Rolling Grave Stones
If this doesn't sound the death knell of rock-n-roll, nothing will:
> Rock 'n' roll is dead – the Rolling Stones have inked a deal to debut their
latest video on the NBC soap opera "The Days of our Lives" next week.
>
Eric Scheske
Kurt Vonnegut is Still Alive
Still alive and still unhappy. WaPo Link
[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/11/AR2005101101844.html]
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> He's seen Slaughterhouse-Five get the Hollywood treatment. He's seen it selected
No. 18 on the Modern Library's list of the hundred best
The Death Man Walketh
Little brother of The Knack [http://www.knack.com/home.html] star will try
again, with sights a little lower:
> Southfield attorney Geoffrey Fieger announced Tuesday that he will seek the
Democratic nomination for Michigan attorney general in 2006.
> A wealthy plaintiff attorney, he parlayed his popularity in
For Under-Childed Americans
Familiar theme: In an age when the average couple has 1.7 kids, they need to
squeeze all that love into one or two units, when it's meant to be spread among
many more:
> A new Bravo show – following on the MTV hit "My Super Sweet
After Shocks
The ripple of the priest scandal continues to be felt. The NYT this morning has
a lead story on the LA scandal. Link
[http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/12/national/12priests.html?pagewanted=1&ei=5094&en=28d6f26f3cb2ed49&hp&ex=1129176000&partner=homepage]
. Excerpts:
The Triumph of the Therapeutic
As religion's proper practice disappears, other practices arise to fill the
resulting void. One of the most popular: therapy. Therapy this, therapy that.
Just don't fall down on your knees and pray:
> The Internet is now teeming with some 15 million blogs. Although the medium
Politically Incorrect Lawsuit
If someone made me gay, I'd want billions:
> A debonair New York socialite [J. David Enright IV – a scion of Albany's
renowned Van Rensselaer and de la Grange families] filed a $5 million legal
notice against the Catholic Church yesterday – claiming his molestation at age
More Dog Children
> Sometimes, you have to leave your dog home alone. Wouldn't it be great if you
could feel good about it? Dogopolis is proud to introduce KongTime, all day
entertainment for the home-alone dogâ„¢.
> Put dog food or a biscuit inside a Kong toy and what
Weekly Features Post
It's been awhile since I ran one of these. I can't promise you that it will
resume as a weekly feature, but I'll do what I can.
For newer readers, the Weekly Features Post is just an amalgam of notes and
quotes from my
Black Elephants
William Raspberry at the New York Post tells a story. Registration-required link
[http://www.nypost.com/postopinion/opedcolumnists/29252.htm]. Excerpt:
> Some years ago, South Africa's game managers had to figure out what to do about
the elephant herd at Kruger National Park. The herd was