• OneWord: 60 secs to write on a one-word prompt. “the real purpose of this exercise is to alleviate our natural tendency to edit everything—and learn to flow.”
• Plans for a bullet train between LA and San Francisco: still sidetracked by Schwarzenegger, despite the fact that he wrote an op-ed saying “a network of high-speed rail lines connecting cities throughout California would be a tremendous benefit to our state.” Read more ’bout the project in this informative op-ed by LA Times columnist George Skelton.



• Our parking meters seriously need to be replaced. Revenues from meters is down about $1.6 million. Plus, “the city does not have a way to be sure the amount of money put into a meter is the same as the amount taken out and brought downtown, where it is counted.” [Image by Jeremy Price]
• Scavenging for cans and bottles in California, where our redemption rates — at 61% in 2005 — are still below the state mandate of 80%. The rate’s estimated at just 33% nationwide though….

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