good thing my car has an ashtray the size of texas.

in other news our political blogger Andy Malcolm is on a two week vacation

so i am covering him on the Top of the Ticket blog at the Los Angeles Times

so you can read my stuff there if you like politics

its always a thrill and an honor writing there because it was one of our first huge blogs, and now its one of the nation’s best for politics (hope i dont eff it up).

also in any spare time i have i continue to blog over at our hot topic blog called Chatter.

so if youve noticed a decline in busblog posts its because of that and because the juiciest stories in my life are being embargoed until i am allowed to divulge them.

lets just say it follows the same old theme: tony is crazy -> stuff happens -> tony feels victimized -> magic happens that is unbelievable -> taxes must be paid