Off-Ramp commentator L.J. Williamson's son, a student in the Los Angeles Unified School District, came home with an unusual homework assignment from his history class: Bring in five boxes of facial tissues. This assignment would be worth 100 points in extra credit. "The soft kind, not the cheap kind," his teacher said. A hundred points is … Continue »
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Instagram, Vine video apps make short work of artistic expression
In a town where exposure is everything, bite-size videos from Instagram and the even shorter Vine prove popular and even profitable. Enjoy whirlwind tours of Los Angeles neighborhoods, eavesdrop on celebrities, drive interest in your in-progress screenplay. Just when you thought this town's attention span couldn't get any shorter ? or its … Continue »