Wednesday, May 01, 2002
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The San Francisco Chronicle reports that the People for the Ethical Treatment of
Animals have filed a false-advertisement complaint against the California
Milk Advisory Board for its "Happy Cows" ad campaign. PETA argues that dairy
cows actually are sad.
Barney wins again
It's That Man Again: Every couple of years John Dean starts jumping
up and
down, just out of our field of vision desperately trying to get the world's
attention.
Here's his latest gimmick
- "revealing" who Deep Throat was. There
was a Deep Throat all right. It was an editorial device dreamed up by
Woodstein's editor, Alice Mayhew, to give some semblance of order to their
impossibly jumbled manuscript of "All the President's Men." It will be fun,
however, to see what Dean comes up with.
Gack Alert: Usually we highlight stories we think you would find
informative. In the case of this New York Observer piece on Hillary Clinton
we warn you to stay away
. There is nothing there and it will make
your stomach and head ache well in to the day.
Arafat's Secret? Buried in this report of what it was like inside
Arafat's
Ramallah bunker during the recent siege is this line: "The group persuaded
Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat to smuggle in
fresh women's underwear
in
his briefcase when he visited the compound." As there were no women in the
compound we think just a bit more reporting would be nice. Or maybe not.
Don't Worry, Stay Unhappy: Here's a survey we liked.
It says mildly depressed, older women live longer and
a University of Michigan shrink thinks he knows why.
According to him humans may need "low mood" or mild depression to deal with
failure and disappointment. "People who don't have it waste their whole
lives
trying to do things they won't ever do," he said. Wow, this is such good
news
it may cheer you up and you'll die sooner. Some days you just can't win.
Tweezing Our Way Back To You: For those of you who had stopped
traveling
because you couldn't take your manicure kit -
life is getting better
. The
guvmint says we can fly now not only with tweezers but with nail files. We
always wondered why they didn't make us leave our glasses behind. Remember
that scene in the Godfather? It gave new meaning to the word "earpiece."
Hooray, Hooray, The First of May: Since this perfectly lovely day on
the
calendar has long ago been co-opted by our commie friends and people who
like
to make a scene in the street, we suggest you stay inside and look at the
incredible postcards from the edge the new camera on the Hubbell is sending
back.
Access them here and sit in awe
of God's front yard.
-Your Grateful for Spring LComStaff