Sunday, January 23, 2005

Goodnight, Johnny You know, looking back, I suppose Johnny Carson is the reason I pay such close attention to current events, especially politics, and try and find the humor in it all.  It was all those nights as a kid staying up just to watch his opening monologues, where he'd take his swings at the absurdity in the world, and more often than not, hit 'em out of the park. Too bad most of my students probably have no idea who Johnny Carson was, or if they do, they never got a chance to see him live on television.  They'll never know that he set the standard for all the others to follow:  Jay Leno, David Letterman, Conan O'Brien, etc.  None of those other guys have been able to reach the bar he set for so many years.  I can't imagine anyone ever will. 8:53:59 PM     |

Bunny Suicides Suicide, for any reason, is tragic, but even more so when it involves the senseless end of a bunny's life: Bunny Suicides. 12:08:50 PM     |

Life Imitating Shakespeare Husband Commits Suicide, Then Wife Wakes from Coma ROME (Reuters) - An Italian pensioner committed suicide after his wife fell into a coma, but just hours after he killed himself the woman woke up, Italian media reported on Saturday. Recalling the end of "Romeo and Juliet," the 70-year-old man, Ettore, who had sat by his wife's bedside for four months after she slipped into a coma following a heart attack, finally gave up hope and gassed himself in the garage of his family home. Less than a day later, his wife, Rossana, woke up in her hospital bed in Padua and immediately asked for him. The northern town of Padua lies just 40 miles from Verona, where star-crossed lover Romeo killed himself believing Juliet to have died. But minutes later Juliet woke up and seeing Romeo dead, stabbed herself. 9:34:53 AM     |

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