24 Dreambook Pt. II & Other Odds & Ends

Last night, after watching the final episodes of "24" Season Five, I had the following dream: I'm sitting in a parking lot with another person (Allen Iverson? Keifer Sutherland/Jack Bauer?). A man and a woman drive up. They are writers for "24." They are talking about the upcoming Season Six and also dropping sexual innuendo about each other. My companion and I find this conversation unsettling because we know that this couple is married to other people. We're worried about the quality of their writing if they are entangled in an affair. We decide to replace them with the author of a graphic novel. Dream ends.

Since I'll be watching "24" in "real time" rather than "DVD time" this year, I'll be ruminating about the show and logging any of my "24" dreams.

Remember what I said about the GSW's being the Faces of the NBA? Well, they're kind of turning into the Faces cover band of the NBA...

Barry Bonds, you're dead to me!

Favorite spins of this month: The Faces box set, "Five guys walk into a bar...", and the Isley Brothers "3+3."

I'm on my third Chekhov collection: "The Fiancee and Other Stories." The Penguin edition translated by Ronald Wilks. I like his Chekhov translations. They're lively, poetic and humorous. But don't worry, Constance Garnett lovers, I'll get to her soon.

I'm also slowly making my way through "Gravity's Rainbow." We'll see what happens.