Person to Person: The Operator

OperatorLA is going to be away from the office for a few days, though we have been assured it has nothing to do with the bubonic plague. With only little ol' OperatorNYC at the controls, you won't be receiving your fair and unbalanced news from both coasts; but OperatorNYC will try to keep the train on the tracks with all the news that's fit to blog. And if you don't like it, well, like the t-shirt says: "Put on your big-girl panties and deal with it."