I'm tempting fate by posting this year's first mushroom soup can and hoping it doesn't lead to this year's first obit. For those of you new to the party, the mushroom soup can is the symbol that the operator of this here blog is kinda busy and may not be posting much (if anything) today.
In the past, I have often posted one and thought, "Okay, I've given my readers fair warning not to expect much for a while. I hope some of them discover there are other things to read on the Internet apart from me." I then feel less guilt as I turn my attention to a script on deadline…
…only to suddenly learn that someone I care about has passed and I have to write about it. This has happened so often that I suspect whoever decides such things had seen the can and given the okay to off some great actor or creative talent or friend of mine or whatever. I have been known to momentarily think, "Oh, if only you hadn't posted that damned soup can!"
It's 11 AM where I am. Let's see if I can go 24 hours without having to write about someone dying…