Yahoo's Weezer

Yahoo ran two headlines for a story on the death of Mikey Welsh. In the first, Mikey Welsh is the former Weezer bassist. In the second, Mikey Welsh is the ex Weezer bassist. Apparently, the Yahoo editorial staff had an internal debate over the propriety and semantics of using either "former" or "ex". The solution was to publish both headlines. Virtual pages are apparently cheap.

Now we have a very comprehensive understanding that Mr. Welsh is both dead and did at one time play the drums for a band called Weezer. He may or may not have left the band on good terms or left on good terms with some of the band members and on bad terms with others.

Drone Strikes in America!

At lunch we were posing the following questions with appropriate speculative answers -- house painters at their best.

When will the CIA bomb its own citizens on American soil?

When will the NRA claim second amendment rights to own a drone for deer hunting and self defense?

Please send your ideas.

Lynching and Diet in the South

In the photos of Southern lynchings the White Christians look very lean standing and celebrating under the victim. They also look very contented. One has to wonder if a random sampling of contemporary Southern Whites wouldn't find a heavier, less healthy and less contented population.

Just hating ones opponents must not provide the same cathartic release. Executions and paddling squirmy students may reduce some of the bad caloric intake, but hardly enough to ease the burden on our medical resources.

Brad Kardashian

This week Brad Kardashian was found dead in the Sierras a few hours outside Lake Tahoe. Mr. Kardashian had gone to South Lake Tahoe for a vacation. He was both an avid outdoors man and poker player. Foul play is not suspected.

Authorities believe Mr. Kardashian had hiked back into a mountain lake to fish and could not find his way back out. A medical emergency is not rule out. An autopsy will be performed.

Mr. Kardashian was the estimator for the Kardashian family painting company. The company worked for several resorts in the Lake Tahoe area.

Gunther Kardashian

Earlier this week, Gunther Kardashian was killed by a grizzly bear in Montana. Mr. Kardashian was on a working vacation at a hunting lodge where worked for a week, then hunted. Mr. Kardashian was weatherproofing the lodge when a grizzly overturned his ladder and mauled him. Mr. Kardashian was rushed to a hospital, but pronounced dead upon arrival.

Mr. Kardashian was a great hunter and planned on a safari in 2012. The family would like friends and well wishers to make donations the the NRA in lieu of flowers.

Warren Jeffs Sings in Jail

Mr. Jeffs is in a medically induced coma as a result of fasting. He his emulated many of the great moral leaders of our time. Unfortunately, his penis is up and singing loudly. The hospital staff has covered him with pillows to dampen the sound. My sources say that he is singing children's songs.

Handling the Visuddhimagga

On reaching the far shore, should the Vissuddhimagga be left in the sand? Would it careless to drop it in the sand or just leave it on the raft to drift back again into contingency?

It certainly wouldn't be like the book one would take to a deserted island to read, at least not in this conceit.