Apologies for so few posts on the blog lately: I've been crunching deadlines to clear the decks before I go up to San Francisco for the Olympic torch protests. (And considering what happened in London today, looks like it's going to be good times!! Leave bail donations in the tip jar, please!) Anywa...

No, I haven't gotten that check, but I did get the direct deposit of my whopping $10 federal tax refund!! (I had to pay the state.) Why, thank you Uncle Sam for rewarding my hard work so... shall I buy a roll of laundry quarters, or a gyro plate at Firehouse? This is the time of year I start lusting...

From a friend (and former Daily News co-worker!): "If you ask me, the Spitzer case isn't even about sex, it's about POWER. Eliot Spitzer liked having the power to buy a $1,000 an hour prostitute. After all, he got his Harvard educated lawyer wife to quit her job and take care of their kids - I ...

My favorite contestant is the old guy in this audition tape from Mazar-e-Sharif: It's like "American Idol," but scours for contestants in Kabul, Herat, Mazar-e-Sharif, Kandahar, etc. There's even an Afghan Ryan Seacrest (who's actually a medical student) and a woman on the judging panel a ...