When the client is annoying, when the friends are driiving you insane, when people cancel plans they made a week ago with no prior notice at all… Sometimes you just want to get out of town. Thanks to Tricks of the Trade, here’s how to hitchhike out of town the right way. This trade secret brought to you by a somewhat hellish week. Kinda wish I was on that road right about now, you know?

We all know porn started virtually everything. jpgs, gifs, multiple camera angles, etc… You can’t ignore an industry that brings billions upon billions to the US economy, regardless of how the economy is doing as a whole. So it’s my opinion that if you’re a writer, and you write a book, and someone makes a porn movie out of it, you should be flattered! Thus, I present, (from Fleshbot, and therefore, not 100% safe for work,) The Da Vinci Load. Happy Friday.

Just for the hell of it, I called Verizon this morning, and said, "Hey, I’m curious – why is my home telephone bill so high? I only have one line, doesn’t it seem a bit high?" Without missing a beat, the rep on the other end said "Yes, it is. We can lower it by $25.00 a month, and you won’t lose any features." I just saved $250 a year (12 skydives, or 12 DVD’s, or 6 tanks of gas) by just calling and asking! Wow!

Faye Dunaway should know better. NEVER leave ANYTHING on a voice mail (or an email) that can come back to bite you in the ass. And tomorrow, it might be a good idea for all of you to forward this to EVERY ONE of your clients, and let them know they shouldn’t do that, either. If Faye Dunaway can do it, any client can do it. To any reporter. At any time. Reminders are good things. Compliments of DListed, we have Fay Dunaway ripping someone a new one.

Daily News is reporting that Lizzie Grubman got married yesterday. No word on how many people were run over during the processional. "And at the wedding we’ll have Jay-Z, and Nas, and Naomi, and Demi, and Ashton, and…"