Sunday, October 19, 2008

Second Time's the Charm

Almost no one is paying attention to it — and given what's going on in the world, I can't say I'm surprised — but jury selection commences tomorrow in the retrial of Phil Spector for the murder of actress Lana Clarkson. The new trial is expected to be a near-twin of the first one, except that it's expected to go faster and everyone is hoping for a different verdict.

I just want everyone to know that I'm still planning on going on a killing spree if Spector is acquitted. I'm still white, I'm still financially well-off, I'm still in show business and I'm still in California. You can get away with murder if you qualify in just three of those four categories, as O.J. Simpson famously proved. (Recently, of course, he got cocky and thought he could beat a kidnapping rap.. He forgot he wasn't financially well-off, he was no longer in show business and, most significantly, he wasn't in California. They take their crimes of violence seriously outside my home state).

I don't have the patience to follow the Spector trial day to day. Someone let me know when a verdict is imminent so I can start watching then and also, just in case, prep my list of those I'll be murdering. I'm thinking of adding in the kid who bags groceries at the nearby Ralphs and who likes to put the case of canned cat food on top of the bag of Whole Grain Wheat Thins Crisps.

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Important Reminder

Today marks the start of the one week return of Creamy Tomato Soup to participating Souplantation and Sweet Tomatoes restaurants.

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Comedy to the Max

Comedian Max Alexander has a new kidney and the medical bills to prove it. To help him out financially, a band of his fellow comics are getting together for a one-night-only benefit up in Hollywood on Sunday, November 9. The list so far includes Elayne Boosler, Jeff Garlin, Dom Irrera, Kevin James, Carol Leifer, Jay Leno, Larry Miller, Ray Romano and Fred Willard, with additional names to be announced or in some cases, not announced. That's a heckuva lineup and if you'd like to be there to see it, details are on this page. (Looks like a double feature night for Leno, who's also playing the Comedy and Magic Club in Hermosa Beach that evening.)

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Recommended Reading

Back here, I linked to an article that said (among other things) that John McCain's wartime record was not as heroic as was often advertised. Here, on the other hand, is Matt Welch to rebut that claim.

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Today's Video Link

We interrupt this website for a very stupid commercial...

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