Posted on 08/04/2006 7:53:48 AM PDT by Caleb1411
In its last gasps a large animal is known to thrash around. Dinosaur fossils are often found in a classic death pose, with their heads bent backwards and their tails twisted up.
I dont mean Fidel Castro, who may be thrashing around in one of his first rate national health care beds right now, relying on the tender ministrations of a group of doctors feverishly working over him at the point of drawn Tokarev pistols and a few AK-74 rifles to insure medical accuracy and to lessen the chance of those dreaded "slip ups," which might foreshorten his colorful and revolutionary life.
Rather it is with CBS, whos twisting itself all out of shape preparing itself for the fabled return of its precious sojourning diva, the sainted Katie Couric, now that shes all calmed down and no longer scaring the very dickens out of the flying public with her riotous antics aboard underway aircraft during her conniption fits over a quick return for lost companions and pets.
At least the boyos in the glass house hope shes back on an even keel because theyve got big money riding on her.
"Hey," one of them hollers from the back of the cubicles, "Have we got the key woman insurance in place yet? In case some bozo throttles her during one of her tantrums? Yeah? Whew!"
As they used to say under Barnum & Baileys big top, its all show business. And if you dont know what it is, its jazz.
But CBS is slowly bringing things together for her arrival, with a peppy new song by James Horner, fresh from the Titanic overture, which all the honchos at the network hope isnt a precursor of future success. Itll be heavy on the subwoofers, though, to lend gravitas to the pert little
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Anyone who takes Perky Katie Colonoscopy seriously has issues to begin with.
LOL
I, being a gramma several times over, let mine grow long - much easier to care for, no need for beauty parlors - saves time and money - etc etc. I find my age to be liberating. 'Certainly don't worry about what others may think about how I look or live. Life is much easier just being me, "my way."
I think it's different for a woman. I'm a grandpa myself but a pony tail is just out of the question for me, even though I had hair to the middle of my back some 30 years ago. Sigh...
Is it because I haven't had my coffee...or does this columnist need to go back to writing school?
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