One of the best

One of the best things about writing a news article is that every sentence doesn't have to be neatly arranged in a logical paragraph. Got an interesting fact that doesn't quite fit? No problem, just slip it in anywhere. For example:

Smith said he fell from the tree when he stepped onto a weak branch. "It just broke and then I was on the ground."

Smith's cat's breath smells like cat food.

A neighbor called the police after hearing the scream. EMS arrived on the scene within ten minutes of the call.

It happens all the time. Just keep an eye out for it when you read the Times over breakfast tomorrow.

I expected there to

I expected there to be hills or maybe vineyards, but when I flicked on the high-beams, I suddenly realized that I was driving through a grove of giant redwoods, their great round trunks edging right up to the freeway, huddled close, just like the deer that looked up and watched me go by, the top down, the thousands and thousands of stars bright above my head, the cold air smelling like a campfire I once cooked marshmallows over when I was nine, and the thought that this was all perfect, perfect, and most perfect.

If, for some reason,

If, for some reason, you ever want to rent a van from Alamo, take my advice and go with the Chevrolet Venture.

Meteor shower. Too cold.

Meteor shower. Too cold. Very, very late. Must sleep. Flannel sheets.

Both Oprah and Martha

Both Oprah and Martha have one. Rosie had one. Apparently, I've got one, too...

Amit Magazine, the Winter 2002 issue.

Sort of.

Well, how about that

Well, how about that -- Martin Sheen just called me, too.

Ten bucks says he'd win if he ran for president in 2002... Another ten bucks says a lot of people in this country already think he is the president.

I just got an

I just got an unsolicited phone call from Bill Clinton asking me to vote for Governor Gray Davis in the upcoming California election.

Okay, so it was a recording. But still.