I just listened to WNYC’s Brian Lehrer show about the closing of Freddy’s Bar.

Did Brian Lehrer actually choke up at the end of the segment?!?

I didn’t think I could love him more than I did, but I do.

I forgot to post some of the nice feedback I got regarding the Kings of Leon Friday Face-Off.

Reader JT took my advice and watched all of our 3rd place video …

I don’t always watch the videos all the way through, but you convinced me this time… AND HOW GLAD I AM. When they busted into “Bad Romance,” it transcended heaven and earth. From now on I’ll always watch every goddamn video.

Reader PR is also a big fan of video #3:

All I can say is that if 3d place wasn’t good enough to win I don’t think I’ll be able to handle 1st and 2d.

When Smithsonian opens its Youtube Wing I hope they name you Asst. Curator.

FFOs are here to stay.

Umm … excuse me: “Assistant Curator?” Why wouldn’t I be Head Curator AND Assistant Curator? “Does not compute.”

And for all those who have written in demanding another Friday Face-Off … I’ll get one up soon, I promise!

My first injury. Surprising amount of blood.

No matter! I will not give up. I will not cave in. I will not punk out. More soon …

That was quick! Thanks to Mike Houston of Cannonball Press for designing and printing the logo for my new business!

More information next week on 1.) how to get a copy of this print and 2.) how to get your pencils sharpened by ME.

I’ve been having so much sharpening #2 pencils at my U.S. Census training, I’ve decided to open a mail-order artisanal pencil-sharpening business.

Basically you’ll mail me your unsharpened #2 pencils and I will hand-sharpen them and mail them back to you. This service won’t be cheap, because each pencil will receive my undivided attention.

More details soon … for now, let me just say I really enjoy being a total genius!

Are you kidding? Look at how early it is. Amazing. I have to drive in my car to a secret location for the first day of census training. Ladies and gentlemen, it’s census time!

“Our job is turning Mondays into Fridays. Let’s get to work.”

Anybody see that Lars Von Trier movie called “Anti-Christ?” (I think it’s a children’s movie or something?)

Anyway, apparently at one point in that movie — right before things go completely buck-wild, a fox pops his head up and looks at the camera and says, “Time to go crazy!!!”

Well, that’s about where we’re at right now in the store … bottles flying off shelves … people LOVING this Spanish white wine … and the California red wine … it’s on, it’s on, the party is on …

Buy that wine …

I’m working in the wine shop with T., a brilliant grad from the Culinary Institute of America who knows A LOT about wine. He’s like 20 years younger than me. He was looking at my comedy show flyer (scroll down to see it) and he just delivered his verdict: “Epic fail.”

LOL, “color me humbled.”

Next flyer? Nothin’ but helvetica. GET READY.

“When You Were Young” by the Killers banging’ on wine-shop Pandora internet radio???

“Fuhgeddaboutit,” we’re ON FIRE right now.

I’m about to get a goosebump up in this motherfucker and I’m not even joking.