That guy from Toto changed everything

I have the day off today so I have decided to spend it watching the Travel Channel and Food Network, both of which specialize in programming that relates to my job, therefore making my tax deduction on cable TV COUNT. I found out how much I owe yesterday. I really hope the IRS enjoys my first- and second-born children and raises them with the love and attention that I would.

My favorite show on The Travel Channel is called No Reservations with Anthony Bourdain. He does not seem like the nicest person and yet I have a slight crush on him. There is something about self-confessed former junkies. They get me every time.

Speaking of people that I am oddly attracted to, the other night I had a meeting in Tribeca and I went around the corner to the oh-so-fancy Korean deli next to Nobu (Location, location, location people!) to pick up a greasy egg roll from the steamer table or a granola bar or something because I forgot to eat. (I keep doing that. Then I wind up at steamer tables at 9:00 at night. Not good.) Anyway, I am on the phone with my mom, as usual, and I look up and I see Eric Bogosian. At which point I say, "Hey, Mom, Eric Bogosian is here." He looks at me, plastic shopping basket over his arm. Then I say, "I didn't mean to say that out loud." "Yeah, but you did," he said. I decided I didn't need the granola bar and I went home.

I went out to see Chris' show the other night. The bar in front was playing VH1 Classic without the sound because there were, like, actual bands playing. Of course, there were many of us who would have preferred VH1 Classics. Not because of Chris -- him and Steve were great. But some of the others... well, a French horn player does NOT belong in a rock club. That's all I have to say. Two of the girls at the bar were very impressed because I was able to recognize the Toto video for "Rosanna" without the sound on. (This is not impressive so much as sad and indicative of my age.) One of them said, "Ew, guys like that are why I started drinking." I said, "Guys like that are why I started dating women." I love making new friends at bars.