Line of the Day

"I’m off to the Mall to sell razor blades so people can scrape off their “Question Authority” bumper stickers"

More here from Lileks.

H/T: Baseball Crank

For reals.

Honest. This time, they promise, its gonna happen. April 14th is the date that the long-awaited under-grounding of power, telephone and cable lines will begin in anger in our ‘hood. The Big Dig, Rolando Beach style.

By our accounting they are approximately 3 years behind schedule. Yeah…. not too shabby.

But when we recall those clean and tidy but completely sterile and non-descript neighborhoods of Poway, Rancho Bernardo and East Lake, you’ll have to forgive us a bit of nostalgia. We’re children of Suburbia and our choice of “artwork” suggests we’ll always have a soft spot in our heart for this unique form of Southern California blight… in a totally Institute of Official Cheer sort of way.