Posts Tagged ‘California’
How to Bury a Millionaire, Widow Auctions Tomb Above Marilyn Monroe
If you have a thing for Marilyn Monroe and you just can't let go, then you need to meet Elsie Poncher. Poncher is offering a golden ticket to an afterlife with Marilyn Monroe... on eBay. She is selling her late husband's burial spot at Westwood Village Memorial Park, which sits directly above film legend Marilyn Monroe so that she can pay [...]
Too Sexy For Prison
No, this is not a Bernie Maddoff story. This story is from the UK. Apparently a young prison guard is out of a job because she was "too pretty". In our sexist society, it seems that young women face discrimination for not being glamorous enough. Here we have the opposite taking place. Amitjo Kajla is demanding compensation claiming that [...]
The Pursuit of Happiness as Long as You’re Not Gay or Lesbian
The Fourth of July is tomorrow and I'm appalled, because the Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness rights promised in the Declaration of Independence are being denied to our fellow citizens. In Washington, D.C., the city council approved a bill recently that would recognize gay marriages from other states, and the most vocal opposition [...]
Barbie, the Girl Who Has Everything…Even at 50
Apparently some people are recession proof. Ok, in this case not a person but a hunk of molded plastic. Its just the same as it ever was for Barbie, now celebrating her 50th birthday this week, she got a real Malibu Dream House. Mattel commissioned an extreme makeover of a 3,500 square foot California mansion overlooking the Pacific [...]
My Governor is Better Than Yours
Yes, members of his own party hate him. But come on, you have to envy my governor. He doesn't have to pander to the media or bow before the alter of Rush. Sure his approval ratings in his own state have hit new lows, but has yet to embarrass himself on the national stage. Esquire astutely pointed out that Schwarzenegger is governing 12% of [...]
