Fun Fact: San Andreas Fault Zone

The average rate of motion across the San Andreas Fault Zone during the past 3 million years is 56 mm/yr (2 in/yr). This is about the same rate at which your fingernails grow. Assuming this rate continues, scientists project that Los Angeles and San Francisco will be adjacent to one another in approximately 15 million years. –USGS

FURmination Complications

When we left Green Bay it was roughly 30 degrees. Today, mere weeks later, it’s about 90. This sudden onset of really high temperatures and longer daylight hours has left the cats in a shedding frenzy! We’ve had to vacuum every surface nonstop and sweep like crazy, and it feels pretty futile. So this weekendContinue reading “FURmination Complications”

Celebrity Sightings: Eagle Eye for Hire

Looking to spot celebrities on your next visit to Los Angeles? For a low, low fee of GRB-to-LAX airfare you can rent my dad for the day! This guy has crazy-good celebrity senses. He’s the Spider-Man of star sightings. I’ve now lived here for 3 weeks (though I haven’t gotten out a ton), and have taken numerousContinue reading “Celebrity Sightings: Eagle Eye for Hire”