A tour of your new money.

The Cecil B. DeMille Estate. (But I did sell my house in Turkey! Yea!)

Reading this news article, the following sentence kinda leaped off the screen at me...

While the pope and Bush differ on such major issues on the Iraq war, capital punishment and the U.S. embargo against Cuba, they do find common ground in opposing abortion, gay marriage and embryonic stem cell research.

The World's Foremost Authority, Professor Irwin Corey.

Finally, a "top ten" list about something that's really and truly important...The Top Ten Underappreciated Cuts of Meat. Personally, if I were Ribeye, I'd demand a recount.

John McCain on Mike Gallagher's radio show for April 2...

"...no one has supported President Bush on Iraq more than I have."

Hey, if that's what you want as our president, he's your guy.

Hey, see if you like this as much as I do. This site ran a contest: Design a vintage magazine ad for a modern product. That is to say, show how a current item might have been advertised had it existed back when it didn't exist. Or conversely, entrants could take a vintage product and sell them in a modern way. The only rule was no iPods and no iPhones. Here's what they came up with...and some of them are darned clever. Make sure you read all four pages.

Jack Klugman is suing NBC over his share of profits from the TV series, Quincy, M.E. The show was on from 1976 to 1983 and you have to figure that if that series didn't make truckloads of bucks, nothing could. I mean, it would be like McDonald's claiming there was never any money in selling burgers and fries. Still, at last report, NBC Universal was saying with at least a semi-straight face that Quincy was $66 million in the red so there w...

Pat Paulsen was kind of the Stephen Colbert of his day. He was best known as "that comedian who keeps running for president," a bit he did with such deadpan perseverence that a lot of people probably thought he was more serious about it than he actually was.

He also did a lot of routines that came under that category of spontaneous stunts — a category later dominated for a time by a Mr. Andy Kaufman. Paulsen would go on TV shows and explain, with utter intensity and a face straighter than you could possibly imagine, that he could walk on water. Then, after a ve...

Lawrence O'Donnell on the Iraq Study Group report. Briefly, he believes that we're going to have to surrender in Iraq and that the report was a decent plan to do that without calling it "surrender." Critics like Rush Limbaugh, he says, are spoiling that option by identifying it as surrender.

When did Colin Powell become one of those raving left-wing commie loony Surrender Monkeys who hates America and wants to see our troops all die?

Frederick W. Kagan makes the case that victory is still possible in Iraq. I'm a little fuzzy on the current definition of what will constitute "victory" in Iraq and I get the feeling I'm not alone. In any case, that article may tell us what the White House has in mind.

One of my favorite places on this planet is the tourist attraction in Los Angeles known as Farmer's Market. Back as late as the 70's, everything in that area then was Gilmore: Gilmore Bank, Gilmore Field, Gilmore Stadium, Gilmore gas station, etc. The Gilmore Bank is still there, though in another building. 

If any of my friends are as fascinated by the place as I am, they might want to check out the new Farmer's Market website. It's just been remodelled and there's a very nice

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2006 in media errors and corrections.

You have a couple of them. You can find out what one is in this list of names for things you never knew had names.

1. Do not walk behind me. Do not walk ahead of me. Do not walk beside me. Just leave me alone.
2. The journey of a thousand miles begins with a broken fan belt and leaky tire.
3. It's always darkest before dawn. So if you're going to steal your neighbor's newspaper, that's the time to do it.
4. Don't be irreplaceable. If you can't be replaced, you can't be promoted.
5. Always remember that you're unique. Just like everyone else.
6. Never test the depth of the water with both feet.
7. If you think nobody cares if you're alive, try missing a couple of ...
   
   

I held off commenting on this just in case there's a big cash prize for being the one-millionth person on the Internet to comment on the New Yorker cover about Barack Obama...

Yes, you're offended by The New Yorker's cover. You're supposed to be offended by it. The question to me is whether you're offended by the fact that there are people in this country (people who will actually vote) who believe some or all of that about Senator Obama. Or are you offended by the New Yorker summarizing and satirizing that viewpoint? I'm with the first group and I thin...

Last Saturday morning around 6 AM, two men attempted to rob a restaurant here in Los Angeles. The restaurant was Lawry's the Prime Rib, a fine institution where I like to dine on occassion.

The men put a gun to the skull of one of the chefs and asked, "Where's the money?" Then they demanded to know where the safe was. When the chef told them he couldn't open the safe, the intruders got spooked (that's what it said in all the news reports) and fled. It turned out that the police had been monitoring the two chaps — they'd pulled armed robberies before — and as...

I really admire the effort and artistry of the JibJab videos. Out of just about nothing, those folks built an art form and a style and what I gather is a pretty successful company. One of the ways they've achieved this is by really putting maximum effort into each project. A lot of people out there think computer animation is easy; that you just click this and load that and the computer does all the labor that formerly had to be done by hand. Wrongo. Each JibJab video represents skillions of person hours and an awful lot of hands-on artistry. Here's a link to their latest —

As you may (emphasis on the "may") have heard, the Enquirer claims to have nailed down proof that John Edwards...well, it's a bit arguable as to what they've proved. They claim it's that Edwards really did have an affair (previously and quite convincingly denied) with this woman named Rielle Hunter and fathered a "love child" with her. The Enquirer reportage suggests what they've proved is that he visited her in the ...

Boy, there are a lot of reasons to be disgusted by (or disappointed in) John Edwards today. You can almost pick and choose the ones you want to feature. Having the affair is a moral and human failing but it's also just plain foolish. Anyone who aspires to high office in this country oughta know that there will be powerful forces out there, paying money to people who can expose this kind of thing...and I still don't get why he thought he could meet with "the other woman" at the Beverly Hilton in the middle of a press junket and not be spotted.

His confession/ apology is ...

Farhad Manjoo reviews the growing conspiracy theories regarding the post-9/11 anthrax attacks.

For what it's worth, I am not a big believer in most conspiracy theories. I'm convinced Lee Harvey Oswald was a lone gunman. I'm convinced O.J. Simpson was a lone knifeman. I'm convinced the 9/11 attacks were just what they appeared and not some controlled demolition arranged by Dick Cheney. But what's been released so far to prove that Bruce Ivins was the anthrax attacker (and the only one involved) strikes me as pretty flimsy. He may well ...

John Edwards was right. There are two Americas. And you're apparently allowed to have a woman in each.

Here's something I couldn't help but notice...

NEW YORK -- Former Justice Department officials will not face prosecution for letting improper political considerations drive hirings of prosecutors, immigration judges and other career government lawyers, Attorney General Michael Mukasey said today. Mukasey used his sharpest words yet to criticize the senior leaders who took part in or failed to stop illegal hiring practices during the tenure of his predecessor, Albe...

Out in Studio City, which is in the "valley" part of Los Angeles, there's a place called the Sportsmen's Lodge. It's a hotel and it's a coffee shop and a bar but its main function is as a venue to hold banquets, meetings, weddings, receptions, parties, etc. It's very large and has many rooms of all sizes for such events, and it's known for quaint and lovely surroundings, mediocre service and the worst, most overpriced banquet food you ever tasted.

The place has endured for many years, partly because it's something of an institution and partly because if you need to hol...

Here is the greatest public service I've ever seen available on the Internet.

The makers of Imodium, a medicine that's supposed to cure Diarrhea, have a "map search" function over on their website. It doesn't show you where you can purchase Imodium. It shows you where to find a public restroom near you.

I especially like the little legal disclaimer on the page...

The content included in the Bathroom Finder is for informational purposes only. You agree you will not di...