Having returned from my first shopping trip of '04, I can tell you that this year's funniest generic name for a name-brand breakfast cereal is Giant's version of Crispix, called "Crispy Hexagons." I recommend that their Cheerios knock-off be rechristened "Toroidal Oat Cereal."
On another note entirely, this is from today's Post:
Posted by cradle at January 2, 2004 11:14 PMDeath Unexplained
The death of 34-year-old singer-songwriter Elliott Smith will remain an open case for the time being. Smith was found in the kitchen of his Los Angeles apartment Oct.21, dead of knife wounds to the chest. In a statement this week, the Los Angeles County coroner's office said it was unable to say conclusively whether the wounds were self-inflicted, so an official cause of death has not been filed.
Police had initially declared his death a suicide; Smith had a history of depression and drug abuse. But because toxicology tests found no trace of drugs in Smith's system, and with the coroner's inconclusive report, authorities say they will have to reexamine the suicide theory.
Let this be a lesson to any would-be-suiciders.... Make it look like homicide!
How many knife wounds did he have? (I could look it up myself, but I'm way too lazy) I don't know how many times you could manage to stab YOURSELF if you weren't under the influence of drugs. He must have been a very very unhappy soul.... Even Brutus "fell" on his sword which probably has a suddenness to it that makes it easier... Maybe Smith tripped while slicing a bagel??
Posted by: Brooke at January 3, 2004 07:28 PMOh, I forgot to add the interesting bit of statistics (damn lies) that my brother informed me of! You're more likely to kill yourself than to be killed by anyone else! Isn't that reassuring?
Posted by: Brooke at January 3, 2004 07:28 PMIt's my understanding that 1) he was found
with a knife in his chest and 2) that was the
only wound.
I was in a My Organic Market for the first time the other day. They had a cereal called, "Heritage Flakes". What does this cereal have to do with anyone's heritage?
Posted by: at January 5, 2004 01:32 PMCourtney Love must have done it.
Posted by: at January 6, 2004 12:00 AM