ITEM: News so happy, I'm verklempt: New York's 2nd Avenue Deli finally reopens next week (just off 2nd Ave). Time to book a flight!
ITEM: Jon Carroll's yearly pitch: This holiday season, won't you volunteer for the Untied Way?
ITEM: Fan reviews of Tuesday night's Tool concert at the Civic Auditorium. It was, of course, an absolutely transcendent experience. We should be erecting statues of Maynard James Keenan in all the major cities. :)
ITEM: You know how there's that stretch of road in our beloved East Bay that is both I-80 East and I-580 West, while the other side of the road is both I-80 West and I-580 East (all this despite the fact that the road runs mostly north-south)? Turns out there's a cracktastic term for this.
ITEM: I worked a fifteen hour shift yesterday to help launch this ... the new Macworld.com!
