Reggie, Measure Y and Disaster Survival Tips

I've been busy. Check out my new columns on my Daily News page. Also, check out the new design of the Daily News web site. It looks MUCH better.

I have a bonus column next week in the Daily News special section on gas prices and motoring trends. It's set to run on Monday.

Charity Begins at the Bar

I'm sure many of the five people who read this blog (Hi Mom!) have been asking yourself how you can help Mariel help the victims Hurricane Katrina. Here's your answer: Come to the SPJ monthly mixer at the Hotel Figueroa next Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. Fox News reporter, and my co-host in crime Claudia will be telling some of her first-hand accounts of her fearless reporting only 20 MILES! From New Orleans over the past week. We haven't figured out yet the gimick for collecting money for Katrina, as we just came up with the idea today after our regularly scheduled guest, Sen. Gloria Romero, ditched us. But we will. And it just might involve bald Hungarian dwarves stripping to the Oldies.

So join us for some unscripted, unedited and completely smug-o-rific fun!

Back in business

After about a month of vacations and crises of one variety or another, I'm back in the regular column business. Here's this week's, on the rise of the "decline to state" voter ranks in California.