It’s Al Gore! Seriously, he looks like Boris Yeltsin, minus the burst capillaries. What the hell? Thanks, or not really, since this image is now burned into my retinas, to Weigel. EDITED TO ADD: I showed this to Joel, and we had the following conversation: Joel: did he get stung by a bee or something? ...

This can’t be a total coincidence. The spokesperson for Verizon is James Earl Jones. The spokesperson for SBC is Tommy Lee Jones. The spokesperson for T-Mobile is Catherine Zeta-Jones. If AT&T hires Quincy Jones and Cingular hires Tom Jones, then we’re in serious, serious trouble. Just as long as Boost Mobile doesn’t have enough money ...

I looked back at what I wrote three years ago about what happened, and it’s amazing to me that a week after everything happened, I was able to crystalize my thinking that effectively. There are many more reasons to be angry about 9/11 now, to me the most pressing of which is how it’s been ...

Well, that’s one way to get the people having sex off the lawn…

WARNING: Rant within. Proceed at your own risk. I got told off today by a grumpy old man. I was getting off the freeway, coming back from a run where I spent an hour and a half sitting at a prop house, waiting for them to get their shit together. So clearly, I was already ...

I’ve been called oblivious by a lot of people (here I’m thinking specifically of my ex), but I think today won the world title for obliviousness. I’m just lucky that my boss is really, really understanding. I had to go pick something up. My boss was on the phone with the accountant, getting the account ...

Splat. (use this if it tries to make you use a login/password)

Talk about pitchfork media…

Of course, after yesterday’s post about how light the traffic was on Labor Day, it took me over an hour to get home tonight.

There are many things that suck about working on Labor day. Primary among them is the irony, followed shortly by the people who tease you with beach plans. But there is one very nice benefit: There is absolutely no traffic. I have never seen the 405 as empty as it was this morning, even at ...