Farrah: still a head of her time
It’s really OK that I didn’t see the Farrah thing on David Letterman. The inane ravings of a former starlet don’t sound like a surprise to me, and besides, I saw Peter Fonda’s speech at the Florida Film Festival. One skinny, old celebrity famous for doing a single, unusually sexy project a hundred years ago,…
In search of a natural high
Where can you find an altered state that won’t harm or alarm? Listen to your body. It seems that a logical start when writing about “natural highs” would be a brief rumination on definition. My research finds a public-opinion belief that a natural high can be engendered by any number of benign activities that enhance…
Bankers bonkers over bankruptcies
Whoa! Not only is the Dow Jones average soaring, not only are corporate profits and chief executive salaries riding high, but so is another economic indicator: Personal bankruptcies. Wait, that’s not good news. Wait, that’s not good news. No indeed, but there it is. In the midst of our so-called booming economy, Americans are going…
Getting the boots
The Grateful Dead stretched out on many a long jam. But they never got into a jam like the one Scott Johnson is in. His jam could land him a 25-year stretch in federal prison. His alleged crime? Not drug smuggling, armed robbery or any other violent offense. Johnson, 32, faces a potential quarter-century prison…
The reform school that may never be
The State of Florida is really mad. Millions were spent unaccountably. Oversight was lax. The inspector general’s report detailing the problems at a proposed private school for tough juvenile delinquents also lays blame with the very lawmakers who made it all possible. ;;This is what happens “when legislation reduces agencies to funding conduits and does…
Cops who stop at nothing
Earlier this year, a special group of Orange County vice detectives stopped pulling over men leaving an adult club on Orange Blossom Trail … but only after gathering evidence used to file a slew of criminal charges against eight dancers and a bouncer.;;Despite pressure, six of those pulled over refused to cooperate, which is their…
