Attention, Democrats: For those feeling a massive...

Attention, Democrats: For those feeling a massive buildup of frustrations, Philip Proctor points out you can always try I Scream. Proctor noticed the Fairfax Avenue business in a mini-mall, which offers a room where you can cut loose vocally for a buck a minute. (We presume the same rate prevails for rock singers.)

Incidentally, proprietor Carline Silva operates I Scream by telephone appointment only, so don’t get the idea you can just walk up to the front door and yell for her to let you in.

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One who screamed: Some skeptics might question the need for such a sanctuary as I Scream. What about the great outdoors?

Well, we’re reminded of a friend who delved into something called primal scream therapy when it was fashionable in the 1970s.

Having rented a mountain cabin, he walked into the wilderness one evening and let loose with a truly great yell. To his surprise, it was answered by a truly primal cry--resembling that of a mountain lion. Our friend fled to his cabin, terrified of whether he had uttered something in lion talk.

Had he insulted the cat? Or, worse yet, extended a romantic invitation? For the remainder of the evening, he was as quiet as a mouse.

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We hate to see him lose a chance for that $5-a-day stipend: One juror candidate for a murder trial in Downtown L.A. (no, not that murder trial) was asked about his occupation. He mentioned that he had helped write several pieces of criminal law legislation. And, so, the court thanked and excused state Sen. Art Torres. Ironically, Democrat Torres will have a lot of time on his hands soon, inasmuch as he was beaten in the insurance commissioner’s race.

“First Tuesday and now this,” Torres said. “I am going to have to go see a counselor to deal with the rejection.”

Maybe I Scream could help.

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The mayor loses some badly needed support: Mayor Richard Riordan was bicycling on a dirt road in the Santa Monica Mountains over the weekend when a ledge gave way, sending him tumbling. The result: a broken collarbone and several broken ribs.

Riordan was also sporting a swollen nose and bruised cheek when he spoke at the Pacific Design Center on Tuesday. “We’re passing the hat around to buy me some training wheels for my bike,” he quipped.

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Some adults don’t like homework, either: Jeremy P. Tarcher Inc., a book publisher, was one of several companies evicted from an Olympic Boulevard office building last week because it was found to be badly damaged by the Jan. 17 earthquake.

The company’s nine employees have been working at home--and some of them don’t like the change. “I like to separate my work from my personal life,” explained receptionist Joyce Newill, taking company calls from her Koreatown apartment. “The thing I miss most is the social aspect of going to the office.”

We have just the book for her: “Working From Home,” published by Tarcher.

miscelLAny Birds, a Hollywood restaurant, will be serving Hollywood’s all-time cinebatic turkeys on its video monitor on Thanksgiving Day, including, of course, “Howard the Duck.”