Category Archives: Los Angeles

Burned by Coffee

It’s one of the oldest stories — a guy or gal has a big date that night, so she looks into the mirror, and sees a huge zit! Horrors! I don’t have a zit, but it looks like I have … Continue reading

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Three Tidbits from This Morning

8AM – Every morning, when I turn my IM on, I see Alissa online, probably from her office.  She can see me online at the same time.  For weeks, we just stared at each other, neither wanting to bother the … Continue reading

Posted in Life with Sophia, Los Angeles, News and Politics | 23 Comments

Table Settings: A Story Pitch for a Screenplay

Do you see how white I become after three days of not shaving? Meet Bob. He lives in Redondo Beach. He’s a…uh… an accountant… but a loveable one. Imagine a cross between Tom Hanks, Luke Wilson, and Perez Hilton. One … Continue reading

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The Guest Bloggers

It was inevitable. Our beautiful patio that I have been writing about for weeks, the beautiful locale that produced the lovely flowers and tasty tomatoes, had became a place that required “work” and produced “conflict.” All of a sudden, there … Continue reading

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Nerdy Bloggers’ Fashion Makeover

Some say the blogosphere is like high school. I don’t think it is anything like high school. In high school, the geeks and the beauty queens do not hang out with each other EVERY DAY, making jokes and flirting with … Continue reading

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They Can’t Destroy BlogHim

(the new banner, created by Sween. thanks, brother!) It was a devious plan, devised by the head honchos at BlogHer to destroy BlogHim, and they used their most seductive Mata Haris to tempt me… and the plan almost worked. Last … Continue reading

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L.A. Heat

  I love when it gets hot in L.A., 100 degrees hot, and the AC conks out for those on the 405, and Jesus Gonzalez climbs from his stalled Toyota truck, sweaty and wet, but happy because his radio still … Continue reading

Posted in Literary, Los Angeles, Sex | 37 Comments

I Read My Post

The LA Bloggers Live reading was a lot of fun. I read this post. It’s an interesting exercise to read a post out loud because you can actually hear when something works or not. I might start reading all my … Continue reading

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The Closest Results Blog Ever

Neil: Your guesses are now in. What is Neilochka’s height and weight? Who will win the “Live Blog Ass-Kissing Link/Shoutout” at tonight’s LA blog reading. The excitement is intense. Our systems were overloaded last night as we received THIRTY MILLION … Continue reading

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Neilochka’s Final Showcase

As I’ve mentioned once before, I will be “reading” from my blog tomorrow, Thursday June 28th at 6:30pm at the Tangier Lounge.($4 cover charge at the door), along with some other glamorous Los Angeles bloggers, each one with the good … Continue reading

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