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last night i picked up a long time busblog reader
i was minding my own business, circling the big buildings around century city, wondering if it was even worth it any more now that the century plaza will be closed for several years as they renovate...
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keira-anne is a beautiful spirit
pretty much the epitome of what youd imagine of a canadian young lady. polite, healthy, creative, fun, and concerned with all the good things that you wish everyone else would be concerned aboot i...
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do you know some people actually pretend to get uptight about words?
they waste their time trying to look good, but they fail. and worse, they never get to any real issue. let’s say someone uses a word that you’d never hear Tom Brokaw use. instead of trying to figure...
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have i told you about all the great things that have happened because of this...
ive been doing this gangsta shit since 2001 and in that time this blog has gotten me jobs and travel and friends and fancy cars and pretty much everything a man could ever want. but today, a little...
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ive been trying to write something for months
and ive had the hardest time doing it. from afar it looks crazy and ridiculous but i know that when i start doing it it will be fine because things change when youre right up in it. nobody dies writing...
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xtx has inspired me
i havent written a book in a very long time and now is as good as any time to do long hard things hers have been good and theyve been different and theyve been steady as has mr steve coulter‘s of rock...
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i have the worst case of writers block
which is ironic because i am the master of ridding yourself of writers block what youve gotta do is figure out what it is that you really wanna write, and write that then you’ll be unblocked. but what...
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tony what would you do if you could do anything?
you mean like if i won the lottery? because if i won the lottery id buy mom mom a house with a giant garden in the garden would be incredible bubbling ponds and tiny volcanoes. the volcanoes would...
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chuck klosterman was on tv, talking about creativity
he said in order to induce creativity he gets himself bored. he said our problems is that are instantly entertained within seconds thanks to the internet. he said the best ways, though, to get your...
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if i went to a shrink this is how it’d go
tony whats your biggest problem its probably my blog whats wrong with the busblog? the problem is when i get ready to write something i always have the best intentions. i want to write something arty...
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dear tony, no offense but
Lana asks, “No offense but, does it make you feel good your blog about nothing gets you jobs and dates and not REAL merit? Just popularity?” Firstly my blog is about Everything: sex, drugs, rock,...
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keira interviews raymi the minx
is there any debate that the queen of canadian blogging is, has been and probably will forever be Raymi the Minx? as you know i am a gigantic fan of canadian blogs, canadian blogging so i say that...
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tony, how do you feel about ppl who delete tweets and blogs?
i have known people who were chronic Deleters. while on one hand it’s perfectly fine to change one’s mind, on the other hand its a foolish attempt at control. you don’t control anything when you...
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pretty girl was all, whats with all the pretty girls on your insta
i was like, i have a lot of pretty girls on there? she was all, yeah, showing off their bellies and theyre young. i said, you mean on my blog? she said no, on your instagram, someone else mentioned it...
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you can say anything you want to about me
you can say my clothes are terrible or i ended up fat but one thing you cant say is you couldnt get hold of me. where is this world where people melt into when you send out an email or text and they...
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someone said, we’re getting old T, what about our legacy
i said real friends dont call me T he was like, yeah but like the Sopranos… i said, when you see Tony Soprano be my guest to call him that. he continued, ok whatever, but what about our legacy? are you...
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todays the busblogs birthday, it’s sweet sixteen
sixteen years ago i was doing some washing by the river. i looked into the weeds and there i saw a little tiny raft and a blog wrapped tightly in a blanket. i swam over to the scene and the blog was...
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shout out to Funky Cold Mark Medina who is heading to the Warriors
One of the funnest parts of overseeing the blogs at the LAT way back in the day was our sports blogs. the Lakers Blog was one of the first blogs at the Times and it was already a monster before I ever...
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do you know whats funny about life?
everything. hi little blog. hi tony. hi little magic thing. hi tony. hi little everything. hi tony. hi little secret weapon. hi tony. do you know how many times the xbi tried to shut you down? yes...
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10 years ago today i started working at the LA Times
it was a dream come true. it had been something i had been thinking about since i had been in college. and there i was. and my shirt and sweater were dumb, and my pants were weird, and i didnt know...
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