12.17.2008
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"There's A Tear For Every Smile In Hollywood!" - By Blanche Sweet
The Burning Of Los Angeles
"The Day Of The Locust" By Nathaniel West (Excerpt)
All their lives they had slaved at some kind of dull, heavy labor, behind desks and counters, in the fields and at tedious machines of all sorts, saving their pennies and dreaming of the leisure that would be theirs when they had enough. Finally that day came. They could draw a weekly income of ten or fifteen dollars. Where else should they go but California, the land of sunshine and oranges? Once there, they discover that....(Link To The Last Chapter and The Burning Of Los Angeles)
2 comments:
Mr. Smith,
Thank you for sharing this time tested and important message.
Respectfully Yours in Safety and Service,
Brian Humphrey
Firefighter/Specialist
Public Service Officer
Los Angeles Fire Department
LAFD Blog: LAFD.ORG/BLOG
Well, I figured the best way to gently bring the subject up was with the words of the department itself. At this point I'm jonzin' to see a perp walk, but I also know how this town works.
I still feel bad for having a verbal tussle with a fireman on New Years morning lo, those many years ago, after The Hillview shortened itself by a story. While sweaty and smokey and wet he said something about "them" tearing down the "G.D. thing!" and I took extreme exception. I later realized that he was thinking about safety, not land developement, and I deeply regret not thanking him for saving what they DID, because that one turned out well in the end. Lets hope this little "run" of Flaming Hollywood is at end. Like Don Corleone, I am a suspicious man. So if one more nightclub should erupt into conflagration at around 6 am when it is coincidentally "empty," or a demolition crew "accidentally" demolishes a protected bungalow without a permit...I will blame some people in this town, and that I cannot forgive.
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