Friday, May 1, 2009

Happy Earthquake Day!

Okay perhaps I shouldn't be so glib, but there was an earthquake today, around 6:30pm, and I didn't feel it. I was far from the center driving on Laurel Canyon, headed to a night of bowling at Pinz with the girls. When I showed up to the game, my friend Julie who was joining us from Sherman Oaks said she felt an earthquake as she was leaving work.

Returning home tonight, I looked up said earthquake, and found out what happened. Nothing too exciting really, even the meterologists didn't seem to worried. But I did find this website, which I will now bookmark:


If you are in Southern CA, I suggest you check it out. There's only one tacky element to it, which is a fun-through-learning device called Beat the Quake, but other than that, it's pretty useful.


 

Monday, April 27, 2009

Plinky: New guest contributor Josh A. Cagan

Plinky: New guest contributor Josh A. Cagan

Hi Everyone!

Josh is the guest contributer on Plinky this week, as you might have guessed by the link above! Click on it to read more! And open your own Plinky account for creative fun!

Peace!
Kayla

This air conditioner is a Blowhard!

Want to read about my first-world problem? You're welcome!


Air Conditioner

Central air and heat have become the most-useless-should-be-most-useful- things in our home right now.



Luckily, we live in South California where we may leave our balcony doors and windows open, but on the days we actually need our central air and heat, this is what happens:



-when I turn on the heat, cold air shoots out for a good twenty minutes first "to warm up" the heater



- when I turn on the air conditioner, a smell of burning wet clothes permeates our apartment before we get any of the icy breeze we need to cool ourselves down



and, my personal favorite...



-when we need assistance with our central air and heat, we have to deal with our champagne addled Russian superintendent who regales us with stories of his old world past, which include being a notable rock star, an unsuccessful undercover agent, a hit man, and if I understand him correctly, "just a countryman"



Mind you, I know this is a first-world problem and I shouldn't complain too much. But the questions was asked, so the question must be answered.