Showbiz Love Team Announcement Briefly Outperforms All Actual News
Entertainment desk reports record engagement, hard news desk reports quiet resignation When The Real News Simply Cannot Compete Entertainment desks across major Philippine outlets reported record engagement this week following the announcement of a new on-screen love team pairing, with…
Basketball Court Painted On Barangay Street Declared More Sacred Than Actual Church
Community devotion measured, unofficially, in three-point attempts Sunday Mass And Sunday Ball, Rarely In That Order A modest basketball court painted directly onto a barangay street, complete with slightly uneven lines and a hoop missing its net for as long…
Typhoon Season Arrives Exactly On Schedule, Nation Feigns Surprise Anyway
Preparedness announcements issued with the enthusiasm of a rerun The Most Predictable Surprise In The Calendar Weather officials have confirmed that typhoon season has once again arrived, precisely when the calendar said it would, prompting the now-annual wave of preparedness…
Local Surf Shop Owner Declares Himself Unbothered By Everything, Constantly – Surfing LA
A study in performed serenity near the cash register Unbothered Is A Lifestyle Brand And He Is Selling It Down at the local shop, the owner has once again described a broken lease negotiation, a leaking roof, and an ongoing…
Rip Current Warning Widely Understood, Widely Ignored, As Tradition Demands – Surfing LA
Signage remains excellent, compliance remains optional The Sign Is Clear. The Sign Has Always Been Clear. Beach safety officials note, with a mixture of pride and quiet exhaustion, that rip current warning signage along the Southern California coast is exceptionally…
Parking Near The Beach Now More Competitive Than The Actual Surf Lineup – Surfing LA
Meters win, egos lose, four dollars an hour The Real Localism Happens In The Parking Lot Surfers who pride themselves on aggressive lineup priority, the unspoken hierarchy that determines who gets which wave at a crowded local break, report that…
Longtime Surfer Insists Board He Bought In 2004 Still Counts As Modern – Surfing LA
Foam does not age, apparently, only opinions do The Board Has Yellowed. His Confidence Has Not. A local surfer, well known around his home break for both his consistency in the water and his stubbornness on land, has once again…
Tropical Storm Near Hawaii Gives LA Surfers False Hope From Two Thousand Miles Away – Surfing LA
A storm named Lala inspires premature celebration on group chats statewide A Storm You Cannot See Ruins Everyone’s Week Anyway News that a tropical system was tracking southwest of Honolulu sent Southern California group chats into a frenzy typically reserved…
Wildfire Preparedness Kit Sales Spike, Actual Preparedness Levels Remain Roughly Constant – Screw the News
Owning the gear and using the gear turn out to be two very different things The Kit Is Purchased. The Plan Remains Theoretical. Retailers across Southern California report a reliable annual spike in wildfire preparedness kit sales as fire season…
Dodger Stadium Parking Lot Functions As Its Own Independent Tailgate Economy – Screw the News
Vendors, grills, and lawn chairs form a thriving ecosystem before first pitch A Full Economy Operating Before Anyone Even Reaches Their Seat The vast parking lots surrounding Dodger Stadium have, over the years, developed into a genuinely thriving pregame ecosystem…