Same here but two years with Harrison Ford and Calista.

Funny thing, then Burrell and I go bump into them in LA.

Pretty quiet here too. When I walked in late, the next most senior guy exclaimed "Oh! You're here!" I'm the most senior (though not the most experienced) person in the office of our team. Which ain't saying much.

He isn't wearing socks, and I'm wearing my Batsymbol belt. We're rebelling in our own ways.

And now for another brownie cupcake.

Funny thing, then Burrell and I go bump into them in LA.

true dat. But the bulk of my celebrity encounters are like that one. I see people, usually when they are doing ordinary things like eating dinner and shopping. I don't end up hanging out with famous people or chatting them up, etc. I guess I leave that up to ita and Scrappy.

I guess the exception would be Aimee Bender? Just by dint of where we both work and a few friends in common.

My grandfather lives across the street from Chris Cooper's sister, and I saw Steve Zahn waiting outside a restaurant here that I had just eaten at (Irene's).

Nora, do you get the NOLA Ready emails? They sent out a list of streets likely to flood and recommending checking your storm drain to see if it's clogged. It is quite nice outside, though.

Root canal ~ma to you, Teppy. It sucks but it's better than dying of a brain infection.

I prefer to think of it that way, too.

Also, mah mouf ish numb.

It wasn't painful; just really long. The oral surgeon was really hesitant to prescribe painkillers for me, and kept telling me I could take ibuprofen. I finally told him, "Look, I will be more comfortable knowing I have pain medicine if I need it, because this is a 3-day weekend. If I have pain over the weekend, including Monday, when YOUR OFFICE IS CLOSED, I won't have anything. I don't think it's unreasonable to need pain medication after an invasive dental procedure on a tooth that's been having serious pain for close to 8 months."

He relented and wrote me an Rx for Tylenol w/codeine. I may *not* need it; lots of people have told me that they didn't need drugs after their root canal. But like I said, I'd rather have them and not take them, than need them over a 3-day weekend when I can't get them. Jesus. He acted like I was asking for an 8-ball or something.

I think I am going to have a mooshy lunch, bake cookies, and then take a nap. God knows I ain't going back outside when it's already 95 degrees at noon.

Glad it's over and it wasn't painful. Hope you get a bit of rest, Steph.

I have 2 damn more appointments for the crown to finish it off, so it's not totally over, but the part I was dreading is over.

I have crappy teeth and have had 5 root canals. Not a fun experience, but not totally horrible. I never thought to ask for painkillers and I totally should have.

I lived in Chelsea and didn't even see Ethan Hawke!

I forgot to mention, when T & G were living in Chelsea and I hung out there a lot, Ethan Hawke used to come into my favorite coffee place a bunch, and sit near me. (Well the place is tiny, everybody sits near each other.) It used to piss me off, because he would be all magnanimous about getting recognized and having his picture taken, and welcome people to his neighborhood, and T. would laugh at me getting all rageface. "You don't actually live here," he'd remind me. "You can't afford to live here. He can and he does."

Whatever! The people at that coffee place knew me by name and I didn't even have to pay all the time. I was a "regular." Just because I live 500 miles away and don't have a job in NY. Details...

I also saw Anthony Bourdain at Chelsea Market a couple of times, but I was afraid to make eye contact.

Happy it went well, Tep.

That's weird that he was so reluctant to prescribe painkillers after a root canal. Most dentists Rx them as a just in case palliative as a matter of course; my dentists have said pretty much what you said to him; you may not need them, but it's better to have and not need, than vice versa.

Nobody gave me painkillers after my root canal, and in fact I tried to go back to work and then realized I couldn't concentrate and went home.