Miscellany
Here's an octet of miscellany...
Item...We could put a man on the moon 40 years ago, but we still can’t count the votes in a Senate race in two months. But it will be weeks yet before Al Franken takes his Senate seat.
Item...The Reuters headline read “SEC chief defends response to economic turmoil.” The headline from Agence-France Presse said “US regulator defends oversight, as scandal claims life of investor.” Christopher Cox seems impervious to the notion of responsibility.
Item...The New York Yankees will reportedly pay free agent Mark Teixeira $180 million over eight years. That’s obscene, and the fans should refuse to watch them play.
Item...An unidentified fan of Kurt Cobain paid $100,000 for one of his smashed guitars. Two years ago someone paid $131,000 for an unsmashed guitar of the suicided rocker.
Item...Did you know that Scarlett Johansson is being referred to as ScarJo? How ‘bout that she blew her nose on the “Tonight Show” and the tissue was auctioned off for $5,300 on eBay? The money went to benefit USA Harvest, but still.
Item...Brighton, Michigan has a new ordinance that makes it an offense punishable by a fine for anyone who is annoying in public "by word of mouth, sign or motions." In some communities, such a regulation could raise a lot of money.
Item...No, nuns are not always impoverished, or understanding. The Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart Inc. owns an apartment building in New York. They’re suing a tenant couple for “stinking up the building with horrible food smells similar to that of vomit or rotten meat."
Item...A lawyer ignored a court order not to give a piece of candy to his shackled client. Court officers reminded him of the rule. The lawyer responded, "What are you going to do, arrest me?" That’s what they did.
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