moments of truth

Conan O'Brien closed out his Tonight Show run tonight with an appeal to fight cynicism. Well, actually, he closed it out with a performance of 'Freebird,' but before that, the cynicism bit. If you work really hard, and you're kind, Conan said, amazing things will happen. I believe it. Why disbelieve it?

I love momentous moments on TV like this--outpourings of heartfelt sentiment from personalities whose job it is not to be sentimental. After a childhood spent more with the tube than with any human, it's nice when TV tells you it loves you back.

the street where you live

I had a dream last night in which I passed, on foot, a sign reading "Now Entering West Stranglehold." It was not a nightmare, but damn if my dreams aren't all stress these days. I'm really running my night guard through its paces.