The Fix and other miscellany
So this morning’s “The Fix” from Salon has a pleathora of various tidbits:
- While James Doohan (a.k.a. Star Trek’s Scotty) is finally receiving his star on the Walk of Fame, it will be his final public appearance as the poor man has announced that he has Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and diabetes.
- Laura Brannigan (you know, the 80’s hit “Gloria”?) died of a brain aneurysm.
- And Laura Bush doesn’t think the whole Swift Boat Veterans for “Truth” ad issue is unfair (she apparently thinks that there are “millions” of unfair ads against her husband). Oh yeah, and check out this quote on what she thinks about the suggestion that maybe her husband should have politely excused himself from reading “My Pet Goat” after the second plane hit the World Trade Center:
“I think that’s a ridiculous allegation by John Kerry — it’s absurd. And I think what my husband did was perfectly appropriate. I think it was the right thing to do in front of the children. I think it was the right thing to do in front of the press that were there. And while he was there for those seven short minutes, his staff was getting more information.”
Oh, and what might be of particular interest to Sean: Bea Arthur, Sean’s Golden-Girl-sake, runs amok at Logan. He should be proud.
Thanks for posting that Brian. I heard about the “Bea Arthur incident” but decided not to put it on my site for fear of tipping the content too far in the direction of Bea Arthur and her Golden Ladies. But I’m glad you pointed it out. She’s a nutjob. And the incident occurred so close to home. That’s eerie.
Comment by Sean — 8/31/2004 @ 12:24 pm
While I do understand there’s some insanity involved (hey, aren’t all comics a bit on the loopy side to begin with?), I took it that she was totally poking fun at the TSA. I say all the more power to her - it’s about time somebody does it. But it is weird that it happened in such close proximity to you.
I take it you’re still having issues with the results of your Golden Girl test?
Comment by Brian — 8/31/2004 @ 12:31 pm
Yeah. Of all the Golden Girls, Bea Arthur gives me the biggest case of the heebie-jeebies. Why couldn’t have I been Rose??
Comment by Sean — 8/31/2004 @ 5:29 pm
I totally hear you, but I’m not quite sure Rose is the answer dude.
Weird aside - there’s this totally nasty dive bar called the Hotsy Totsy not too far from where I work. According to a local Batesie friend, it’s far worse than the Goose.
Comment by Brian — 9/1/2004 @ 7:20 pm