A cure for couch potatoes: One of...

A cure for couch potatoes: One of the cruel facts of life is the tendency of such duties as lawn work, car-washing and shopping to take away valuable time in front of the TV set. No more, say the makers of Quorum Vision goggles.

Their product, which will be on display at the Entrepreneur Expo in Long Beach this weekend, has a tiny TV screen that fits into one lens. “You watch TV with one eye and do your work with your other eye,” explained publicist Barry Greenberg.

And you try not to be self-conscious about the two antennas and power pack that you wear around your waist.

The price is $799.95. We forgot to ask Greenberg if you can hook up a VCR to the specs.

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You just can’t wear your heart on your sleeve: A magazine published by the Elysium Institute nudist colony notes the formation of the “Naturist Pen-Pal Club,” based in otherwise quiet Canoga Park. The April-May-June issue of Topanga’s Journal of the Senses invites readers to “meet people from around the corner (editor’s note: Reseda?) and around the world.”

There’s one P.S.:

“No swingers or incarcerated, please.”

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Hey! No campaigning within 50 yards of the baseball field: Given an afternoon pass from incarceration in our office, we ventured out to Dodger Stadium, where we spotted a picketer singing the praises of a gubernatorial candidate.

A New York gubernatorial candidate.

The picketer was none other than Melrose Larry Green, the political gadfly, whose sign said: “Howard Stern for governor.” Yes, the author/talk show host says he’s really running for New York’s top spot.

We couldn’t determine how many New York voters were at the Dodger game but, as the saying goes, it’s the thought (or lack of thought) that counts. After all, Stern endorsed Green in the L.A. mayoral race last year and no doubt deserves some of the credit for Melrose Larry’s 16th-place finish.

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OK, so it isn’t Architectural Digest: But one of Southern California’s historic homes is featured in a just-out publication. The 73-year-old cottage was originally the headquarters of a motion picture production company in Culver City and was later moved to Beverly Hills after the studio folded. It has since had a bit part in “The Loved One” (1965). And it’s certainly picturesque. But we can’t figure out what it’s doing in the 1994-1995 edition of The Witches’ Almanac.

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Well, doesn’t everyone here?A sign in an office window near the corner of Sunset and North Spring says: “Help wanted, no experience necessary. Must speak English, Vietnamese, Cambodian and Chinese.”

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The official start of summer in L.A., at least, came at 2:33 Tuesday afternoon. That’s when the first beach ball popped out of the stands and landed on the field at Dodger Stadium.