some personal assistants are very literal-minded

An article on Salon today discussed various celebrity blogs, the best being Wil Wheaton's and the most bizarre being Jeff Bridges', which is a long list of handwritten notes and hand-drawn pictures that is either a tremendous exercise in creativity, or else what happens when you decide you need one of these crazy "blog" things and you'll just scribble on some napkins and pass them to your personal assistant, who'll take care of everything.