Joe Ditzel
Joe Ditzel Has Some Problems
Author: Joe Ditzel
Working Wardrobes
Every few months I head down to Orange County to help out at Working Wardrobes, an organization that helps people in shelters assemble clothes for job interviews. Our most recent event was the “Women’s Day of Self-Esteem”. Women from 14 shelters received clothing, hair styling and job search advice from a huge cadre of staff and volunteers.
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Beauty School Graduate
“Can I get a haircut this afternoon?” I asked.
“Can you come back in half an hour?” the receptionist/cashier/gum chewer responded. “Varna can take you.”
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Bruno Kirby
A tip of the comedy hat to Bruno Kirby who died today from complications from leukemia.
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Rancho Park
Went golfing at Rancho Park for my 50 birthday. Rancho is my home club in LA and the first place I started keeping an official handicap.
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Madeleine Begun Kane: Taxing Times
Madeleine Begun Kane gets ready for April 15 in this favorite from her archives.
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Is Chris Rock There?
What if your brand new cell phone had the old phone number of a celebrity? A few years ago a
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Duck Soup at Balboa Golf Course
We had two weeks of steady rain in Los Angeles. I’ve lived here since 1991 and I can’t remember more
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Virus Vexation
I spent much of the holidays trying to eradicate some spyware on my laptop. Spyware vendors should be strung up
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Phone Cards For The Troops
One of the biggest requests from our troops in Iraq is phone cards. The government doesn’t pay for long distance
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