Sunday, May 11, 2003

One More Item...

...before I submerge into deadline-meeting mode. This morning's Los Angeles Times features an op-ed piece by, of all people, Monica Lewinsky. And what's more, I agree with it. Basically, she says that parents should enjoy a confidence with their children similar to the lawyer-client or priest-confidante privilege. She's right. Read here for the full piece while I get back to that script. Bye for now.

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Mushroom Soup Alert

Yes, that's right. I have posted a picture of a can of Campbell's Cream of Mushroom Soup. This is an ancient Internet custom that I recently started. When you see a can of Campbell's Cream of Mushroom Soup on a website it means either (a) that the proprietor of that website is buried under a deadline and too busy to update his site for a while or (b) that you're on a site for a market that delivers. In this case, it's the former. We'll be back in a day or two after we complete a script that even now is mocking us.

• Posted at 1:41 AM · LINK

The End of the Universe

I know where it is.

I was just watching a tape of one of my favorite stand-up comedians, Lewis Black. He was doing his routine about how, one day while playing a comedy club in Houston, he took a walk and found a spot where there was a Starbucks directly across the street from another Starbucks. This, he says, is the End of the Universe. (I won't blow the rest of the routine for you here, just in case get the chance to see him perform it. It's really quite funny. So is he.)

I somehow sensed Mr. Black was telling the truth but, just to reassure myself, I went to the Starbucks website, did a search for Houston and noticed instantly that there's a Starbucks at 2029 W. Gray and another at 2050 W. Gray. I assume this is the location of which he speaks. Further research revealed that the Houston Laff Stop is located at 1952 W. Gray, so I'll assume that's the comedy club where he was appearing.

On the other hand, there are 120 Starbucks in Houston and a number of other comedy clubs. So maybe there are two Ends of the Universe.

• Posted at 1:24 AM · LINK