"I'll go to Hollywood/they'll think that I'm so good"

Am going on blogacation (that's blog+vacation), that happens to fit my actual vacation. Will be in Los Angeles. I will try to resist the urge to spin tiny anecdotes into serious analysis a la Thomas Friedman.

However, I am growing facial hair, which, if Thomas Friedman is any indicator, compels one to talk in meaningless buzzwords and stories told by taxi drivers.