Thu Feb 17 2000 18:18:
I forgot to mention that they tore down the Sherman Oaks Galleria,
beloved of Moon Unit Zappa's character in Valley Girl and
absolutely no one else.[0] This ended my tradition of singing the
"Sher-man-Oaks-Gal-le-ri-a" line from Bull + Swamp = Cow
whenever I was in a car that drove past it. I am now reduced to
singing that line whenever I'm in a car that drives past where it
used to be, confusing the heck out of the other people in the car,
who see no Sherman Oaks Galleria in sight.
I remember the first reference I ever saw to TCP/IP. I was 14 or 15. It sounded really mysterious and scary.
[0] I've been in some bad malls in my time, but none as bad as the Sherman Oaks Galleria.
