Jeremy will be back tomorrow.

After a flight to San Francisco notable only for my insubstantial preparedness, I was greeted by cold, rain, and a temporarily misplaced car on the ground. Luckily, the weather scared off the line at the Swan Oyster Depot, where we had lunch. After six hours on two packs of wheat thins from the Jetblue stewardess, I ate a wider variety of seafood than I thought possible, had some great conversations, and began to wonder if I liked their smoked salmon enough to subsist on it alone. (yes) I’ve never wanted to change cities to get a new regular before. The guy next to me was reading the American Spectator. And we were smart enough to take some chowder with us to go. Which I may be eating right now.

Wolfgang Puck, who catered the Sports Illustrated party for the annual swimsuit issue, has learned that one of his employees has Hepatitus A. This article insinuates that all attendees are in danger of having contracted hepatitis from attending the party. Is this just scare mongering or does Wolfgang Puck have a different definition of catering than I do?

Five psychologists from San Diego State University have determined that college students are increasingly narcissistic. They have been giving a test called the National Personality Inventory since 1982 and have found 30% more narcissists today than when they started.

Though they find this generally to be a bad thing, the researchers do list some benefits to increased narcissism, such as the ability to audition for “American Idol.” I question their methods.
Study: College students more narcissistic [Yahoo]

The webmaster is a poet. Jeremy has contributed to America Future’s Foundation’s new Haiku Brew, Presidential Surge Edition:

Mitt Romney is not
going to win the White House
because… well, you know.

The anti-smoking ad by the Michigan Department of Community Health that kept playing during the Oscar ceremony last night reminded me of something.

Sometimes little kids are cool.

Maybe I’m wrong about this, but doesn’t it seem like the adaptation of a book about incest and abuse might require a bit less abject enthusiasm?

Oprah Winfrey presents “The Color Purple” on Broadway

These headlines are currently stacked on the righthand side of the Drudge Report:

55-YEAR OLD VIRGIN: TV HOST, FINANCIAL GURU SUZE ORMAN ‘NEVER BEEN WITH MAN’…

Speaking of limited freedoms, last week the New York Supreme Court upheld the city’s 80 year old cabaret laws banning dancing in bars without cabaret licenses. Today the appeals court concurred:

“Recreational dancing is not a form of expression protected by the federal or state constitutions.”

Good on New York. Dancing in bars is such a bad idea. I never do it.

Court Backs NYC’s Ban on Dancing in Bars [AP]

Just not really the ones I reviewed today. “Starter for Ten” is often amusing, if a bit derivative, but “Gray Matters” was simply painful. I assume there are people who are excited by the prospect of seeing Heather Graham and Bridget Moynahan makeout, but they should save themselves a lot of trouble and just search for the free clip of that scene on YouTube.

Giving It the Old College Lie [NYS]
A Lighter Shade of Gray [NYS]