I went to Disneyland last week! Things had changed since my last visit; I liked the renovations made to the entrance of the California Adventure park, but the new Star Tours was very underwhelming. Nothing beats the old Death Star trench run from the original iteration of the ride!

"YOU'RE A BAD MAN!"

Boy oh boy, I'm sure excited for that. Brendan Gleeson + Either McDonagh Brother = Solid Gold!

"Sometimes after work I go to the park and feed the unemployed former cast members. I keep thinking that Jimmy Fallon might just show up and say hello, but he never does."

Who?

Huh?

I've mentioned this story before, but I got to meet Bryan Cranston after a performance of All the Way, and I mentioned that I had just finished Caro's books. Cranston said, "I sure hope he finishes the last one soon, before it's too late!", or something to that effect. I thought, YES, this guy gets it!

You bet! Only a hundred or so pages left. After the LBJ books, I thought I'd seen all of Caro's brilliance on display, but nope, there's plenty more where that came from! The man's a damned fine scribbler, and a helluva historian to boot.

See that bridge off in the distance? That's the Throgs Neck Bridge, I believe. Thanks, Robert Caro!

Counterpoint: the huge portrait of Jonah in his mom's house. (I know that wasn't attributable to the actor's performance, but it still made me laugh like hell!)

I think this sounds like a crackerjack idea for a film, especially since I imagine few people know the full details of the story. I hope it's handled with the same sort of pissed-off indignation as The Insider.

Old Dan Rather's getting the Bob Woodward treatment!

Remember the Balloon Boy?

Aw rats, I was really hoping the late Christopher Evan Welch would get a nod for Silicon Valley. That guy's the best!

Yeeeah, I know the City didn't get much of a reprieve. What a goddamned mess.

Did you get a little misty-eyed at the end of Team of Rivals? I sure did.

Caroooooo! After I finished Path to Power last summer, I took a break to read something else (Kurt Vonnegut's Slapstick, to be precise), figuring that I'd do that after each LBJ installment. I ended up plowing through Means of Ascent, Master of the Senate, and Passage of Power in rapid succession, cause they're just…

As all of you are undoubtedly aware by now, I'm still reading Robert Caro's The Power Broker. It's long, and I'm a pretty slow pleasure-reader, but good gracious, has it ever been worth it. Last night's reading included a vivid description of what it was like for a commuter on the Long Island Rail Road during the…

Norman.

Ah, I'd never heard that term before, but I guess I am!