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I love the smell of coffee in the morning

Big banner on the old 17th St. Diedrich:

COMING SOON: CAFFE BUON GIORNO

Good morning indeed! They don't know what they're in for.

simulcast to diedrich

Cool news

My old friend Mary (from way back in college!) has written several books. This time it's a novel, which she somehow sold for TV before it was even published, so she went ahead and self-published it. Go Mary!

She's also about to set off on the second of the Plucky Survivors See America road trip, which was a lot of fun to read last time.

Go Mary.

LOL CLASSMATES DOT COM

Okay, I'm going to go back to bed now.

My high school as reality show

http://www.ocregister.com/news/newport-beach-laguna-1781409-mtv-new

Sadly they are not going to film at my alma mater, although the show is going to be called "Newport Harbor." There goes my chance to point out earthquake damage and places where people peed on things or did drugs.

The new cast of "Newport Harbor" will feature Chrissy, a smart, pretty high school senior with three top colleges to pick from; Allie, the girl whom all the boys want and all the girls want to be; Clay, a shy, good-looking junior who turns to his gregarious best friend Grant for confidence; Grant, a bad-boy junior who's the life of the party; Chase, a senior who has a way with the girls; and Taylor, a sophomore who's the youngest of the group and who is dating Chase.

I'm not sure where the geekulous nerds in the "inner quad" fit in, here. Oh wait, we didn't.

The official site is at http://www.newportharbor.mtv.com/

What's even "better" is that MTV's Second Life clone, http://www.vmtv.com/ is going to have a "virtual Newport Harbor" which I hope includes a first-person shooter segment.

Okay, now I'm *REALLY* going back to bed.

PS: The actual reality show about this town is called "Arrested Development."

PPS: The actual REAL real Orange County has a lot more tweakers, corrupt cops, toxic dumps, lower middle class suburban despair, brush fires, exhausted Mexican laborers, and skin problems.

Dear the Baker's Catalogue

I have used and enjoyed your products for years. However, you just lost me completely with your latest email message. I did not read the body of the message. The subject was enough:

'Only 153 shopping days till Christmas!'

Goodbye,

Me

cheese and macaroni

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MASSIVE MACARONI AND CHEESE OBSESSION