No surprise that the Juice is going to trial. His pals — er, associates — are probably afraid that if he does walk, he'll hunt 'em down for old times' sake. OJ does not seem to get that this legal go-around is likely karmic payback for what many see as a wrong jury verdict in his murder trial years back. He didn't seem a bit contrite then, nor does he now, the way he rolled his eyes and sighed during testimony. He is gonna owe Yale Galanter a ton after all this is over. Fred Goldman must be pleased with this latest development in the trippy OJ saga. You would have thought that after his last legal crunch, he would have learned his lesson and lived a quiet life of golf and contemplation.
We send get-well wishes to CNN's Nancy Grace, who was hospitalized with blood clots in her lungs after the premature birth of her twins. We wish her a speedy recovery. Twins at 49 is a miracle — she's gonna be one busy TV crimebuster without some good nanny help — and we think she's super lucky to be a mom at this stage in her life. We like it that her husband seems like an excellent ol' boy. A good Southern man is hard to find.
Wolfgang Puck's butternut squash soup. A fab fall food and shockingly deelish out of a can.
Our newest fixation — and we get a new one every month at least — is Sasquatch TV. That's our personal name for the Discovery Channel's new Monsters program. Last weekend, we watched with great delight and much horror a cool show about Bigfoot. Terrific stuff. So scary and WE BELIEVE. Ya gotta check it out. It kept us up half the night.
Lowe's called Christmas trees "family trees" in their catalogue — how sickeningly PC — but they now claim it was a typo. BAH. We think we'll run out and buy a new menorah and call it a "holiday light fixture." OY. We wonder how many towns out there will be forced to hide or scrap their decades-old Nativity cause it makes some people uncomfortable. Better also sharpen up the legal knives to make sure no more elementary school choirs out there sing Christmas carols or anything with a spiritual theme. Sigh. Sigh. Sigh.
The best stories come from Florida, where there is plenty of good "cooter" crime. We can't resist the one about some dude in Jacksonville, Fla., who apparently was kicked out of the house by his girlfriend, only to try to sneak back in and get stuck in the cat door — and he DIED. "He's a big guy," said one of the dude's friends. And also a dumb one. We've seen a lot of big cats — owned a couple, including our beloved Son of Satan (RIP) — but we're pretty sure we've never seen a door big enough for even us to slip through.
— Andrea Billups, The Washington Times
