I just turned on the local 11 o'clock news and what's the lead story?  The gorilla, of course.  And now I can't get the Warren Zevon song "Gorilla, You're a Desperado" out of my head:

Big gorilla at the L.A. Zoo
Snatched the glasses right off my face
Took the keys to my BMW
Left me here to take his place

I wish the ape a lot of success
I'm sorry my apartment's a mess
Most of all I'm sorry if I made you blue
I'm betting the gorilla will, too

The rest of the lyrics here.

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I can't believe this gorilla escape thing made national news.  I heard it on the local Boston news this morning, then it was on NPR news by late afternoon.  Anyway, Mark A. R. Kleiman reports this from one of his blog readers:

A reader reports spotting an AP story about a gorilla who escaped from a Boston zoo and was spotted two hours later sitting on the bench at a bus stop. He offers three interpretations:
1. Public transportation is getting worse and worse. Two hours and no bus.
2. The gorilla's escape plan was thwarted by not having exact change.
3. He missed the bus because he was mugged.

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I saw Lost in Translation yesterday (see reviews here). It was excellent, especially Bill Murray and Scarlett Johansson as two dislocated Americans stranded in Japan. Great story and direction by Sophia Coppola. The movie had some very funny moments and also very touching ones. I really felt the two characters’ dislocation and loneliness. But on my way home I also felt a certain lightness and hope – sometimes you unexpectedly find a real connection with someone, and it makes all the difference in the world.

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