@alcatrazzzed: the guy is hot too, he just has a sort of dopey expression. but yeah, she's gorgeous.

@Flackette Goes Retro: I was going to say the same thing; in a deeply southern town where the student body might overwhelmingly vote for the pretty white blonde girl, this sort of forced an even playing field. seems insane now, however.

@tensai: Hahaaaaaa! I know, I always laugh when I go to other cities like Seattle and here about their 'traffic jams.' I get on the freeway with them and they are like 'it's so crazy,' and i'm like, 'Aw, how cute. you have a little baby jam.'

Missing from this list: every day in Los Angeles between 3:30 and 7:30 pm, on any freeway. I can't even believe we didn't make this list!

I have an honest question for the recession. Current stylist is about $170 plus tip for color and cut. has given me a break to about $120 for both but then I tip so largely it's almost the same. I can not afford this this month, is it terrible to get a cut and color from someone really cheap to hold me over until my…

@negativethree: any real photographer will tell you, it's all about the lighting.

The biggest problem with this picture is that it's unflattering. The photographer is an idiot and should be fired. The angle that the sun is hitting her face is creating bigger shadows and making her wrinkles and creases look even worse than they actually are. if he had turned her face upward toward the sun she would…

@Friendly_Milk: true. NYC was the worst; LA, I've been sexually harassed about 10 times in two and a half years. In New York I'd reach that number in less than a week. I hated it.

I was harassed all the time in this outfit. Seriously. I think I "win."

Does anyone know if any of these newfangled Berries are coming to Sprint any time soon?

@MightyHorse: A++++

@chris.edgette: this phone is exactly what i want. I want a touchy screen for fun and easy stuff and a hard keyboard for biz. I also don't want a toy. the iphone and the android phones are toys. i had a moment of trying out out the new samsung android on tmobile and had kept my sprint bberry. would go out with them…

@isotrex: i think trying to fake optimism when that is not your natural state of mind, actually creates more stress and more unhappiness for the person trying to fake it. i think optimism is a way of not dealing with reality in many cases and that people who routinely say things like 'you need to change your attitude'…

Also I want to talk about the notion of dry heat not being that bad. Yes this is true in the 70s, 80s, 90s. but have you ever tried to walk outside for more than five minute in Las Vegas in 110 degree temperatures? Yeah. Didn't think so.

Today in Los Angeles: 67 degrees with 73% humidity (the latter shocks me—doesn't seem so high.) also: overcast. Ready the Smiths and Coldplay records.

How is there any debate over whether this isn't hilarious? It's amazing! Go Kimmel writing staff!

@LadyTudorRose: Perhaps you've never heard of Lynn Yaeger. She doesn't do any of those things and she writes for the big guns. [en.wikipedia.org]

@AmphetamineCrown: my thoughts exactly

@T-RO: I should note. I'm on a mac. latest lep.

that's all good and well, but can anyone give me a real reason why all three of my browsers hang? and when i log out and go to my 'test admin,' they don't hang? and don't tell me to do a full wipe and reinstall. just don't. kthxbye.