Big Treeless

The landlord has decided to cut down the tree in front of our house. It was taller than the house and it cast shade on the picture windows, saving on energy and giving us privacy.

Their plan is to sell the house, and I suppose deforesting the property and exposing the peeling paint and cracked windows will achieve that end... somehow.

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Bikes in Burbank

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Our Warner Brothers' studio tour guide told us that, years ago, James Dean had an obnoxious habit of revving his motorcycle outside live soundstages. The perfectly measured reaction to this was to, of course, ban all motorcycles from the Warner Brothers' Burbank lot. There are countless bikes now cruising the lot.

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