Bits & Pieces
Bits and Pieces from this reporter’s notebook...
Da-deet-da-deet-da-deet-deet....Florida State is going to pay their head football coach one-point-five million dollars a year. A million and a half-dollars for a football coach? Hello? They apparently have given up all pretense of being an educational institution. I mean, it’s not like they were Ivy League to begin with, but paying a sports coach even a six-figure salary is an obscenity.
Da-deet-da-deet-da-deet-deet....Speaking of higher education — cough, cough — and money, the president of Stanford University says the exorbitant cost of going to college isn’t so bad when you put it into perspective. If you’re thinking of sending your child to Stanford, you’d better plan on forking over a $150,000. But that’s okay, says the Stanford prexy, because a Stanford grad will make a million dollars over his lifetime. That, he says, makes it a great investment. And if they learn anything, well, that wouldn’t be bad either, would it?
Da-deet-da-deet-da-deet-deet....Mark Summerell probably didn’t make it all the way through Stanford, at least, not as a geography major. He’s a sergeant in special operations in charge of traffic in Virginia Beach. Asked to comment about the plethora of red-light runners, he said, "It’s a constant problem. They're thinking about getting from point A to point B, forgetting about point B in between. It's such a fast-paced world we're living in now." Really fast.
Da-deet-da-deet-da-deet-deet....Mattel is having problems diversifying. They just reported a substantial 3rd quarter loss, and it may cost their CEO her job. One wag suggested that it might not have been such a good idea to come out with Mustang Ranch Barbie. That’s a joke. Actually, their big problem was trying to break into the education market, which doesn’t seem to be very lucrative these days, unless of course you’re a football coach.
Da-deet-da-deet-da-deet-deet....Office something-or-other was advertising an all-leather executive desk chair in the Sunday paper, but you need to read between the seams. The ad said quote, All leather is a combination of genuine leather and matched vinyl. How’s that for truth in advertising!
Da-deet-da-deet-da-deet-deet....Also having problems with her surface is Monica Lewinsky. In a recent interview, the former Clinton concubine complained, "I have wrinkles now! Nobody thinks I'm 25 anymore. Ken Starr should pay for a face-lift." Monica honey, wrinkles are gonna happen when you wince a lot.
Da-deet-da-deet-da-deet-deet....And finally, speaking of taking it in the chops, the California Republican party is a mere shadow of its former self. Since they lost the governor’s race by 20 points last November, they have also lost more than a million members and are $300,000 in debt. And in that bastion of conservativism, Orange County, GOP registration has fallen below 50%. Ooops.
And that’s SetonnoteS...I’m Tony Seton.
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