After the Concert, You Could Run Over to the Hearing Clinic

It makes sense when you think about it. Lauren Schwartz of Moorpark points out that a concert by Jack Mack & the Heart Attack was sponsored by Encino Tarzana Regional Medical Center. I forgot to ask if the audience received wrist tags at the gate.

Which reminds me: Evelyn Hill of Malibu noticed that the restaurant in the Santa Monica Medical Plaza parking structure is named the Cutting Board.

Enough to make anyone’s heart beat faster: “Your sign, ‘Road Ends in Water,’ would be of no practical value to the average SUV drivers so preoccupied by their cell phones that they don’t have the inclination to read signs,” writes Andy Lorenzen of Rancho Palos Verdes.

However, near the banks of the Loire River in France, he saw a more graphic warning that might even grab the attention of an American driver in an SUV (see photo).

Meanwhile, in the Pacific: While visiting Hawaii, Ed and Linda Cook of Manhattan Beach spotted some unintentional humor in a story about entertainer Bette Midler (see accompanying).

Just be careful not to stab yourself: Charlotte Fournier of Laguna Woods found just the thing for those of you who want to give shampoos to your little antlered creatures (see accompanying).

Well done, dude: The L.A. Independent’s police log recounts how a skateboarder rode an elevator to the top of a Culver City parking structure, where a man demanded to know what he was doing there. The skateboarder noticed other men who seemed to be trying to break into cars. He fled and called police, who arrived in time to arrest a suspect.

And give me an idea for what will be my first hit TV series ... I’m preparing my Emmy speech, now: The hero of my TV series is, yes, a skateboarder, a restless kind of guy, a guy who is shunned by narrow-minded adults, a guy who can’t settle down with one gal, a guy who roams from town to town and rescues people from trouble, then skates off without even waiting for a thank-you.

That’s the premise, and I’m not changing anything just to get it on the air. After all, I’ve got my self-respect. Maybe the skateboarder could have a pet chimpanzee. And be psychic. I mean, the chimpanzee could be psychic.

miscelLAny: One store chain has a “Dorm Room” display, full of splashily decorated items such as bulletin boards, pillows and clocks for the on-campus living quarters of the college genius in your family.

But the display omitted the most obvious item: ear plugs to drown out the snoring of that annoying roommate.

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