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Wednesday, July 18, 2001
You know, I'm planning to go see Planet of the Apes next week. I hope it's finished by then.
posted by MES 10:39 AM ET | discuss | link
Tuesday, July 17, 2001
I have a dilemna. I was just invited on an expedition to climb Mt. Rainier. Here's the problem. It's going to be expensive A), and on top of that I would have to take a week off from work. Also, it's all going down in less that a month. And finally, it's very late in the season, so crevasse danger would be high. Rainier was supposed to be next on my list. And I may not get another chance for a while. certainly not for a year at least. What does everyone think?
posted by LT2 8:14 PM ET | discuss | link
Monday, July 16, 2001
Katherine Graham former Washignton Post publisher is in critical condition after a fall. Just about the time I was being born, Ms. Graham and her editor-at-the-time Ben Bradlee were making a lot of tough choices that allowed Woodward and Bernstein to continue to publish their Watergate stories without ever having to reveal their source, and which kept Neil Sheehan and others from prosecution for accepting delivery of the leaked Pentagon Papers from Daniel Ellsberg. She kept these men out of jail and exposed her company to tremendous liability in an effort to protect her writers' integrity and ultimately, mounted a massive defense of our First Amendment freedoms. Here's hoping she pulls through. I may not agree with her politics, but with guys like Joe Lieberman around, we need people like her now more than ever.
posted by LT2 11:27 AM ET | discuss | link
We had a bachelor party here in LA on Friday night for our soon-to-be dearly-departed bachelor buddy and 3LP pal Bee-Gee, which resulted in at least one story I thought approrpriate for the Blog. We started with dinner at an old Hollywood eatery called Musso & Franks. Place has been around since 1919 and in its day all the big H'wood stars used to hang there. Funny place though cuz it's a total dive but the average price of an entree is in the 25 dollar range. Anyway, my buddy Jack and I were standing in the bar waiting for our table when we see this girl walk by in a huge plastic torso cast. I mean front and back, crotch to neck, with little holes for her arms. Jack and I exchanged a look as she approached a guy in a horrible yellow "old man" baseball cap, the kind with the mesh back and soft white bill. He was also wearing a red T-shirt with the legend "athletic fucker" on it. I stared for a few minutes before realizing it was Johnny Knoxville from Jackass. Suddenly the girl's body cast made perfect sense. Turns out Johnny was there with Spike Jonze and most of the major cast member from Preston Lacy to supreme jackass Steve-Oh, and they were occupying the table right next to ours. Well, as you might expect, they were a pretty rowdy bunch and after about an hour, I guess when the drinks started to kick in, Steve-Oh decided to try and drink his Jack and Coke through his nose, which he proceeded to do.Shortly thereafter, he vomited all over the table. Moments later, with the maitre D looking on, they paid their bill and beat a hasty retreat.
posted by LT2 11:06 AM ET | discuss | link
Sunday, July 15, 2001
Good news for coast-to-coast travelers. One of the discount airlines, Jet Blue, is going to be entering the Dulles market with non-stop flights to the west coast. The only catch is they fly to Long Beach and Oakland, not LAX or Burbank. More details in today's Post.
posted by MES 6:25 PM ET | discuss | link
