Isolation Thought

Think of all the time and money that would have been saved if Kobe Bryant's victim had done what most others would probably do. Just take the money. She ended up filing a civil suit two weeks ago. Now Bryant cannot be tried criminally for this case and he'll probably pay a settlement. I think if she had tried to get that money at the start, she'd have wound up with more than she will now. Ironically, Kobe's wife has probably made out better cashwise than the victim ever will.

Mitt Romney just said, "We can't afford presidential leadership to come in 57 varieties." at the Republican convention. That's actually kinda funny.

Meal of Links

OK, we knew the 10th anniversary DVD of "Clerks" was coming out. But did anyone know it's a three disc effort? And Kevin Smith says he wants to do a sequel. Not sure about the sanity of that one. I mean those two actors haven't exactly been burning up the screen the last 10 years.

Apparently all of the chocolate companies got together and decided dark chocolate is good for the blood vessels. Which reminds me, free truffles at Godiva.

Philadelphia is looking to provide citywide wireless access. Mayor Jane, get off your ass.

Exercise Yard

Another horse racing scandal in the UK. Kieren Fallon, a top jockey, was arrested with 16 others. I've always thought horse racing was above board, but we've all seen things that sometimes make you go mmmmmm. Let's clean this up and move on.

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