It Was 20 Years Ago Today…
…that Sgt. Pepper taught the band to play. No, it was when Kirk Gibson hit that surreal, cinematic, mind-blowing, life-changing homerun at Dodger Stadium, making for one of the greatest all-time sports moments in history. Now we’re headed to the stadium for Game 5, determining whether the boys in blue can pull it out to stay in the game and possibly get to the Series for the first time in 20 years. Unbelievable...
Haven’t These People Heard of Birth Control?
As we used to say in the news business, “You can’t make this shit up.” Just days after John McCain shocked the nation with his choice of veep running mate–that sly old dog–it’s revaled that Alaska governor Sarah Palin’s 17-year old daughter, Jamie Lynn Spears, or Bristol, is pregs by some guy named Levi. As an advocate of abstinence over sex education, guv’s girl obviously wasn’t...
Michelle vs. Hillary: Rocky Mountain Competition
Poor Michelle Obama. She’s been painted by the right as an unpatriotic, angry black woman, but she held up under scrutiny during her 15-minute speech at opening night of the DNC in Denver, looking picture-perfect in everything from her hair to her shoes. But Jon Stewart was right about the kids: they needed to zip it a bit. Sure to be an embarassing, yet cute, moment for them later on in life. Unscripted? Who knows… But...
Century City Murder
I’m strangely fascinated by the case of the woman stabbed to death in a Century City parking garage after meeting with her lawyer in a nasty divorce with millions of dollars at stake. They say that stabbing someone to death is the most rageful of murders–you have to get thisclose–and the vast majority of women killed are knocked off by their husbands, exes or boyfriends. So why was it that a doctor who tried to help...
Hold the Phone, But Not For Long
OK, who’s going to get the first DWT-HTP (driving while talking and holding the phone)ticket when this California law goes into effect? Rather than a safety thing, it’s feeling like a selling/marketing opportunity for companies to sell hands-free gadgets to all of us yakkers. When, really, the speakerphone will do most of the time, if you’re driving solo. If you’re like me, a hater of Bluetooth earpieces or any...
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