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Allow me to slightly misquote a fairly awful movie when I say, "Mr Vice-President, we're in the midst of a major, global climactic shift!"

I mention this because it's snowing outside right now just few days after it was sunny and in the 60's here in NYC. It's not only snowing, but I haven't seen flakes this big since my last family reunion.

(Insert band leader's fake laughter here.)

I just IMed comedian Brian Baumley and said, "Look at the size of those snow flakes outside, isn't this how "The Day After Tommorrow" started?" He wrote back, "No, I'm pretty sure it began with credits."

Touche.

He then added, "Now, if credits were falling from the sky, that would be something."

Double touche.

As long as I'm talking about IM convo's, Joe Grossberg IMed me to tell me that I'm becoming the "anti-corporate comedian." I like that tag, and it pretty much gaurantee's that I'll die broke, but with integrity. Sweet.

I've been doing some name-dropping lately, but does it really name dropping if nobody knows who these people are except for me and my small band of followers?

Actually, I think in many ways I am the "anti-corporate comedian" but I really don't know how to translate that into anything. And it is a scary premise. I mean, it's not even slightly controversial to call President Bush a moron, but in this business it's totally controversial to say that Lorne Michaels doesn't know what he's doing, or that Leno is a hack, or that Carrotop is anti-carrot.

Why'd I go for a Carrotop joke there? I'm pulling punches for no reason. Unless, as I've long suspected, the corporations have somehow sent micro-organisms into my brain through the NYC public water system.

Dear lord, I've gotta go pick up a new Brita Water Filter ASAP...