Slate's Mickey Kaus has some advice for the Los Angeles Times, which lacks a proper gossip column:

1) Hire Lloyd Grove, 2) give him a desk and a phone, and 3) keep the life-killing mid-level LAT editors away from his copy. Helpful gossip bonus: Grove has a girlfriend out here! He might want to move.

Yes, Lloyd Grove has a girlfriend, who may or may not be an alien robot. As for Kaus' continued Grove-love, we should note that the two are old pals from high school. As Kaus grows older, he really just wants his friends to come back home. Cute, right?

Kausfiles [Slate]