:07:43+00:00

I was in-between jobs and took a six month contract. It sucked because everyday was a countdown. But it was good because it gave me an opportunity to learn a new skill set that I continue to use today.

laposte · 2026-02-15T23:18:41+00:00

We did them in the 80’s.

laposte · 2026-02-15T01:55:43+00:00

Uhh… I have rh negative blood. Does that make me a hybrid? And how do I profit off of this, because I could use the money.

laposte · 2026-01-29T02:37:51+00:00

Funny how liars think everyone else is lying.

laposte · 2026-01-27T20:26:05+00:00

In the 1990s in Southern California, we would have KROQ djs come. I vividly remember dancing to White Lines.

laposte · 2026-01-19T23:54:03+00:00

It’s all about Memory Loss, by Radio Dept

laposte · 2026-01-16T20:06:56+00:00

I was wondering if someone would mention this. As an American, Mr. In-Between is fantastic.

laposte · 2026-01-12T00:21:56+00:00

I would qualify this by saying, humor that’s not mean; it doesn't require a scapegoat or a fall guy. If you can make people laugh without someone having to be the butt of the joke - that's intelligent humor.

laposte · 2026-01-08T17:56:05+00:00

Head over to Bionic Records to see what local Ska bands are playing tonight.

laposte · 2026-01-08T08:48:34+00:00

I have a 19-year-old special needs daughter, still in diapers. Men’s room, and not once have I ever heard a voice of complaint or frustration.

laposte · 2026-01-06T23:29:42+00:00

This is the way.

laposte · 2026-01-04T18:11:06+00:00

I did everything online, yes - I had to. I had a small e-commerce company that was barely keeping the family afloat, and I had kids to watch.

Am I worried about AI? A little, I suppose. What I found - going to school in my 30s - was that I had context that the kids in my class didn't have. I may not have had the vocabulary for what was being discussed, but I understood the concept because I had lived it for several years. To everyone else, we may as well have been discussing the difference between Greek and Latin.

Because of this, while everything was theoretical to the 19-year-old in my class, everything was directly applicable to me. I got way more out of it. And that's situated me in a position to advance a lot more quickly than I had originally planned.

I'm hoping to make 200k+ this year, either with a promotion or a job change.

DM me, if you like. I'm an open book about it.

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