I’m home. God DAMN I picked the wrong weekend, temperature-wise, to go to Chicago. Actual sampling of dialogue on my flight in Saturday morning: Pilot: Folks, this is your captain speaking. We’ll be landing in Chicago in about 20 minutes. The current outside temperature in Chicago is (dramatic pause) ZERO. Entire Plane Full of Angelenos: ...

All my jobs out here have involved one form of coffee-getting or another, and I’ve noticed something while getting a zillion lattes and cappucinos: Nobody here can agree on what “skim” means. Half the people think (correctly, in my mind) that it means Nonfat. The other half think it means 2%. I think it might ...

I really like to work on set, but I haven’t done it in a long time. I’d forgotten that working on set involves a whole, whole lot of standing. Like, fourteen hours worth of standing. I filled in for our plague-stricken Set PA today (after working a half-day yesterday on set since we had a ...

I’m going to Chicago next weekend, so I made the mistake of looking at the 10-day forecast so I could see exactly how cold it would be when I got there: I am fucked.

A few things on the internets I’d like to pass along: – Something I sent Jack turns into a casting session for the forthcoming movie I Now Pronounce You Chuck And Larry. – Coffee shop employees in Vancouver become my new heroes. – There were a lot of amusing photos coming out of the Opening ...

Here’s that sign I wrote about last night.

Two good ones to add to the list today: 1. A brand new black Mercedes CLK with tinted windows and a plate frame that read “GOT CAUGHT? 1-888-9-NO-JAIL.” I was terribly disappointed that I saw that one on the freeway so I couldn’t get a picture. 2. A dry cleaning establishment with a banner advertising ...

The LA Times has a story about niche dating sites like Date My Pet and JDate, complete with link to readers’ Valentine’s Day horror stories. Not too many horror stories thus far, but the guy who dumped his girlfriend the day before Valentine’s Day and then asked her to give him a ride to the ...

Whilst browsing the interwebs today, I came across this really, really bizarre op-ed by Ray Bradbury about how to solve LA’s intractable transportation problems. His suggestion basically boils down to this: Instead of building one insanely expensive subway line, build a bunch of interconnected monorail systems. This raised a number of questions in my mind: ...

Every single time I wear a white shirt to work, I manage to spill something on it. Today: Coffee. Thank god 1. One of the actresses bailed me out and prevented me from spilling the whole damn cup and 2. I work at a place where there’s a washer and dryer. I should know to ...