I sometimes take it for granted that a writer as good as Michelle Tea is in my hometown. And I feel utterly ashamed that she hasn’t been on the Bat Segundo Show yet. But thankfully Claire Zulkey has made up for this inadequacy. Ms. Tea, on behalf of the Bat Segundo Crew, I apologize. Our team will be getting in touch with you very soon.

Variety: “Project, to be penned by [J.J.] Abrams and ‘MI3’ scribes Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci, will center on the early days of seminal ‘Trek’ characters James T. Kirk and Mr. Spock, including their first meeting at Starfleet Academy and first outer space mission.”

The Red Vic: 4/20, The Big Lebowski, a yearly tradition.

The Biderbecke Affair points to an NYT review, which resembles not so much criticism, but an epidemic of rabies:

And before we go any further, I feel a strong need to confess something: My name is Ben, and I am a Juliaholic….Like a down-home Garbo, she is an Everywoman who looks like nobody else. And while I blush to admit it, she is one of the few celebrities who occasionally show up (to my great annoyance) in cameo roles in my dreams.

Having become a Moleskine junkie last year against my better judgment, I’m a bit sad to hear that the company that makes those delicious books has put itself up for sale. Mario Beruzzi, who relaunched Moleskine in 1998, says that he’s overextended. The concern I have is whether a larger company will be able to produce the notebooks with the same quality and thoroughness that Moleskine currently puts into their product line. I certainly hope Beruzzi and company are being as meticulous with a buyer as they are with their notebooks. To get a clear-cut answer on this issue, I plan to track down the Moleskine people at BookExpo and ask them some hard questions about this. In the meantime, perhaps it’s time to load up on notebooks while they remain dependable and durable. (via Moleskinerie)

[UPDATE: Moleskinerie has received an official statement from Modo & Modo on this issue.]