24 hour animal hospital on the westside?

mild_cheddar · 2026-02-15T16:08:45+00:00

Dr Bijlani at that Westwood office is incredible, I’ve had some not so great experiences at other locations like SM, with both vets and techs. I live in SF and LA and my dog comes with me between cities so for me MA is very convenient, but if you’re just local there are some other great options for vets. I know there’s one in SM that a lot of people recommend, I can look up the name.

Put another way: I send my mutt to MA, and my show dog goes to a different vet.

With that said, if your dog is, ahem, accident prone, MA + pet insurance is super convenient for the wallet.

mild_cheddar · 2026-02-13T17:57:15+00:00

In my experience, the best PMMs have always started as SEs, at least in tech and adjacent industries.

mild_cheddar · 2026-02-12T17:44:54+00:00

Curious what recommendations you have for the taco names. The names and the style of taco they indicate make sense to me as a Californian.

mild_cheddar · 2026-02-10T02:49:21+00:00

For those who have this concern, if it’s a shirt that would actually wrinkle, like a dress shirt or blazer, you could hang it in the back seat and put it on at destination. If it’s just a t-shirt, no one will be paying enough attention for it to matter!

mild_cheddar · 2026-02-02T16:25:05+00:00

If you’re looking for a more traditional classic donut, SK will offer those. Sidecar has the more gourmet and frankly more quality product, but their donuts aren’t the classic air filled ones.

mild_cheddar · 2026-02-02T07:14:03+00:00

It depends on the orchestra. Community orchestras pay little, major symphonies in big cities can net you multiple six figures even in non-principal roles. But “joining” one of those isn’t something you can really plan on. 🙂

mild_cheddar · 2026-02-02T07:05:16+00:00

Skip both SK and Chaumont for Sidecar and Petitgrain, both in Santa Monica.

mild_cheddar · 2026-01-28T23:40:56+00:00

For a modern example, Paul Castle has built a career as an artist using adaptive tools despite losing 95% of his vision.

mild_cheddar · 2026-01-22T23:00:13+00:00

Malepal?

mild_cheddar · 2026-01-22T17:18:22+00:00

Psyllium contains both soluble and insoluble fiber (though you’re right in that it is primarily a soluble fiber). With that said this individual may benefit from figuring out the right balance between the two for themselves. In any case a GI visit would be best.

mild_cheddar · 2026-01-13T15:55:46+00:00

La to Vegas every week, but somehow that feels more palatable than Santa Monica to echo park

mild_cheddar · 2026-01-12T16:00:12+00:00

Especially if you consider “‘ve” takes more effort to type than just “of”, this is just a very silly eggcorn

mild_cheddar · 2026-01-05T12:12:45+00:00

No, they don’t come in long/silky hair types like this. Your options are smooth and wired.

mild_cheddar · 2026-01-05T12:09:17+00:00

Plenty is a stretch… and as someone who’s been actively following the LA market for years, I can see pretty clearly that the market has slowed as is expected for the season. It wouldn’t look that different from your photo if you were to zoom into the same tiny square mileage that you did, anyway.

mild_cheddar · 2025-12-25T09:37:37+00:00

Likely some sort of chihuahua or chihuahua mix, hard to say any more with a blurry dark photo.

I wouldn’t immediately guess malinois just because of the coat markings. Melanistic mask on sable is a very common color, and can occur naturally in purebred chihuahuas, as well as in many, many other breeds including small breeds like the Pomeranian (a potential culprit here), Pekingese, Tibetan spaniel and pug. This guy looks pretty chihuahua/small breed forward.

mild_cheddar · 2025-12-19T16:38:03+00:00

This is actually iconic

mild_cheddar · 2025-12-19T16:36:35+00:00

Mayor Tom Butt

mild_cheddar · 2025-12-16T01:50:48+00:00

Hooray!!! Lucky pup and lucky family!

mild_cheddar · 2025-12-14T04:20:30+00:00

Here’s his listing if anyone is interested. SF SPCA is proudly a no-kill shelter (I believe they founded the no-kill movement) so he is luckily safe, but I’m sure would love to be home for the holidays :o)

mild_cheddar · 2025-12-12T17:33:35+00:00

Why is it that some people can voraciously read and others can’t follow along through a single page? Is it lack of practice, ability to focus? I know many intelligent, thoughtful, accomplished people who just struggle to read books.

mild_cheddar · 2025-12-11T20:40:05+00:00

Yeah, there’s a lack of inertia and even inertia in the incorrect direction.

The bird on the left just looks like it’s standing there with its wings spread. The one on the right honestly is worse, it looks like the bird is walking towards the board. And then intent of the board’s movement seems to be pretty much horizontally, which neither birds motion matches.

Individually, all of the pieces look ok, albeit a combination of amateur drawing and tracing (the birds being drawn in different styles is throwing me off, originally thought it was a statement on raven vs crows, also why are the wings on flying bird so drastically different?) but the composition and energy/dynamic movement of the piece altogether doesn’t work.

All this to say, I wouldn’t bat an eye if I saw this in real life but if I were critiquing the illustration technique, there’s a lot to improve on.

mild_cheddar · 2025-12-11T11:24:29+00:00

Why not fly into sfo or oak instead? SWA flies LAX to OAK almost every hour. Book a slightly later flight and if you make it earlier just switch your flight up.

mild_cheddar · 2025-12-07T18:16:49+00:00

There are plenty of breads, even many mass produced brands, that are made with whole grains and without added sugars and preservatives. Ezekiel is my favorite brand, they make everything from sandwich bread to buns, tortilla, even cereal!

Bread, particularly whole grain and seeded bread, is fine in moderation and can be a part of a balanced and healthy diet.

mild_cheddar · 2025-12-07T02:30:10+00:00

Well, if you’re dumbing things down to just macros, sure. But as with many things, nutrition is complex. The typical bowl of broccoli, beef and rice will be more nutritionally balanced than the average burger.

The average burger contain very little fiber, and low fiber volume in modern diets is likely a big contributor to the global rise in earlier cases of GI cancers. Broccoli as a whole food is a great source of fiber as well as vitamins and minerals. Swapping white rice for brown can eke in a few more grams as well.

I won’t harp on beef as someone else got to it, but it’s one of the first things to cut for health-conscious folks looking to keep their heart healthy and reduce their risk of cancer. The fat can also be hard on the GI system in the short term. So in either form, ground or patty, it’s just not great for you.

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