Don't know 'em, but I might... I just realized there's a certain class of entertainer/author/celebrity that I have a weird relationship to. These are people my age and attended either NYC high schools or Ivy-plus colleges where I knew at least a few people. They have blogs/websites, and share my sense of humor. I don't actually know any of them, but I feel like I do, which is a little strange. The most recent ones to fall into this category are:

Jon Coulton, a snarky Yalie troubador who lives in my neighborhood
Eugene Mirman, an "alt-comic" who grew up in Brooklyn and went to Hampshire
Gary Steyngart, a Stuyvesant/Oberlin grad who writes funny novels

They're not like real celebs from planet hollywood or anything, just thirtish geeks who're doing cool stuff in a fairly successful way. But the strange thing is I interact with them mostly the same way I interact with many of the people I actually do know -- by reading their blogs and seeing things they've done online.

Come to think of it, I'm probably not the first person to think of this...  ¶ 12:13 PM