I've received quite a few e-mails debating whether or not Texas has the legal right to split itself into five separate states. This still strikes me as something that's never going to be seriously attempted so I've decided the discussion of whether it's legal can wait until it's a possibility.
Also in the e-mailbag: For a long time, I used to get messages from people who claimed to read this blog and believe I've said on it, not just once but many times, that I thought Barack Obama was a perfect president and that everything he said or did was perfect and infallible. I am somehow now getting all those same messages except about Hillary Clinton. I not only don't feel that way about those two individuals but (a) I've never felt that way about anybody in politics, (b) I don't expect to ever feel that way about anybody in politics and (c) I find it tough to believe that anybody feels that way about anybody in politics. Some folks though don't like to admit that the person for whom they voted fails them in any way except to not be Liberal Enough or Conservative Enough.
With Comic-Con only days away, my knees — both of 'em! — have started giving me trouble again. I think/hope it's just the excessive humidity we've been experiencing lately in Los Angeles. You know, if I'd known my knees were going to hurt so much when I reached this age, I would have become a rich and famous pro football player when I was younger.
There are two rumors circulating throughout Hollywood about who's going to replace Craig Ferguson in the 12:35 AM weeknight time slot on CBS. One is that no one is. The other is that many people are. In the first rumor, CBS decides to go another way with the hour and schedule a news-oriented program with overtones of Nightline, or perhaps an interviewer more in the Tom Snyder/Larry King tradition. (Hey, Larry's not doing anything except wandering up and down Canon Drive in Beverly Hills, hoping people will recognize him.) In the second rumor, CBS keeps the Late, Late Show name and format but brings in a series of rotating hosts, waiting for one to click into place. Which is more likely? I dunno…but I bet whatever they put there, it'll be a real low-budget affair.
Back later, I suppose…