Whining The Letters to the Editor link at The Nation doesn't work. So here's what they're missing: Last night I watched Eric Alterman whine his way through "An Unreasonable Man." It made me wanna go home and throw out all my few remaining old issues of The Nation. Instead I put that energy into writing this letter. Almost Home>>

It's A Party It was busy busy and the line was long and the joint was crowded, the pizza place, and as I got near to placing my order the overworked cashier cute and young yelled "Woo! It's A Party! Can anybody feel it?" And I said "I was feeling something but I didn't know what it was till you told me." She and the owner were so amused. When she handed me my paper plate and pizza she remarked "I like the way you… talk." I was flattered and thanked her. The pizza, by the way, is some of the best in town. Home>>

Better Than The Strokes The increasingly crowded elevator at the infernal fake world known as The Grove Shopping Experience kept beeping and opening as people keep sliming in between the closing doors at the last second. Some guy a bit younger than me looked like his head was going to implode, went so far as to put the fingertips to the temple as in a headache commercial. As the last and longest of alerts sounded he almost ceased to be. I said "well, it's better than The Strokes." He was greatly relieved and amused. My date was amused; was about to dump me for taking her to a movie at The Grove but this redeemed me. I was amused with myself to be honest. The others, I dunno. Some were. This as the elevator finally closed and descended. Almost Home>>

Stay the nader flick was about to show. theater was so packed and the usher was trying to make room and imploring people to consolidate seating and unwittingly yelled: "move to the center" So i yelled: "no, stay Left!" which made most everyone laugh. sadly, ralph wasn't in theater at time, . i would have liked to have made ralph nader laugh. Home>>