In the lobby of a theater today, an older woman plopped down next to me and started chatting. I was doing a Sudoku puzzle. She told me she can do those puzzles in five minutes. Her husband was sitting on her other side, and she said, "She's wearing almost the same shoes almost as you." He was wearing some kind of Teva with an enhanced sole, I had on Birkenstocks. To recap: So far, she's smarter than I am, and I wear men's shoes. When I pulled my sweater out of my backpack, she said, "Red is my favorite color, too." 'So long, Rain Man,' I thought as I bolted for my seat.

I went to Bryant Park for one of Tom Collichio's salads and called Andy first on the chance that he was working his consulting job and would be up for dinner in Manhattan. It was a great New York moment, we were both in Bryant Park! He was meeting his roommate to do about a dozen things, so we just had a little chat, I ate my salad and went to the library.

Saw Speed-the-Plow yesterday. Elizabeth Moss from "Mad Men" was really good, Jeremy Piven was exactly what you'd expect, and Raul Esparza is just the yummiest thing ever!