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The people of Bell, California had every right to be outraged at last night’s city council meeting over the enormous salaries that the city manager, police chief and part-time city council were being paid. However, there would be no need for outrage if the people of Bell, California had been properly vigilant in the first place.
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Tony Hayward is out as head of BP, by mutual consent, according to the announcement. We had mutual consent when I was on the radio too; the boss said, “You’re fired,” and I said, “If that’s the way you feel about it, I don’t want to work here anymore.”
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I used to think I was obnoxious, but nobody ever paid me anywhere near $18 million to get lost. Not only would I have gone away for much less, I have.
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The Wall Street Journal reported a list of the executives who earned the most money in the decade. However, since there was no year zero, the decade isn’t over until December 31 of this year.
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I just got an e-mail from a concert venue in Florida, Ruth Eckerd Hall, telling me how to log on to my account. Okay. I went to Ruth Eckerd Hall once for a concert and I had a good time; my wife enjoyed it too. But it was years and years ago, maybe nine.
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My nose isn’t itching enough today, so I’m going for an MRI. If they’ll play the music I bring, I pick Gregorian chant. It’s calming and soothing and the lack of any strong beat counters the awful racket the machine makes.
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The last time I went for an MRI on my shoulder, the tech told me to stop moving. I told him I was just breathing and if I didn’t need to breathe, I wouldn’t need the MRI either.
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When the Mets lost seven of nine on their disastrous, just concluded road trip, I thought perhaps they had been assimilated by the Borg. But then they lost two more and now I’m not so sure.
