Carolyn Kellogg

Wired caught this rabbit version of Reservoir Dogs on Friday, but in case you haven't already seen it we'd like to share the love of Angry Alien and their recreation. A chopped-off ear is even easier to spot when it's a bunny ear. We recommend the foul-mouthed bunnies, but in case your co-workers can hear your computer there's a bleeped version, too....

A reader writes in and asks: Wouldn't it be better to call the website the Angelist instead of the LAist? Hmm, would that be better? It might work, we guess, except we've never called ourselves the anything. We're LAist because we sprang fully-formed from the thigh of Gothamist, which has no "the" at all. Other -ists exist in this same "the"-less universe: Austinist, Chicagoist, Londonist, Bostonist, Houstonist, Phillyist, Seattlest, Miamist, Torontist and Shanghaiist. The...

Car tard #1: That guy who smashed the Ferrari in two while speeding through Malibu? It looks like he stole the car. It only took police 6 weeks to arrest him. Car tragedy #1: A 1973 Nova spontaneously combusted while driving on the 10 Freeway; a 3-year old girl died as people tried to pull her from the flames. Her parents and two other children survived. Car tard #2: In North Hollywood around 5pm yesterday,...

There's a whole wide world out there, and here's the proof: DCist revels in The University of Maryland's basketball triumphs, marvels at Metro's security strategy, and applauds DC local Katie Couric's new gig. Phillyist is all about the Philadelphia Film Festival. OK, not all about -- they still have time for loitering, underage sex, and random wacky news. We would have to send a camera around the world to get shots as bizarre as Katie's...

The Writer's Guild West is following in AFI's listomania footsteps and come up with the 101 Greatest Screenplays. We won't keep you in suspense — #1 is everyone's favorite B-movie-made-good, Casablanca: I'm not good at being noble, Ilsa -- But it doesn't take much to see that the problems of three little people don't amount to a hill of beans in this crazy world. Someday you'll understand that. Not now. Here's looking at you...

For 76 years, Los Angeles has held a Blessing of the Animals on Olvera Street at the north end of downtown Los Angeles. Back in the 1930s it was mostly about donkeys and chickens, but now people show up with their household pets. From mice to snakes, parrots to kitties, chihuahuas to iguanas, llamas to labradors, all animals are welcome — but a cow still gets to lead the procession. Cardinal Mahoney will officiate....

Jaws: Say you're a pair of small-time crooks who decide to hold up banks in grocery stores. It's not glamorous work, and the take is kind of mediocre — one of you can't even afford to fix his teeth. So it's pretty darn cool when officials start calling you The 007 Bandits. Jaws II: CalTech scientists are working on implanting sensors in sharks' brains to control their actions. Mechanical engineer Joel Burdick tells the...

A cross-country rivalry: MIT students have stolen a cannon from CalTech and set it up on their campus, 3,000 miles away, adorned with an enormous MIT class ring. The hackers (the LAT calls them "pranksters") came to LA and dressed as workers from Howe & Ser Moving Company to liberate the cannon. Luckily, administrators aren't pissed. Redo your mom: in 100 words or less, tell Channel 2 why your mother should get one of...

Every week in Living in Sin, Jen Sincero provides advice for LA's sexually curious. Now you can see her column in print in the LA Alternative Press. Ask Jen your questions: all are posted anonymously. Dear Jen, As I've grown older (I'm now 52) I've noticed that I require more verbal stimulation during sex with my wife in order to orgasm. This stimulation usually takes the form of my wife describing, in detail, her...

Must have been from a while back, but we just spotted this little Banksy peeking out in Los Feliz yesterday....