Archive for the ‘stuff’ Category

Pine Valley, CA. But I should probably keep the secret. Don’t move here, whatever you do!

Pimp My Volvo

In: stuff

16 Aug 2006

I turned 60 a couple of weeks ago, and I can feel the pangs of another mid-life crisis coming on. Except we’re past the midpoint now, aren’t we? Whatever. Number One Son and his wife urged me to get a tattoo or have my nose pierced for my birthday, but I wasn’t interested. Then one [...]

Too freaking hot

In: stuff

23 Jul 2006

But you know that. You’re probably sweltering too, no matter where you are–in the lower 48, at least. How hot was it? It was so hot in El Cajon yesterday [I live in the next town, La Mesa, CA] that my little Google weather widget got stuck at 111 degrees and even though it’s 6:30 [...]

I’m done

In: stuff

22 Jun 2006

It should come as no surprise that I’ve completely lost interest in blogging, so I’m going to stop pretending that something’s going to change. Bornfamous is about to become history–knowing, of course, that as soon as I pull the plug I will change my mind. Isn’t that always the way?


About this blog

I'm not really famous. In case you were wondering. But I tried. I once believed that fame makes you real - a perversion of "The Velveteen Rabbit" theme that love makes you real. Guess I equated fame with love. Sad. You can read more about that here.

Flickr Favorites

  • How I Went Vegan — The Complete Flake: [...] of months, that’s all it takes. If you want to store food for several years, there’ [...]
  • LaVonne Ellis: Smart! Half a dozen or more of those abandoned websites are mine, lol. This one almost became one of [...]
  • Mike Korner: Twitter is definitely unique LaVonne. Like all tools, it is valuable/powerful in the right hands and [...]
  • LaVonne Ellis: Thanks, Mike. You make some excellent points. I've been going back and forth about sending this [...]
  • Mike Korner: Hang in there LaVonne! Your nephew sounds like the kind of person who will find a way to succeed -- [...]