But L.A.is looking a bit worn these days, and so are you.

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He's a bit of a sponge, and with the efficient nature of an L.A. movie exec for whom time is money, he has created a system of outsourcing learning, arranging meetings with intellectuals in which they download their wares into his brain as one might schedule a massage or a haircut.

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And in one small example of change, regular viewers of L'Eredita might have noticed that those four dancing girls are now a good bit more modestly dressed than they used to be.

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I'm a bit addicted to the game, which is how I wound up at the Sacred Fools Theater in L.A. on a Saturday night for a "Guitar Hero" competition.

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