Busy, busy day. Got up early, went to a "book festival" at UCLA sponsored by the local paper of record, found out more about the cultural importance of Las Vegas than I needed to know (also, that Kelly Lange looks "younger" now than she did when I was in high school, thanks to plastic surgery), received a tip about either firing a gun (or lighting a joint[?]) whenever I had writer's block when drafting a screenplay, then checked out the second half of the Laker game...Kobe Akbar !!!