Vs.

The movie was Nancy Drew on the way out to L.A.

The video player wasn't working on the way back, so no movie.

I can't decide which was worse.

City of Angels

So I'm going to L.A. this week with Latham(and Adira) to do Get Psyched! out at UCB LA. We're excited! The plan is we go out on Thursday, do the show, and then presumably "take meetings" on Friday. Hah.

We'll see. More importantly, I am excited to see friends in L.A. But also, what are some things to do in L.A.? Are there any must-dos? I have been to L.A. at least four times but I never really thought about this before. But one thing I realized I haven't had is an In-And-Out burger. So that's for sure.

Any other suggestions?

May December Continued

More with May/December madness.... Just encountered this fun story on Gothamist!

Apparently, this girl at left(Maximilia Cordero) is suing Jeffrey Epstein, a billionaire investor dude, because he lured her to his house for sex in 2000 in return for helping her with her modeling career. She was 16 at the time. Epstein was 47 then. So now Cordero is 23 and here's the best part! Cordero's lawyer is her boyfriend. And the laywer? He's 57.

It makes you wonder---does she now like insanely older dudes because this guy screwed her up? Or does she like insanely older dudes because she was always screwed up?

Amazing! Full story at Gothamist...

May December

I was just randomly reading some wiki entries when I came across this little factoid. Katie Lee Joel is over 30 years younger than Billy Joel(her husband). When they were married, Katie was 23 and Alexa, Billy's daughter, was 18.

Ummm..... doesn't this cross all lines of propriety? Am I an old fuddy duddy? But this just seems GROSS.

Take a look at this picture. How does he not come off as some dirty old man, as some horny gray bearded goat? Also, does he look like her husband? Of course not, he looks like her dad. The only way this could be creepier is if it turned out that he knew her as a child.

Can you think of any more creepy age differences?

Losers Forever

Baseball is my favorite sport. One of the reasons is that it's the oldest American sport. Which means a whole lot of history. For instance, you can have some pretty amazing losing streaks. I'm talking huge horrible awful soul sucking losing streaks. You can have big time losers in the other sports, but they're only going to be like 30-50 years old on that. That's nothing. Baseball has the Chicago Cubs who last won in 1908. That's right. It's been 99 years since they won the World Series.



You also have the Philadelphia Phillies who despite having the best mascot in baseball, haven't won since 1980. And are the losingest team in all of sports. In a city that has the longest losing streak for championships for the 4 sports cities(football, baseball, basketball, and hockey). (Can we even count hockey as a sport these days?) (If a tree falls in the forest, etc…)

The Cubs are especially sad sack as they had to watch the White Sox(their cross town rivals) win who hadn't won in 88 years. And the Red Sox of course also famously losers, who hadn't won since 1918 won in 2004 for an 86 year wait. That's all just complete babycakes next to the Cubbies.



But this year for the postseason? It's been the pits. All sweeps except for the Yanks/Indians! And the Yanks barely prevented that. But how are you supposed to root for the Cubs and the Phils if they can't even make it close in the playoffs? This is no billy goat curse. This is no Bartman phenonmeon. No, this is just losers being losers.

I can say this being an Orioles fan and Nats fan. We know about losing. For ten years, the Orioles have been losers. So I am familiar with all of the signs and earmarks, and smells(yes smells---it's an easy smell to recognize, it stinks!) of losers. We also know what it means to have a bum for an owner. Peter Angelos is such a freaking skinflint it's amazing. Plus he makes some classic bonehead moves. For instance, the last year we were a winning team---the last year we were in first place at the end of the season---the last year we were in the playoffs---the last year we were in the AL Championships? Peter Angelos fired our beloved Davey Johnson(who I revered from bandwagon rooting for those '86 Mets growing up). The day after he won manager of the year.



But this year, these Cubs. They have nothing to point to----and I know about controversial calls too because you'll recall 1996, when the Orioles played the Yanks in the ALCS and a young kid (I wrote about him before, Jeffrey Maier) pulled a ball out of Tony Tarasco's glove that should have been caught, but instead became a home run. Now THAT is controversy. But Sweet Lou Pinella pulling Zambrano when he had pitched 85 pitches so he could pitch another game? That's merely off putting. It's disappointing. Regrettable. But it's not something crazy. It's not fool hardy. If anything, it's over cautious.

So I hate it. But I love it too. Because that means next year is 100 years of losing. And that is insane! Yes Dane Cook, you are right. There IS only one October.

Two sidenotes:


#1 Can we agree that the Indians' logo is COMPLETELY RACIST? I mean, hello, this is 2007! But look at this thing...

#2 Can we also further agree that when Jimmy Fallon and Drew Barrymore ran onto the field in St. Louis when the Sox won the World Series and kissed it was one of the weirdest and most annoying things ever? Prostituing a World Series for a movie. (And I like that movie.) But consider this Red Sox fans: Jimmy Fallon is a Yankees' fan.

Aspen

My dvr is exploding these days. There's too much to watch!

Right now, I have these shows being recorded:

--Prison Break
--Top Chef
--Tim Gunn's Guide To Style
--Heroes
--Mad Men
--The War(PBS doc)
--SNL
--Mad TV(to watch Kula(!) and Dipps' work)
--Colbert
--Daily Show
--Journey Man

Wow. I think that's it. I taped Journey Man because I like that actor from Rome. But I snoozed through it. So it's coming down. But last night, I finally got a chance to plow through some of the muck. Still not through it all but I got a chance to watch Top Chef finally.

So one of the things I like to do the day after I watch Top Chef is to read Gail's blog and Anthony Bourdain's blog. I just noticed there are other blogs. Which I knew before because I on occasion will read Tom's blog and Ted's blog. Then I realized that was just the tip of the iceberg.

Because you could still read Padma's blog. But don't forget Rocco DiSpirito's blog. And Barton G's blog. Oh and what about Harold Dieterle's blog? And lest we neglect Lee Anne Wong's blog.

Or Ilan's blog. Sam Talbot's blog. Marcel Vigneron's blog. Carlos Fernandez's blog.

And Andy's blog.

That's right, they have FOURTEEN BLOGS about the show! That's completely overkill. They have like say, 3. Maybe 4. Do we really care what Padma thinks? Personally, I only care about Gail and Anthony, and then occasionally Ted and Tom.

Anyway... the final in Aspen is going to be Dale vs. Casey vs. Hung. It's prolly really just Casey vs. Hung. I'm rooting for Casey. It's a lot like Hell's Kitchen really. The technicians versus the artists. These chefs are so much more accomplished though than the Hell's Kitchen folks.

Who you got?
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Also, I want to know how to get a note to Tim Gunn. I want to know what the 10 staple items for men's clothing would be. What do you think?

I'm thinking:

--All Purpose Suit
--Fun Or Seasonal Suit(different color, or different fabric)
--Dress Pants
--Classic Dress Shirt
--Casual Pants aka Khakis
--Jeans
--Sweater
--Sportsjacket or Blazer
--Casual shirt
--Polo or similar(I hate the real polo shirt, I like a modified polo)

I need a new sweater I think, a sportsjacket/blazer, and a fun suit.

Based on Heather's recommedation, I'm going to start taping Kitchen Nightmares tonight.