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I guess I have been pretty busy lately, and therefore I have only been updating my blog when my friends are doing things. Since I haven't updated in more than three weeks, I guess that means I need more friends! Ha ha ha. I'm hilarious.

Anyway, for those of you who are in Los Angeles at any time this summer and are looking for something to do on the weekend, let me suggest you check out Cabaret at the Morgan-Wixson theater in Santa Monica. Cabaret is a great musical, and it stars my good friend Hannah Campbell in the lead role as Sally Bowles. It's been a long time since I have been in a musical, but I can still appreciate all the hard work that goes into it. I'm looking forward to it, especially since it's possible to buy the tickets online meaning you don't have to guess which seats you are getting the night of the show.

Surely you all remember the incomparable Nick Walsh, better known as TVgasm intern version 1.0 and creator of his own comic book series starring none other than the great Julie Chen. Nick has been in Los Angeles for awhile, and I keep on meaning to go hiking at Fryman Canyon with him, but for now enjoy his latest effort Face the News. I'm getting a little too old, so it is perhaps a little too meta for me, but if you dig Facebook, you should check it ou.

My good friend Melanie just graduated from journalism school at USC and is now a bit of inspiration for me. I have been thinking about going to get my MBA, but always worry if I have the chops to go back to school full-time. Melanie not only went back to school, but finished at the top of her class. Oh, and did I mention she had time to get married and throw a kick ass wedding in Toronto as well (with an assist to Mrs. Herschorn of course)? I hope I can repeat some of her success when I hit the books again, although finding somebody to say I do might be a little more difficult.

Check out Melanie's demo reel and if you see her on the street, make sure to say Hello.

People that know me would probably never guess that I used to be all about the drama. As in the theatre. OK, I was never really all about the drama, but whenever I enrolled in summer camp, I always took the theater class. It was fun, and the straight guy to girl ration was always in my favor. I probably didn't think about those things back then, but in retrospect, I was clearly ahead of my time. I recently got a hold of a few pictures of my old thespian days from the mother of a good friend of mine. The answers to many of your questions like "Who is that hottie you're holding hands with?" are yours if you just click ahead....

I really don't like betting on sports. To be very good at it, you have to bet against your favorite team a lot, and I am the type of guy who likes to believe my team can win every game (yes, even the Syracuse Football team). I will put some money on an NCAA Tournament bracket, or fantasy sports league, but never on individual games. Of course, when your football team makes it to the Super Bowl, you have to rethink your priorities.

When the Giants made the Super Bowl, I made a friendly bet with two friends of mine who are die hard New England sports fans. If the Patriots win the Super Bowl, I will suffer the public shame of wearing an item of Red Sox clothing in public. If the Giants won the Super Bowl, my friends would have to wear some sort of Yankee paraphernalia. To some, this is not really a big deal, but to a sports fan, it is the ultimate shame.

At first, I had lined up a nice assortment of pink t-shirts all professing devotion to the Yankee captain. Some were almost semi-tasteful, while others were a little more over-the-top. I settled on the "Joba Rules" t-shirt pictured above would be a better form of punishment. The pink Jeter t-shirt might get you pummeled in certain places in New England, but the Joba t-shirt will win you the admiration of hard core New York sports fans, and that's the last thing thing any self-respecting Masshole wants.

Hey everybody, I know I haven't updated in a while, but I wanted to mention that our friend Katie has a new episode of her talk show posted on YouTube. Highlights include a Hollywood makeover and a shopping trip with Victoria Beckham. Enjoy!

So, I was at a wedding in Cape Cod this weekend and got to spend some time in Boston. I went to school in New England, but kind of think Boston sucks, even though I do love the Celtics (which makes me one of the few Yankees-Celtics fans out there). Actually, I don't love the Celtics so much lately after all of the insanely stupid shit Danny Ainge has pulled since he took the helm, but you get the idea.

First, I would love to give a shout out to the new couple, Mr. and Mrs. Andrew and Angela Hoey. They are the cutest couple ever and they read their own vows, which had everybody choked up by the end, including yours truly who likes to consider himself Mr. Stoic. In fact, I am probably going to steal one of Andy's particularly good lines for myself. I don't think there were any girls from LA from the wedding, and I can say it with a straight face, so I think I will be OK. And I would be amiss if I didn't give a shout out to Andy's mom Betsy, who was one of TVgasm's biggest fans since the early days. Yay! (Wedding picture of me and some of the college boys after the jump)

However, I couldn't leave a post about Boston without disparaging Logan Airport. What the hell is going on with that place? You think that with all the cost overruns of the big dig, somebody could have found someway to funnel funds into improving Loganl; perhaps Teddy's price was a little too high. Anyway, I was doing the self check-in thing, and then I was going into security. Inside security, there was a separate line for coach (me) and first/business class. This is bullshit. I understand why you would want to give the people that you charge extra money for better access when checking in, but the TSA is paid by taxes, ie YOU and ME. In otherwords, part of my hard-earned wages were going to help American Airlines pamper its first-class passengers. WTF? Is this even allowed? I feel like I need to complain, or at least be given some perks to shut me up.

PS I am waiting here typing at a restaurant at the Killian's Boston pub, waiting for the waitress to come around so I can wrangle another Cuba libré, and there are a group of really annoying guys right next to me. At least one of them has BO and they are trying to impress anybody who will listen about getting kicked off of a golf course because it was too crowded. Verdict: THEY SUCK. Of course, my flight is delayed and I have nothing better to do than get loaded at an airport bar, so maybe I am the biggest idiot after all.

PPS Now I am on the plane. The girl next to meet is cute, but there are two babies in front of me and another on the left. I love kids, but babies on a plane are bad news if you are trying to sleep. Luckily, I have the middle seat so sleep is not an option. Hopefully the cute girl is interested in touching the iPhone.

PPPS By the way, my last three flights on American. Coming from Miami - delayed, changed planes, four hours late. Going to Boston, cancelled, put on another flight (non-direct). Coming back from Boston, delayed three hours. Why am I still giving them money?