A few items of interest for today:
- From the “Let’s All Call Up AT&T and Protest To The President March” Department: It looks like another area code is coming to the San Fernando Valley. Specifically, it looks like by Fall 2009, all new phone numbers will have the 747 area code. This will be an overlay code, moving everyone to 10-digit dialing (which is fine by me — I like consistency). The usual complainers are speaking up: Gerald A. Silver, president of Homeowners of Encino, still feels that other options need to be considered.
- From the “Side Effects of Hairspray” Department: It appears Marissa Jaret Winokur is following in the footsteps of the first Tracy Turnblad, Rikki Lake: She’s getting her own talk show.
- From the “Doing Good by Eating Well” Department: Today is “Dine Out Los Angeles 2008”, where a number of restuarants are donating 20% or more of their profits to Aid For AIDS to help prevent homelessness and hunger for individuals and families impoverished and disabled by HIV/AIDS. The day isn’t coordinated: in the Bay Area, it is next Thursday. You can do a Google Search to find out the day where you live.
