Rob Long. I love him. Dearly. But FIVE NUMBERS (see his LATimes op-ed today)?!?! And now with more than one area code. Thanks so much, California. More numbers, just what we need here.

As the print mag goes to bed, an editor calls, getting Rob on the fifth try: “Rob: Are you sure you want Pope Benedict speaking Pig Latin on Larry King Live?”

Yeah, thanks, California. Why are we going there again?

Oh yeah, because lotsa cool people will be collected in one locale on September 17. The cool people are you–a bunch of us are just tagging along with the Buckleyman so we can hang with you.