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While a joking offer to shoot up in the bathroom with Scott Weiland might meet with a grateful acceptance or a polite, "I'm clean now" refusal, the same overture to Ron Howard's best buddy would probably result in a deal to write the sequel to A Beautiful Mind. Thankfully, this reader realized exactly which celebrity he was spying on before he committed an embarrassing faux pas and altered cinematic history,

Heading to Yu on Montana last night to fill my craving for Pan-Asian tapas, I had no idea I was going to encounter TWO MAJOR (read, minor) CELEBRITIES. First, my dining partner recognized a guy at the table right behind me, said it was some actor or musician.

It was awkward for me to look, but i caught a glance, and determined from the gaunt frame, spiky hair/receding hairline, and raccoon eyes on a 40ish face that it was Scott Weiland, of STP, Velvet Revolver and heroin use fame. I thought it was settled, until i heard "Scott Weiland" say "Brian Grazer" really loud a couple of times. I don't know why he was shouting his own name, but it sure helped me realize that "Scott Weiland" was actually Brian Grazer. Man, those two look alike. Brothers? Also, sitting in the corner with a baseball cap on was David Paymer, who has been in a billion things but who I mostly remember as Ira from City Slickers. David Paymer was not saying his own name out loud, but I cannot verify whether or not he was thinking it.

Of course he was! A celebrity's name constantly thrums through their head, interrupted only by a high-pitched siren when they're recognized in public.