Nobody 749

December 25, 2008
Nobody #749

Nobody Asked Me But:

Then peeled the bells more loud and deep
Good is not dead nor doth it sleep
The wrong shall fail, the right, prevail,
With peace on earth, good will to men.

PC or not PC? That is the question.

Back to Playboy’s nude Virgin Mary. I would drop the subject if others would. But somebody at the LA Times wrote a “we’re not being PC, but” editorial condemning it.

The Times justifies its stand by writing “There is no sociopolitical message conveyed by this piece of soft porn.” Wrong and wrong again. First, a picture showing no naked body parts is hardly porn at any level. Secondly, the cover is clearly a sociopolitical statement. It says religion is not a sacred cow.

Of course your editorial was PC.<<<

GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN

The Neiman Marcus catalog. At least in the Turner mailbox. I wanted to buy his and hers vacation villas on the Rivera for only $5M each, but how can I without my NM bible?

Colored lights on the fountain in Beverly Hills. The fountain is still there but only in black and white.

Haagen Dazs in Westwood – Now where will we run into Dennis Franz loaded down with Christmas presents?

Mr. VHS – Yes, we love his replacement, but he brought countless hours of visual pleasure into our homes long before DVDs were more than a gleam in their inventor’s eye.

Jumbo Jims.* See below.

*Last week we made our first trip this bb season to Barbara’s old favorite, Dolores’s Coffee shop, only to find that the ownership and the menu had, after 50 years, changed. They no longer have her beloved Jumbo Jim, a better version of a Bib Mac, with a secret sauce born not far from tartar land.

The new owners have their own daily double – worse food at higher prices.<<<

THE ANSWER MAN

Q: What do you get when you add cream to lemonade?

A: An excellent drink called farmer’s lemonade. We sampled it at City Bakery in the Brentwood Market Tuesday.

Q: What is one thing that should be changed about college basketball?

A: Eliminate the center jump. The referee can toss a coin in the air more accurately than he/she can toss the ball. After the coin toss for first possession, return to the alternating possession rule as it now stands.

Q: A second change?

A: Bring back the much talked about but seldom practiced concept of “no harm, no foul.”

Q: What is your all-time favorite music group not called the Beatles?

A: I know it dates me – a lot – but my choice is the Mills Brothers.

Q: Now that gas prices have dropped far under their $4+ a gallon peak, what should be next?

A: Movie popcorn under $4 a bag. Way under.

Q: Which Christmas song does not get enough playing time?

A: Ertha Kit doing “Santa Baby.”

Q: What’s a live megadopler?

A: A dopler that is not yet dead. Actually it’s a fancy word that weather people use to make you think they have a clue about when it is going to shine or rain.

Q: How can we make Washington D.C. a safer city?

A: Send Darth Dick home next month, and tell him never to come back.

Q: Three straight Final Fours, Three straight 30-win seasons. Is there anything that Bruin coach Ben Howland isn’t good at?

A: Actually, there is. Parking. We watched him back his BMW into his spot at UCLA. His first pass was poor. But then he maneuvered it from poor to awful.<<<

FYI: Did you know that the incoming Congress is more religious than the rest of us, and more likely to be Jewish, Catholic or Mormon?<<<

As of November 1, there had been 103 homicides in Nogales, Sonora. So when the U.S. consul John Dinkelman said, while encouraging more Americans to visit that Mexican state, “I was also saddened because the beaches were empty. Fewer people are willing to take responsibility for their own safety and would rather just blow it off and not go,” he raised my hackles. (And at my age, raising one’s hackles is not easy.)

Take responsibility for my own safety? All right! While we are visiting Elizabeth this weekend, I think I will just rent a tank, arm myself with the latest weaponry head “South of the border, down Mexico way.”**

**An old Gene Autry song.<<<

I Want: Hillary to be a great Secretary of State.

I don’t want: Hillary to try to overshadow the President.

I suggest: that President Obama keep her on a leash – a long leash, but a leash nevertheless.<<<

Congressman Henry Waxman – “I do drive an American car. My Camry was made in “Kentucky.”<<<

HAPPY HOLIDAYS!