Steve Lopez called us hackneyed, Michael Hiltzik used non-kid friendly terms to describe our analysis of his columns, and Annette Haddad would probably like us beaten with a pole or better yet a spunk stick. In general the L.A.Times has been hard on Independent Sources treating us like ding dongs and weinies without any meat behind our reporting. From their perspective they cover important stories while Independent Sources covers Melissa Theuriau, Carolina Panther Cheerleaders and other things the Times only wishes they could write about.

But it appears that a new day is upon the Times. While Independent Sources has moved from Steve Erhardt’s painful butt implants to loftier subjects such as Lionel Tate and Tookie Williams, the Times is writing about a street in West Hollywood that has a name that is often used to refer to a man’s genitalia (”Dicks Street”). How sophomoric do you have to be to try to weave words like Dick just to get readers? What’s next “Prick,” “throbber” and “Throbbing Python of Love“?

Yes, the LA Times has published an entire story about West Hollywood’s Dick Street. This street is only 2 blocks long (44 houses, 44 door knob s and a dozen or so telephone poles) and if not for its name would be completely ignored. But a member of the Times editorial staff (perhaps some old salty dog named Peter Rod, Willie, Woody or even John Thomas) thought it’d be a titillating topic for the paper. (You want titillating? This is titillating).

Speaking of the Times, we love muscle as much as anyone, but it seems the paper’s new health section is bigger than their business section these days. My wife’s best friend, who I’ll call “Percy“, agrees with this assessment.

We hope the Times follows Independent Sources’ lead and takes the high road.

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Okay, we give up. Here are synonyms that we were unable to integrate into the above story. By all means give it a try if you think you can do better.

# blue-veined junket pumper
# boner
# dipstick
# dong
# doughnut holder
# firm worm
# hang down
# love stick
# love truncheon
# meat whistle
# ol’ one-eye
# one-eyed trouser snake
# pecker
# pee-pee
# piece of pork
# pink oboe
# pork sword
# purple-headed trouser snake
# schlong
# skin flute
# stiffy
# trouser trout
# wee-wee
# weiner

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