I'm kinda busy tonight with deadlines, plus there's this: A friend of mine who has been watching the Phil Spector trial with great interest is convinced that tomorrow is Verdict Day. I don't know how she knows this but some people have actually given up studying the evidence in this case and are now studying what the jury is wearing when they report each morning. Apparently, if the foreman doesn't wear a tie and the rest of the deliberaters are in casual clothes, that means No Verdict Today and it's immediately reported on blogs that follow such things. I don't think my friend has any inside info on what the jurors will be wearing tomorrow but she seems to have some reason to believe this thing will be drawing to a close.
So just in case (a) she's right and (b) Spector is acquitted, I have to spend some time tonight planning my killing spree. I'd tentatively decided to start with my eleventh-grade Chemistry teacher but then I found out he's already dead so there's not much point in killing him…although it's still tempting. I was going to go after the guy who invented cole slaw but I decided killing's too good for him. So I think I'll off the neighbor whose car alarm goes off at 4 AM if a sparrow flies by and then maybe Osama Bin Laden (bet I can find him before Bush does) and after that, I'll just play it by ear. If you're smart, you'll stay out of my path.
Which is all my way of saying that I'm busy. I'll slap a great Video Link up here later — I have a whole batch that are already written — but posting will otherwise be light here for a few days. It'll still be busier than your average blog, which gets updated every time Halley's Comet goes overhead, but not as busy as usual.
Before I go, though: I've just received a copy of the Jonathan Ross documentary, In Search of Steve Ditko that aired the other night on BBC4. I haven't the time to watch it all now but the ten or so minutes I did see were quite well done and intriguing. I'll post an actual response soon. Oh, and also: I haven't forgotten that I promised a review of that Sony DVD Carousel I recently acquired and I have another long-awaited chapter in the story of Scrappy Doo. Also, a lot of you have sent e-mails that I should post here. We'll get to everything after Paying Work.