A few restaurants are offering Bejing Olympic specials. / Photo by jslander via LAist's featured flickr pool. CONVENTION: SIGGRAPH, the annual conference that caters to the gamers, graphic artists and engineers kicks off today at the Los Angeles Convention Center and runs until Friday. There are plenty of classes, networking opportunities and lotsa geek eye candy. THEATRE*: The Geffen Playhouse's Audrey Skirball-Kenis Theatre hosts a reading of comedian Mike Birbiglia’s one-man show Sleepwalk with......

Comedic somnambulist Mike Birbiglia's new DVD is out today and it's pretty damn good. Birbiglia is a Comedy Central darling with multiple TV specials and album releases to his credit and the kid ain't even 30 yet. OK, so you somehow can't or won't watch Comedy Central, well then, you've had plenty of opportunity to see Birbiglia performing on every late night show on every network since 2002. "What I Should Have Said Was Nothing"......

Will we be able to survive the onslaught of new shows and season premieres tonight? Will you succumb to the hype of Cane? I've been hearing about that one since the beginning of the year. Reaper, on the CW, is directed by Kevin Smith of Clerks fame. But for quality I'm probably going to have to stick with Damages, at 10pm on FX, since I haven't missed an episode yet and won't miss this one.......