Photo of the Day... Now that Carmageddon is set to return to downtown Los Angeles later tonight, just thought I'd repost this image that made its rounds in the media last July. Do you think these folks will be crazy enough to conduct this stunt again? Err, maybe. Will they be successful in pulling it off now that the California Highway Patrol is onto them? Hm, maybe not.


Jesse Glucksman

PHOTO OF THE DAY... Today’s image belongs to Jesse Glucksman, who took this amusing image of his friends Matt Corrigan, his wife Amanda and their college friend Barry Neely as they pretended to dine out on an empty 405 freeway near downtown Los Angeles last weekend. The photo, which I first saw in the July 20 edition of the L.A. Times newspaper, was taken during the so-called Carmageddon between July 15-17. Nice stunt. I’m sure these folks will try this again when Carmageddon repeats itself next year (since what remains of the Mulholland Drive Bridge still needs to be demolished)...though the California Highway Patrol will most probably be on the lookout for them this time.



Jesse Glucksman

VIDEO OF THE DAY... Last night, I stumbled upon a hilarious Youtube clip that borrowed footage from a critically-acclaimed film (2004’s Downfall) about the final days of Adolf Hitler...with subtitles added in depicting the Nazi dictator going off on a tirade about next weekend’s temporary shutdown of the 405 freeway near downtown Los Angeles. I’d tell you more about this shutdown—nicknamed "Carmageddon"—but this video explains the situation pretty thoroughly. Clearly, the person who wrote these subtitles lives in the Southland. And clearly, this person is probably aspiring to be a screenwriter or something. (Or probably already is one.) If awards were given out for the best-written Youtube clips out there, then this video should be a nominee. Anyways, check out Hitler’s rant about Carmageddon: