Amongst the heartfelt pleas for money on the Hurricane Relief show tonight, moments that made me say “huh?

• The man dashing across the screen in front of Ray Romano who nearly lost it
• Chris Rock beginning his speech with the suggestion that ”George Bush hates Midgets“
• Kayne West telling us in a heartfelt rap that he needed Jesus like Cathy Lee needed Regis.

We went to the Fashion Rocks Concert last night, and I must say that David Bowie was just awesome. He did three songs, one solo and two with Arcade Fire-an indie rock band from Montreal. Just incredible. If you can tolerate the inane emcee chitchat of Mark McGrath and Poppy Montgomery, you can catch the broadcast of the show tonight on CBS from 9-11. Also, not to miss, from the "what was she thinking" files, Lisa Maria Presley in a punk Black Wedding dress, attempting to accompany Billy Idol in "White Wedding" for the show's finale. Duh.

Let's say I get hit by an armored car. And the driver, one infraction away from losing his job, asks if I'll take his truckload of dollars in lieu of involving authorities (he'll later stage a faux robbery). I'd spend some of that money on throwback jerseys from Mitchell & Ness.

These would be the ones I'd wear while rehabbing:

•Lawrence Taylor #56, 1990 New York Giants

•Lyle Alzado #77, Los Angeles Raiders

•Nolan Ryan #34, 1980 Houston Astros

•Bo Jackson #16, 1989 Kansas City Royals

•Drazen Petrovic #3, 1993 New Jersey Nets

•Alex English #2, 1984 Denver Nuggets

There you have it. Just in case you were wondering.

Maybe one of the most useful sites that I've found in a long time. A database of each corporation's specific number combination that you need to type in to get a hold of a god damned human being when you're calling a fucking company to ask a simple stupid question about your god damned, mother fucking bill and you don't want to press 2 for English and enter your 16 fucking digit account number again which some bitch is only going to ask you to repeat to them later on anyway!!! Arrghh!!!!!!!

How to Get a Fucking Human!!

- Fashion Week may be off limits to the general public, but GenArt's Fresh Faces in Fashion still has tickets to sell.
- Pair of great semis tomorrow at the US Open...Federer vs Hewitt and American legend Agassi vs American cinderella story Ginepri
- Speaking of sports, this weekend starts my five month ritual of taking the phone off the hook on Sunday...hello football season.
- I mentioned this one before. The best Beatles cover band ever, the Fab Faux comes to Webster Hall Sunday night.
- And this sounds like alot of fun. The Art Parade marches down Wooster Street Saturday at 4:00pm with artist-designed floats and performances.

Long famous for never having a comics section, the New York Times is preparing to change that next week. Starting Sept 18th, The Funny Pages will appear as an insert in the NYT magazine. Along with original fiction and humor, there will indeed be a strip included, called - somewhat obviously - The Strip. And their first choice of artist is a killer decision. Describing The Strip, the NYT press release says:

Stars of the graphic novel create serialized comic strips exclusively for Times Magazine readers. Each week's full-page color-strip features one self-contained story, and each strip will run for approximately six months. Chris Ware, whose best-selling graphic novel, “Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth,” has won numerous literary prizes, will create the first strip. It tells the story of a young girl and her adventures in her apartment house.

Six months of weekly Chris Ware stories? I think I've died and gone to heaven.

(Click on the above thumbnail for a larger view of a page of original art by Chris Ware that I am very proud to own.)