Thursday, August 28, 2008

Paul Johnson. Football coach, Georgia Tech. Overheard saying to partner: I don't care how these shorts make my knees look, they're comfortable!

Wednesday, August 27, 2008


Pieter L. deHaseth. Received Ph.D. in experimental pathology from Harvard (me too!); marriage was reported in The New York Times Style Section (8/24), today's most reliable chronicler of the self-obsessed.

Monday, August 25, 2008

tomboy/jake gyllenhaal edition


Jonny Lang (no relation to lang lang). Musician. Singer. Diesel mechanic.

tomboy lesbian edition


Lang Lang. Musician. Piano player. Member of wait staff at vegan restaurant in North Adams, Mass.

Saturday, August 23, 2008

Richard Price. Novelist, screenwriter and television writer/producer of the greatest show no one could follow and no one watched. "Honey, you look beautiful in that pants suit."


Sen. Lindsey Graham, Republican, South Carolina. A regular every Wednesday night for karaoke at The Alley in Columbia. (This, by the way, is the senator's official portrait.)

David Byrne. Scottish born musician, actor, producer, weird person. One of Dana Toress's three full time masseuses.

Wednesday, August 13, 2008


Paul Weller. English musician whose name I've heard throughout the years, but I have no idea what he's done. Seen here hoisting trophy from 2004 second place finish in the Iditarod.


Bob Costas. Sports journalist who can turn an interview with any athlete, regardless of stature, into a story about himself--which reminds me of the time I first met the Mick...

Thursday, August 07, 2008



Tim Winton. Australian novelist. Co-owner with life partner of Perth landscape business, "Land's Edging and Tree Pruning."

Encore!

Al Pacino. Sometime scenery-chewing actor. Seen here leaving the Ojai office of his pet sitting service, "Doggy Dayz Afternoon (and mornings!)."

Saturday, August 02, 2008


Danny Roberts. Australian soap opera star (as I am, coincidentally). Funding nascent all-women's Australian Rules Football League.