Tiger Woods

I hate to sound like Stephen Colbert, but I said it first. When I heard that Tiger Wood's wife and a golf club were involved the night after the "incident," I knew that she had discovered his affair(s) and went after him with a golf club and beat him silly. She has a flair for a dramatic symbol.

Clover Field

MAXIMUM SECURITY

The shrinking of the economy has caused car thefts in my neighborhood to spike resulting in more car alarms and even the installation of security cameras around the block. But one creative soul is trying a new tack.

Grounded

Halloween Redux

Feet don’t fail me now.

Elvis Mitchell’s interview with Jason Schwartzman on "The Treatment" is worth a listen. Elvis doesn’t know what to make of Jason so he just lets him ramble. The gems out of Schwartzman’s mouth include how he feels about showing up for work: “feet don’t fail me know” and describing why his character, Jonathan Ames, becomes a Craig’s List private dick as “a deliberator moment.” Priceless.


"Bored to Death" is one of the best new comedies on TV.

Shroomery

The thing about mushrooms is that when they appear above ground, it's just one tiny part of a vast organism that lives beneath the surface. In LA, it's rare to see a mushroom this large. Mostly because it's so dry that most of the year there's not enough moisture to get a mushroom going, but in the Fall when there has been even a little rain, the occasional hearty mushroom will bloom.