How the Bright Knight saved LA

Once upon a time, when I was young, which was in an era far far away, I wanted to live anywhere except in a little no-account town in Montana where nothing happened, so when I had the chance to live and work in the Los Angeles area for a summer I grabbed it.

It was one of the best choices I made as a just-hit-drinking-age adult. It was like stepping into an alternate universe, or hell. Yeah, maybe it was hell. Like I made a conscious decision to walk through a doorway into the first level of hell because it seemed warm and inviting. But I learned a good life lesson, and this week I got to...