I'm proud to announce that I'm the new staff writer on The Mentalist (Tuesdays on CBS, yo). I'm going to be working for Bruno Heller, who not only created the show but also created one of the all-time greats, HBO's Rome. I have no idea what's going to happen next in my life, but it should be fun.

The bad news is that all my other stuff is going to grind to a halt, at least for little while. But do stay tuned.

Currently reading: I just finished Dave Cullen's new book Columbine, which is quite good, and True Grit, which is even better. Next up is In the Rogue Blood by James Carlos Blake, or maybe The Kindly Ones by Jonathan Littell.