On posing as Richard Riordan's security detail at the 2000 Democratic convention in Los Angeles: "The security detail consisted of me and six other guys, mostly newspaper cartoonists. We wore dark suits and sunglasses, and plugged the curly cords from our hotel phones directly into our ears and gave each other secret code names (mine was 'Magenta Eagle'). We looked ridiculous, but the party bouncers had to let us in because we were with the mayor (code name 'Sourdough') and his wife ('Pork Chop'). To this day, I don't know why Riordan allowed us to tag along with him. I think maybe - and I mean this in a good way - he is insane."