University Credit Union's Tellers could possibly be the biggest cunts in West Los Angeles

If you are looking for an alternative to those criminal banks that dealt in credit default swaps and sub-prime mortgages, University Credit Union may seem like a nice alternative especially if you attended UCLA. Unfortunately, while this may not be Chase or Bank of America, by the time you finish doing business with these incompetent people, you will wish you went there instead. The manner in which I was treated here made my physically ill. The person that helped me here was named Emerald. What a total cunt she was. I could not believe how stupid this woman was. I talk to tons of people all day, every day and trust me when I tell you that this lady was a stupid cunt. When I walked into a small Korean bank around the corner from my house and gave them an initial deposit of several thousand dollars, I was happy to find a financial institution that did not write sub-prime mortgages and that was happy to accept my green money without a horrid attitude and the terrible service that I experienced at University Credit Union.

Tacos Baja Ensenada Sells the Best Fish Tacos in Southern California

Looking for a place to feed your starving family for around ten bucks a head after you run trails all morning? The Baja Burrito is an outstanding buy at $6.50 and you would have to be quite a trencherman to finish it. It is stuffed with crispy batter fried fish and shrimp, beans made with lard, rice, cabbage, crema and salsa. With the roasted yellow chilies, this is a formidable burrito. The tacos are equally fantastic, whether they are fish, shrimp or Baja's (fish AND shrimp in a flour tortilla). The shrimp ceviche is well seasoned and delicious and only $2.99. The Campechana, while some of the seafood is from a can, is tasty nonetheless. The only item that I have not found to be top notch is the shrimp quesadilla. The fish tacos in Ensenada that you probably grew up on if you are from Southern California are better, but if this place had access to the same fresh fish right from the bay, they would give those street vendors down there a run for their money. The place can get crowded but they keep the line moving pretty quick.

Dan Tana's Restaurant

A friend of mine worked as a bodyguard for Phil Spector a few years back, and told me about how he would come into this place and approach a woman. He would walk up to their table, introduce himself and ask how much money it would take to go home with him. He would start piling up the hundred dollar bills in front of their faces until it exceeded ten thousand dollars and she could not say no. Being a raging ass munch with a chip on his shoulder, he would frequently start a fight and leave my friend to clean up the mess. Phil was right at home at Dan Tana's. But it is not entirely without merit. You can get Italian American dishes with a Croatian accent and if you are a toad like Spector, you could whip out a pile of cash to get someone to come home with you old school Hollywood style. It is similar to Musso and Franks but less of a tourist trap. The chicken vesuvius with a side of spaghetti is not bad, the scampi is better, but watching the dynamics of the room is the best.

Pacific Dining Car

If I were reviewing the breakfast exclusively, I would have given them a perfect rating. The banana and pecan pancakes, Eggs Blackstone, fried potatoes, and the muffins are spectacular. The breakfast cooks know how to cook your eggs a perfect over medium or however you desire them and the coffee is first rate. The steaks are just plain hunks of dead, unseasoned cow flesh and that $55.00 price on the menu makes you think surely they must jest. On a brighter note, the creamed spinach is one of my favorite sides anywhere and the fried potatoes are similar but not identical to the ones that come from my own kitchen. If you are alcoholic, you can get a proper but expensive fix here. If you puke on your shirt in the bathroom, nod off on dilaudid, if the prostitute you came in here with starts to become belligerent and disputes her fee, or you and your friends are coming down slowly from acid, they aren't going to mind. Your money is still green here. Lots of high powered attorneys, judges and other assorted assholes routinely clog their arteries with Hollandaise Sauce in this dining room. If you were a fly on the wall, you would find this place very entertaining.

Daniel Marquez- Asskicking Tenant's Rights Attorney

Dan is without a doubt THE best tenant's rights attorney in Los Angeles. When the owner of my rent controlled apartment passed away, her evil daughter inherited the complex. I had been living there since the 1986, and the rent had never been increased. Immediately, they tried everything they could to get me out of the place. This included having the unmitigated audacity to file three frivolous bad faith eviction cases against me in a one year time span. Dan represented me in the last two cases, and won both of them at trial. He did not overcharge me, make false promises and representations, or even charge me extra for things like phone calls and copies like most attorneys I have used in the past. Furthermore, I found Dan not only to be a wonderful attorney but a really cool guy. He used to be the director of the eviction project at Los Angeles Legal Aid Foundation in the early 1980's, and because of his vast experience with eviction cases at the Central District and the Los Angeles City RSO he was able to beat the fucking snot out of the lawyers that the owner used to file those bogus evictions. Because of Dan's great work, I was able to keep my place, save face, and recover my costs. Winning these cases was of the utmost importance to me. I suggest that if your landlord begins acting un-ethically and starts pushing you around that you give Dan a call.

Fuck The Miller Brewing Company and their Tools for Success Program

Miller Brewing Company Miller, the embalming fluid of beers, ought to be ashamed of themselves for sponsoring the Tools For Success Graduation award in our local community college automobile programs for several reasons. Firstly, the Miller Brewing Company produces dangerous, sub-standard products that contribute to numerous automobile accidents on a daily basis. Miller Beer is involved in hundreds if not thousands of automobile collisions every year and many of them are fatal. Alcohol manufacturers and automobile technology and repair should be mutually exclusive. Instead, we should force the alcoholic beverage industry to retrofit every existing automobile with an ignition interlock device and force the automotive industry to make this a standard feature on all new cars. In this day and age, a super-duper sensitive ignition interlock device could be manufactured and installed into any car for less than a hundred bucks. Unfortunately, these things are bad for business so they will never be used on a mass scale. Secondly, Miller targets the Tools for Success program at Latinos. The last thing Latinos need is another drink, especially a fucking bottle of Miller. Alcohol is simply a poison for people who are mestizo or indigenous with almost no exceptions, instantly addicting and frequently fatal. It is a terrible idea to drink any alcohol whatsoever if you are of Mexican descent. It is clearly a genetic condition that does not allow us to drink alcohol in moderation and without horrible consequences like other people. Miller should be ashamed of giving free tools away, and the winners should be ashamed of taking them. What if Watson Pharmaceuticals decided to sponsor a tool giveaway in West Virginia? Or how about if Kentucky Fried Chicken sponsored a culinary tool giveaway and blatantly targeted people who were strung out on fried chicken and processed foods? Finally, community colleges are not an appropriate advertising platform for alcoholic beverages or other mind altering drugs. If anything, it should be a platform for educating people about the dangers of alcohol. Public schools should not participate in the program or allow Miller to distribute applications and paraphernalia with the Miller logo to its students or set up displays on campus. I know that it may seem like a big great philanthropic deal to have an alcohol manufacturer award a full cabinet of tools to an outstanding graduate of an automotive technology program, but if you consider it for a while, I am sure you can see how deceptive Miller truly is.

Griffith Park 7/1/13

This morning, Griffith Park was pretty hot and sticky. My daughter and I headed up the West trail, and then up the ridgeline to the top of the mountain. Running down, it dawned on me that so far, this was the hottest morning of the year, and that the end of the Summer is going to be a scorcher. As the temperature increases, I usually head to higher ground such as the Greater Mt. Baldy area or in the alternative, Topanga State Park is normally 10-15 degrees cooler than Griffith Park during peak summer hours. When I began hiking in Griffith Park a couple of years ago, it took me a couple of hours to reach the top from Los Feliz Blvd. These days, my average times hover around 45 minutes round-trip. If you are just beginning an exercise regimen, take it easy and climb these hills at your own pace. It is not a race, and you are not going to get results if you push yourself so hard that you injure yourself. Happy Trails.