"I don't know, Obama, he's older now. He used to look so fresh... exciting. I still have that poster, but I don't know." -- President Obama, paraphrasing Kool & the Gang in mocking the naysayers at Sony Pictures Studios in Culver City on Thursday. There's a big upside to the traffic story this morning -- it's Good Friday and the freeways are relatively clear. UPDATE 9:30 a.m.: The president is now aboard Air Force One. Street closures lifted. We survived Obama Traffic Hell April 2011 (aka Obamageddon)! more ›

If you don't have the stomache for Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ, maybe this version using candy Peeps will be easier to handle. Actually, even with Peeps, the music makes it kind of heavy sometimes. more ›

Today is Good Friday, the day Christ was crucified. It is a holy day of obligation for people like me, who were raised as strict Catholics. I always liked Mary, especially the poetic memorare prayer and the Queen of the May festival where we sang Bring Flowers of the Rarest and crowned Mary with flowers. more ›