Scott Trimble

I previously wrote quite a bit about the San Francisco accent and dialect. Here now is another article on the subject that was just published in yesterday’s I.J. It seems to owe a lot to its predecessor, but it adds a few more details nonetheless.
“Fedoras or Not, Sanfrancisco’s Still the Tops”
by Barry Tompkins, […]

This week, while on my 9th Annual New Years Eve Roadtrip (to Charleston, West Virginia, but I am passing through many other places as well), I went to Petersburg, Kentucky, a suburb of Cincinnati, Ohio, to visit the controversial Creation Museum that opened just this last May.
I’ve been asked why, as a scientifically-minded atheist and […]

Over the years, I have often been asked about the way that I talk (such as certain phrases, or the slurring of words). Unfortunately, people generally did not believe me when I replied that I have a San Francisco accent. Sure, the accents from Chicago and Boston are far more recognizable, but there […]

Ugh! I am so frustrated. For the last week or so, I’ve been trying to finish reading Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, but I’ve been slowed down tremendously because the the book is absolutely riddled with grammatical errors.
I don’t remember anything like this in the previous Harry Potter books, but […]

A couple days ago, while working on Alvin and the Chipmunks, I found in my change at the Cafe 50s in Venice, Los Angeles, one of those Where’s George? dollar bills. The idea is that you’re supposed to go to a website and log the serial number so as to chronicle its travels over […]

I learned something new yesterday while scouting in Downtown L.A. There is no such person as Paul Hastings.
You know the building that I’m talking about, right? It’s the former Arco Tower at 5th & Flower Streets, the one that that proudly emblazons across the top: Paul Hastings. It was prominently visible in […]

I just had to dial the new (424) area code for the first time while making some location scouting phonecalls. Last month, Creative Artists Agency (CAA) moved from Beverly Hills to Century City, so their new phone has changed to 424-288-2000.
This is the newest area code in California, made mandatory on 26 August 2006. […]

We are currently filming scenes for an upcoming Anthony Hopkins movie at a beautiful estate in Encino, Los Angeles. The interesting thing here, though, is the huge orange grove next-door (at which we’re parking our basecamp of trucks and trailers). The San Fernando Valley used to be covered in orange groves, but, with […]

Last Saturday night, Melanie and I ate late at Fred 62 and we noticed the selection of three movies that happened to all be playing at the same time at the Los Feliz Theater at 1822 N. Vermont Avenue — Children of Men, Dreamgirls, and Little Children. I just had to return again later […]

Read this article for information on getting an extra $30 on your income tax refund. It’s a rebate on certain telephone bill taxes that you’ve paid over the years. Be sure that your tax preparer is aware of this one-time deal. I forwarded the link to my own CPA, but the smart […]