He's Still the Man

I've written previously of my great respect and admiration for George Clooney — not a man-crush, but a real appreciation for the man — and if you want further proof of why I think he's just so damned cool, all you have to do is read Joel Stein's article in the new Time magazine. Here's the scenario: Clooney accepted an invitation to have dinner at Joel's house, and the two (plus Joel's wife) downed about four bottles of wine, ate near-raw rack of lamb, and clearly had a great time over the course of about five hours. Oh, and when an alarm of some kind went off, Clooney went all through the house to look for it. (If you follow the link, you can watch the video of him doing so.) Well ... color me jealous. How I would love to have been at the table with them, or to have the opportunity to hang out with George myself (with or without his girlfriend). Read the article and I'm sure you'll feel the same.