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Sweet Jiminy Cricket on a popsicle stick, it’s good to be back in New York City. I was asleep before the plane left the terminal, and I slept clear through landing. What a blessing. And what a blur. One minute I’m sneaking around the Paramount back lot, the next I’m downing a beer at the…

Who’d have guessed a couple a also-rans from Berwyn, PA, would run into each other on the Paramount back lot in Hollywood, CA, some twenty years on. I was trying to catch up with my buddy James all week, but late nights at work and poor planning on both of our parts sabotaged our efforts.…

I’m standing on the balcony in the VIP area of the MTV/X-Box party at The Avalon on Hollywood and Vine when Ling Bai slithers up next to me. Without Corey whispering in my ear, I’d have no idea who she is. She’s wearing a itty-bitty dress, a blonde Shirley Temple wig, fake eyelashes, and glitter…

Moss walked into my office and said, “Some of the younger kids in the office are going across the street for happy hour. Two dollar beers …” This was just a few hours after I walked out into the 2600 Colorado lobby to greet a prospective employee and practically bumped into Harry Shearer and Mike…

I’m sitting on the bed in room #634 of the Doubletree Guest Suites. I’m watching “The Big Idea With Donny Deutsch.” They’re discussing the American Idol scandal. The ferris wheel on the Santa Monica pier is blinking out of the corner of my eye. I don’t know what else to say, or where to start,…

I have arrived in Los Angeles. The evidence is everywhere. Outside my window, through a thicket of palm trees, across PCH-1, and over the Santa Monica Mountains, the sun is setting. I see the ocean, the “deep and frozen sea.” Gary Coleman is on the TV. “Need a loan?” Local news is reporting a freeway…