Mel Gibson, example number 4029.

"Fucking Jews. The Jews are responsible for all the wars in the world. Are you a Jew? (...) You motherfucker. I'm going to fuck you." - Mel Gibson to a deputy.

"What do you think you're looking at, sugar tits?" - Mel Gibson to a female deputy.

So sad, so sad. And so sadly predictable. William Bennett, Ralph Reed, so many others. Folks who try to define themselves by some weird version of moral purity turn out to be hypocrites. Like Jim West, the virulently anti-Gay politican who, surprise, was caught trying to seduce underage men in onloine chat rooms (he denied knowing they were underage, but did not dispute that he was trying to seduce men).

It seems to me that people who have character traits (sinful - Anti-Semitism or not - being gay) that they can't deal with, often compensate by going on hogwild moral crusades. Can't deal with the fact that you like dudes? Become an anti-Gay activist. Have a gambling problem? Write books on raising children with moral character.

The Muslims say it best: There is no God but God.

We are inherently flawed, and admitting that is what, I think, let's us actually make progress.

The reason I love my AA sponsor is because he's taught me that I have to accept the fact that I can be a complete dickface. And my job is to try to be a complete dickface less often.

So, off I go to Manhattan, to go couch-shopping and art-browsing with Maggie. The kids are away, so it's just the two of us. This is the perfect time to practice not being a complete dickface.

Wish me luck.

Love to all. Even you, the guy who claimed he never got the project description, even though he emailed it back to me with his comments.