Kathryn links to Rob Long’s L.A. Times Op-Ed on the potential of the new 424 area code overlay. While I know he’s trying to be “funny,” he is also cruelly slamming millions of hard-working people like myself whose phone numbers begin 818. We’re just as good out here in the Valley! We have views of mountains sometimes! And I have seven phone numbers, Rob, two more than you. Serves you right for splitting your money with a writing partner.