Sorry again to be too busy to post much lately. This will change.
So I go to an appointment in a medical building on La Cienega Boulevard today and I'm waiting for the elevator. Along comes a man who is also waiting for said elevator. I glance at him out of the corner of my eye and I say to myself, "That's Christopher Hitchens." Then I turn and look more directly at him and I realize that he's not Christopher Hitchens. Not at all. Looks an awful lot like him but isn't.
I do not say one word to the man but he sees me looking at him and informs me, "I'm not Christopher Hitchens."
I laugh and say, "How many times a day do you have to say that?" He replies, "There's a certain look some people have…I'm afraid they're going to start yelling at me or trying to debate. Some people have."
Just then, the elevator arrives. We get in, I select my floor and I ask him which one he needs. He tells me, I punch it in and I say to him, "That's a plastic surgeon, I presume?"
He says, "No, but I've considered it."
That's the end of that story. Coming up in a day or so here: Why I like Jay Leno but I'm having a hard time liking his new show. Based on the ratings, I'm obviously not alone in this dilemma.