Like most history-rich films pertinent to our times, we could only wish they'd been released earlier. This rings true about 'Milk''mdash;the new Gus Van Sant-directed biopic about Harvey Milk and the gay rights movement expanding from the Castro District'mdash;and the recent firestorm over Proposition 8.

I'm surprised first of all that I enjoy a CSUN toilet long enough to space out, but the University Hall bathroom is near perfect, lacking only that of a bathroom attendant ('A spritz of Ralph Lauren before criminology, sir? Perhaps, a Mentos?'). But it's not the best on campus.

CSUN is located in the heart of the Porn Valley.

Justine Joli'mdash;one of her pictorials has her passed out in the hands of a robot circa 'Lost in Space''mdash;is shirtless using Nerdcore emblazoned stickers to cover her nipples, somewhere near 10 p.m. after my two drinks of Johnny Walker Red, and schmoozing with Members Only-clad hipsters and autographing pictures with silver Sharpies.

The blood-thirsting musical 'Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street' is back and in new form for a special one-day engagement this Sunday at CSUN's Plaza del Sol Performance Hall.

Strange how most of these encounters were done at Coffee Bean. Whether the oak-paneled walls or free Wi-Fi of this common spot had any role hindering my dating atmosphere, I doubt it.

Shelly Levy, a semi-retired professional fundraiser, was shopping in her local 99-cent Store when two people cornered her, objecting to the McCain-Palin pins on her jacket.

One night of the year we permit the inner villain to come out, like a horrible monster revealed at the end of a movie.

English professor Michael Schofield recalled an analogy made by Director of Counseling Mark Stevens where he took out a folded up dollar bill.

It's been said television personalities double their laughs whenever they drop the f-bomb. Bleeping out those fantastic and, sometimes, excessive words displace the sincerity they'd usually have uncensored.

Given the beta test a go, the design of Media Molecule's 'Little Big Planet' for Playstation 3 proves practicality and simplicity (and an immense understanding of physics) go a long way.

We're in a home, my mom, sister and I. The house belongs to Sylvia Hariton, the mother of my mom's best friend Paula Gutierez.