Entry 16:

Jesus, Joel. I'm sold. We should be fired. Um, Mr. Kinsley? Could you please excuse Dahlia and Joel from the "Breakfast Table" today as they have their period?

Look, while I agree with you in concept, about "unedited e-mails from unfamous people" being indisputably horrifying, I beg to differ on two fronts. One, we have an editor. If its proof you want, check this out: "Salon rules." (Let's see how that fares.)

Moreover, I wouldn't read famous people's unedited e-mails at knifepoint if the famous people in question were Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan. What was Timethinking? That's why I subscribe to In Style. It doesn't pretend to care what famous people are thinking. It sticks with what they wear and where they live and who they are married to--at least for a little while.

I love hockey because it's the only professional sport that encourages grown men to pull each others' jerseys off as a credible offensive maneuver. We don't have nearly enough of that conduct in baseball or golf.

Now talk to me about Bill Gates' hero's welcome today in D.C. Dude is being feted like a visiting sultan. The guy got shelled on Monday for having the heaviest thumb in America. Today he's chatting with the president about the New Economy. Is his talk going to be called "Don't do what I did"?

(Am I fired yet, Mr. Gates?)

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