First off, that guy in the purple car has been taken into custody. I'm sure you were all concerned about that.
Secondly, we've been having a small software glitch here lately. As some of you have noted, the versions of some posts that were initially put up here were not the final versions. Until I corrected them, you had incomplete earlier drafts instead of the final versions. I think I've fixed this but if it happens again, we'll all know I haven't.
Thirdly, posting will be light tomorrow due to a day full of appointments and deadlines.
Saturday night, a bunch of us went to see Puppet Up!, the show I recommended here and later here. Judging by the number of folks who came up to me and thanked me for recommending it on my blog, I should be getting a commission. It was again a wonderful entertainment and everyone enjoyed it a lot, including (based on his reactions) Eddie Izzard, who was sitting not far from us. I will try to let you know when more performances are scheduled but they may catch me off-guard. The show doesn't advertise. They just announce on their website they're doing it again and all the tickets disappear in a flash. That should tell you how terrific it is.
Lastly for now, I mentioned Joe Pyne in a post earlier here. Craig Robin informs me that the Smithsonian magazine just ran a big article which you can read here. One possible quibble: It says Pyne was lured to Los Angeles by KTLA-TV and became a top-rated talk show host here. I don't remember him ever being on KTLA. I remember him on KTTV and on radio station KLAC.
Reader-of-this-site Sue Weitzman wrote to ask me how I would compare Pyne to folks today like Sean Hannity and Rush Limbaugh. I think it's pretty much the same act, though Pyne spent less time with political types and more time with people who claimed to have ridden in flying saucers, He also liked anyone he could denounce as a filthy hippie. Perhaps as a result, I don't recall any moment when it felt like Pyne was influencing elections or popular opinion or anything that actually changed government. And I think he was more entertaining than anyone today in the sense that, say, professional wrestling or guests on The Jerry Springer Show throwing punches are entertaining.
I'll see you tomorrow but probably not for long.