Article 1, in which a journalist who is either slitting her wrists (or should be) carefully researches and very seriously reports on the nuance of Hollywood power lunches.

Each restaurant has its power tables, invariably situated to allow both audio privacy and an easy view of the rest of the room. At the Grill and the Palm, those are the front booths. At Barney Greengrass, it’s a back corner table. Being seated at a table for two in the middle of any room is an insult — and can undo years of image-building.

Article 2, in which we learn the story of a well-intentioned (but ill-informed) Evergreen student who tried to protest the impending war in Iraq by chaining himself to a building.

Mason padlocked one end of the chain around his neck and the other to a door, which opens to a bottom-floor office. He told onlookers he was protesting Bush’s foreign and domestic policies. He had affixed a sign to the building reading, “Reduce Deficit.”

Grange employees explained that he was at the wrong building. The Grange is a nonprofit, nonpartisan group that advocates for residents in rural areas.