One project will be postponed until after next weekend. If the world doesn't end, we will attempt to contact Jonathan Kay, author of the just published "Among the Truthers: A Journey Through America's Growing Conspiracist Underground," to give him a chance to give us a quote on the possibility that there is a secret government plot to foil plans to establish a Conspiracy Theory Hall of Fame (in Las Vegas?).
Speaking of quotes from an expert source, have you noticed that while almost everyone has been asked to comment on the shooting of Osama bin Laden, no well known journalist, had a quote on the death from either Mick Jagger or Keith Richards? Do you think that there is more to this "inadvertent" omission than meets the eye?
The news that one of the atomic reactors in Japan has gone into the dreaded "meltdown" level of malfunctioning hasn't been widely disseminated. In the United States, the amount of tornado and flood damage this spring has been statistically much higher than normal. Was all this predicted in the Book of Revelations?
This columnist tries to sporadically produce copy that contains short items that are amusing, informative, and entertaining in the three dot journalism method from the past that should be suited to the "give it a quick skim reading" style that the modern Internet audience tends to use. We intentionally inject obscure, arcane, and esoteric cultural references in the hopes that such a style will attract an enduring number of regular readers and that such a base will provide a rational for management to excuse occasional attempts by the columnist to get "edgy." Whatever happened to the idea that "edgy" would become a major ingredient for content on the Internets? Is it obsolete and has pandering to the lowest common denominator (celebrity gossip) become the standard of excellence?
This columnist, this week, may spend a few bucks for a few "why not?" treats and may devote some time to offering Rev. Dan of the Music for Nimrods program on KXLU in Los Angeles, some suggestions for this week's playlist. Rev. Dan often uses a unifying theme for his show, so he may need some clever suggestions for appropriate music on the installment scheduled to coincide with "The End of the World." If playing Elvis' song, "Old Shep," will emotionally upset the listeners, who cares if the World is about to end?
We will also try to have a few bucks in our wallet so that on Sunday morning, we can buy a "hot off the press" copy of the Sunday New York Times to read while we have a cup of coffee. Maybe we'll find a topic that inspires us to write and post a new column.
If the world does end this coming Saturday, what will happen to the frequent flyer miles we accumulated on Pan Am?
The World's Laziest Journalist fully expects that his dire warnings that "they" will use the electronic voting machines to rig yet another Presidential election in favor of the Republican candidate (JEB is my best guess) and that when that comes to pass we will be totally baffled by the fact that an accurate prediction on our part will receive no notice in the mainstream media, while a ridiculous "the World will end this Saturday" prediction became a part of the American culture in May of the year 2011.
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