ROAD TRIP

Okay, Tahoe, here I come.

AND THE LIVIN IS EASY

Yeah for Summer 2013.

It's already looking VERY promising.

TRIBUTE

as Leon Panetta in Zero Dark Thirty

During the 10 years I lived in New York City, I crossed paths with actor James Gandolfini, and the second time was pretty awesome.

We were attending the same memorial service for film director Ted Demme, who coincidentally, also died from a heart attack. I was on crutches and working my way up a small stack of stairs when I started to lose my balance and fall backwards. Without out even stopping the conversation he was having, Gandolfini just put his arm up and stopped my fall, with his hand firmly on my back.

I turned with a slightly-embarrassed smile, thanked him, and he just smiled a little, nodded, and turned his head back towards the person he was speaking with.

So cool.

So long, James, you did good. Real good.

GIRL CRUSH

So I went and saw Fast and Furious 6 last night, and I still don't have any fucking idea what that movie was about!

I don't care because for me, it was all about Michelle Rodriguez. I would totally go lesbian for her and have a pretty good idea that she'd be the top.

I'm okay with that.

FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHT

Ron and Andy's order

Double-burgers with fried eggs and chocolate-dipped chocolate ice cream cones?

#fuckdiets!

DIG IF YOU WILL THE PICTURE

Here are a couple of shots I took of the historic Sebastiani Theatre in Sonoma this past weekend.

FOODIE CALL

So, expectant mother and media whore Kim Kardashian wants to eat her placenta following the birth of her child with rapper Kanye West.

That is so gross.

I would rather risk throat cancer and eat what Michael Douglas has been eating.

ORAL EXAM

For many years (1988-1994), I used to get my haircut at Martin's Barbershop, which was located in the Warfield Building on Market Street. It was one of those old-school barber shops with Playboy magazines on the rack and because of its very sketchy location, LOTS of street theater to be seen through the window.

Martin had become very ill and eventually retired. Some time had passed before I happened to ask how Martin was doing. I was informed that he had passed away and when I expressed my condolences and asked from what, the reply was throat cancer. I replied with Oh wow, that's too bad. Bob, my barbers priceless and very candid response was:

Yeah, he ate too much pussy. Eat too much pussy and you get throat cancer, so don't eat pussy.

Duly noted.

So with that fond memory firmly planted in my brain, I wasn't at all surprised at what actor and throat cancer survivor Michael Douglas had to say on the subject:

. . . because without wanting to get too specific, this particular cancer is caused by HPV, which actually comes about from cunnilingus. I did worry if the stress caused by my son's incarceration didn't help trigger it. But yeah, it's a sexually transmitted disease that causes cancer.

Oh my.

Even though there is plenty of medical fact to back up Douglas' claim, his team quickly released this statement:

Michael Douglas did not say cunnilingus was the cause of his cancer. It was discussed that oral sex is a suspected cause of certain oral cancers as doctor's in the article point out but he did not say it was the specific cause of his personal cancer.

Awesome.

FOODIE CALL

This was a lunch that was 50% Grilled Chicken Breast on Baguette, and 50% Grilled Cheese with Chicken Breast on Sourdough.

It was 100% delicious.

Sunflower Caffe, you complete me.

LA MISSION

So I finally made it to my eighth California Mission (so far), the Mission San Francisco-Solano, in Sonoma.

THE BACKYARDIGANS

The Jaguar taking a picture of me taking a picture of . . .

. . . some Lavender growing in his backyard

SLUMBER PARTY

Waking up at The Jaguar's weekend home.