Last Wednesday...er, Day of 2008

One last chance in 2008 to flog the Rich and Stupid.

---This is a photo of this year's Times Square Ball, which drops on tape delay here in Los Angeles.

---The news coverage of this event will be anchored on CNN by those austere journalists, Anderson Cooper and Kathy Griffin.

---Is it called the Comedy News Network?

---If you're in LA and watch the ball drop live at 9PM, you can have your dinner in 2009 while the table next to you is still in 2008.

---Dick Clark is coming out again one more time to help usher in the New Year. I am guessing they started to clean him up for this appearance sometime back in October.

---How I remember Dick Clark on the old $100,000 Pyramid.

---"Peas, oatmeal, his teeth, phlegm."

---"Things Dick Clark Spills on Himself."

---Of course, the Rose Bowl is tomorrow. Anybody in town to root for Penn State hopefully did their fun things earlier in the week.

---The game starts at 3PM Pacific time, which means most Penn State fans can safely make their reservations at Lawry's for 4PM.

---Penn State Coach Joe Paterno is about 100 years old and supposedly has an autographed first edition copy of the Old Testament.

---He should be so lucky to see a burning bush on Thursday.

---And we can't forget the Rose Parade tomorrow morning. Two hours of flowers glued to trucks.

---And, if you happen to miss it live, have no fear. KTLA runs it on a continuous loop until sometime in July.

---Muzak playing in a LA movie theater bathroom: Fleetwood Mac's "Don't Stop Believing" as sung by Alvin and the Chipmunks.

---A truly horrible life moment. I never emptied my bladder faster.

---All weekend, I overheard this buzz about "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button."

---"Did I imagine that the movie started yesterday?"

---"I watched Brad Pitt for three whole hours??"

---"Who greenlit this shit?"

---Some more holiday coal from Hollywood.

---An ideal thing to do while waiting for brake pads to be fitted onto your car: I went to see "Marley and Me."

---Spoiler alert: The dog dies, but Jennifer Aniston lives. God bless us all.

---Somehow, it's sort of sweet that her movie grossed more than Brad Pitt's over the holiday week.

---And I'm betting the dog was better house-trained as well.

---Somebody track down the future President in that 9 million Hawaiian condo and tell him that there's all this bombing in Israel, because he hasn't said a word about it.

---It's officially three more weeks before I have to stop telling jokes like that.

---Just how long will it take before Michelle Obama's picture is on a dart board in the White House kitchen?

---Wait till the First Couple realizes that most of the help there is still Black.

If you're partying tonight, let somebody else drive. As long as it's not Lindsay Lohan. Cheers.

Dinner last night: Sausage and peppers sandwich at Maria's Italian Kitchen.