They've Made the Christmas List!
Oh look - it's Christmas in November!
I don't celebrate Christmas. I'm a God-fearing atheist which makes all religious holidays for me - complicated.
I just like to give presents. It's good for the economy and my interpersonal relations with my friends and well - relations.
What are they getting this year?
Paul Potts CD is going to all of my relatives that can still hear. Serious.
If you haven't seen his youtube audition on Britain's Got Talent, go now. Even if you hate opera, talent shows and Simon Cowell - you'll love Potts. His 1st audition brought me to tears. That's why its on the list.
Next:
Mark Penn's latest Microtrends:The Small Forces Behind Tomorrow's Big Changes.
My reasoning is that I have brought it up in conversation about 4 times since this past Sunday, so by my standards that makes it worth a page turn. It has to be my favorite book by an economist since Freakonomics. Not that I sit around reading books by economists...because that would make me a geek.
And last for the rest of the people I know, people I don't really know, people I don't really like, people that I someday might know, people that are people that know people and snarky media savvy types all - I give you (wait for it)....
The OJ Trial '08: the Juice is Loose in Sin City!
Did you ever in a million years think there would be ANOTHER Simpson Trial? Two wasn't enough? Did anyone see that coming? Think of all the jokes and quips and easy punchlines and lazy set-ups coupled with a collective deja vu that we are in for. Oh it's not just recycled Clinton jokes and reruns during the writers' strike. We have a pop culture/crime infotainment Groundhog's Day loop that we are all on together.
So hold on.
It's a gift. And just in time for Christmas.