Friday September 26
They're All Dying Young
After Warren Zevon and John Ritter, one could have hoped for a break in shockingly young deaths of entertainment stars. But today Robert Palmer died of a heart attack in Paris.
Another personal favorite, Palmer combined R&B, rock and island reggae into a unique, classy style, with hits such as "Simply Irresistible." He was only 54, but lived hard. So I guess I need to look out for myself in six years or so. Ah, the anxiety of aging strikes close to home at moments like these.
Posted by glenn at Getting Ridiculous
The legal reasoning, if you can call it that, about the Do Not Call registry is really getting out of hand. Late yesterday another federal court, this time in Denver, held that the FTC's actions were invalid and blocked the list from going into effect. [msnbc.com]. The Denver court based its judgment on the First Amendment, concluding that "the FTC's do-not-call registry does not materially advance its interest in protecting privacy or curbing abusive telemarketing practices."
Beam me up, Scotty, there's no intelligent life on this planet.