Comments on: A Requiem for My Traveling Pants

By: Ginny Johnson

Ginny Johnson — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 23:09:13 +0000

Moderation? What does that mean? I love your blogs as I did your columns. Monday morning just ain’t the same. But like you advised us - I am keeping my LAbyGod Time subscription to get the news, be it good
or bad or more darn words about Michael J. Just wish you were still a
part of it. The paper, I mean. Keep blogging.

By: Carl

Carl — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 19:32:48 +0000

Do not go gentle into that good night,
Old levis should not burn at close of day;
Rage, rage against the dyeing or the fray.

Though wise men at their end know dark is right,
Because their jeans had forked no lightning they
Do not go gentle into that good night.

Good men, the last wave by, crying how once so blue
Their frail blue jeans might with patches dance anew,
Rage, rage against the dying of the stonewashed hue.

By: Carl

Carl — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 15:53:55 +0000

The button fly Levis were originally intended to slow down amorous miners by making it more difficult for them to undo their pants whenever they espied womenfolk. Is this also a problem in Topanga?

By: dusty

dusty — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 18:55:46 +0000

I”ve been missing you, Elmer. So sorry to hear about the demise of your Levis, but also happy to read your latest blog. The LA by God Times loss is our gain.

By: Dawna

Dawna — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 04:19:16 +0000

What a treat to read your writing again, Al. And what a wonderfully artistic group you Martinezes are. Lots of creative genes and good humor.

By: Richard T.

Richard T. — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 03:52:47 +0000

A great story Al. I felt the same way about an old pair of work dungarees when I came home from the Navy in 1946. Couldn’t bear to part with them. And I wore them until they looked so ragged that my Mother threw them out when I was away at college.

Keep on writing!

Richard T.

By: Karla Edwards

Karla Edwards — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 03:42:15 +0000

I was just thinking about you yesterday and so was happy to receive your latest blog. Wonderful to read anything and everything you have to say!

By: Julie Muhlstein

Julie Muhlstein — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 00:52:32 +0000

You still write them beautifully, like columns, not like slap-dash blogs….you work too hard!