Friday, September 12, 2003

A moment of silence in Baghdad. They know why they are there.

Roadkill Along The Information Highway:

In a story, playfully headlined, "In The Northwest: Clinton is a) Elvis b) Bubba c) coming to Seattle" the writer points out that BJ will appear at the Foolproof Auditorium. The writer invites Clinton haters to "direct their heavy sarcasm" to that fact. We hope we are the first but this isn't our heaviest.

As we get to know Dr. Howard Dean, the jobless physician (who says he can relate to black people because he practiced medicine in the Bronx) we suggest we call him the family nickname posted on one of the DeanieBaby sites. Ready? It's Ho-Ho. No kidding. Ho-Ho......he-he.

Somewhere a Reuters headline writer is smiling. Topping a story about the ever frantic Gray Davis coming out for funding more school janitors, is this Tidy Bowl triumph: "California governor makes stand on dirty toilets."

Rapper 50 Cent, a former drug dealer and son of a drug dealer (his Mom), ducked 10 bullets in the driveway of a New Jersey Doubletree hotel. His last big album was entitled, "Get Rich or Die Tryin'."

Gen. Wesley Clark, who is currently chairman of a company that puts engines on perfectly good bikes, shows just a bit more ankle today with stories about his running, not running, perhaps running, maybe if you beg running, in the major broadsheets this morning. This seems to happen every day now. His most ringing endorsement comes from an Arkansas operative who says a lot of people there would vote for him.

After a day of quiet reflection on the anniversary of 9/11, New Yorker is back to normal. Page Six reports that a man climbed onto the roof of the Soho Club downtown naked and smoking a cigar. He was found lying in a hammock and removed. We think Nanny Bloomberg's anti-smoking law has gone to far.

Dick Gephart, perhaps thinking he has hit upon a phrase that will resonate, has registered "Miserable Failure" as a website address. We wonder if www.boringoursocksoff.com is available.

-Your Weekend Primed LComStaff

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