My new favorite word is “riff raff”. As in describing those less than desirable elements. Such as... “The bed and breakfast in Park Slope does not have any identifiable signs in order to keep away the riff raff.”

There was this guy on the subway this morning who looked a little bit like my old political science professor, Mr. Born. Especially the face and glasses. Except where Mr. Born had short, thinning hair, this guy had long straggly hair that went down to his shoulders. So he sort of looked like Mr. Born had he gone to Woodstock.

Big “Simpsons” night last night. Skinner and Krabbapel almost got married but she instead wound up having an affair with the Comic Book Guy. Then they reran the classic episode spoofing “Evita.” Then on “24”, Ryan Chappelle got whacked. Meanwhile I taped “The Sopranos” and watched it afterwards. Turns out that the actor who played Chappelle is also on “Sopranos”, as the conflicted priest, Father Phil. Now that his “24” character is dead, he’ll have plenty of extra time to be on “Sopranos.”

So much work to do this week. The busy season is upon us!