photo by abraxas3d via flickr Remember when Charlie Brown had a bad case of S.A.D. and after he gave Lucy a nickle, she tells him that he needs more "involvement." Then they put on a nativity play and well, you know the rest. It's December and Los Angeles is rife with holiday plays and musicals. Just because you're too old to land the starring role in the Christmas pageant, or don't happen to have......

Heat 101, Lakers 85 - Dwane Wade filled the Laker's stockings with 40 pieces of coal, errrr, points, and Kobe was about as useful as Rudolph on a sunny afternoon. In a game hyped by the NBA as a new Christmas tradition and hyped by commentators as a matchup of two top scorers, Miami took control early and never faltered. The Heat have now won three in a row against the Lakers on Christmas day.......

Hope for DVDs in your stockings and lots of trips to your cinema center - this weekend and next week will be reruns of just about everything including late night programming. I guess the idea is that you're supposed to be spending time with people you love or like or something. Today - Saturday College Basketball is scattered all over the tube from morning 'til night. "A Christmas Carol" (TCM, 11:00 a.m.) This is......

Tonight - Wednesday Lakers @ Timberwolves (KCAL, 5:00 p.m.) "After Jesus - The First Christians" (CNN, 7:00 p.m.) Takes a look at the beginnings of Christianity, and let me tell you something, they didn't celebrate Christmas Raptors @ Clippers (PRIME, 7:30 p.m.) "A Christmas Carol" (TNT, 8:00 p.m.) This is a pretty darn good '99 version starring Patrick Stewart as Scrooge "America's Next Top Model: British Invasion 2" (the CW, 8:00 p.m.) Supposedly the......

Today, the City of Los Angeles began the restoration of the Owen's River. Don't know what that is? Don't care? You should. And we have a way that's probably the best 2 hours you'll ever have learning about the history of Los Angeles. If LACityNerd is a comedian, then the nerd's anonymous identity would be leaked as Bill Robens, author of the musical theatre delight known as A Mulholland Christmas Carol, now playing through December......