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This should be a picture of Etgar Keret

On Thursday night I went to see Ben Ehrenriech and Etgar Keret at the LA Public Library’s ALOUD series. They were in conversation with the topic, “Is reality overrated”? Easy…

All the pronouns fit to misuse

From the front page of the NY Times, right now: Magazine Preview The Affluencer By SUSAN DOMINUS Lauren Zalaznick, the head of the Bravo network, has taken her own elite,…

Please, Mr. Broderick

Say yes to the nice Twist & Shout people. Friday, the Village Halloween Parade, you and Cameron and that skinny girlfriend and a really beautiful car. Or really, just you….

White supremacists in white tuxedos?

I liked it better when those crazy Klansmen stumbled around in pointy-hatted sheets, so you could easily identify them. Although I suppose there aren’t that many shaved head, gun-toting racists…

Hair and makeup: $4,716.49

Which is seems a little cheap when you hear that wardrobe was $150,000. I bet Tina Fey’s is cheaper.

Went to the Dodger game

If you look real close, you might be able to see Manny Ramirez at bat. It was the last Dodger game of the season! Of the post-season, even! And what…

Your bullshit is not welcome here

Maybe you heard about the homeless man who was burned to death in Los Angeles last week. According to witnesses, a Honda Civic stopped; some teens or 20-somethings jumped out…

The reading habits of dudes

A new study of 18-34 year-old males by Hall and Partners for Break Media shows that while new media is an essential part of young men’s lives, books are still…

wrongful imprisonment, lawsuit worth millions, death by scooter

Well-meaning friends ask me why I don’t get a scooter. I don’t want a car, I take the subway and walk. In LA, this is madness, apparently, and yes, it…