After griping since early April about the incessant rain and overcast skies here, something like an earthquake just outside L.A. reminds me that maybe things aren’t so bad here after all.

That said, after a brief view of sunshine yesterday (and defying every forecast), the skies clouded up and it did rain briefly, right around the time we had hoped to fire up the BBQ last night. I am beginning to think that we have angered a propane god of some sort…

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So, I opened my morning paper today, and discovered that the Canadian reality show we watched faithfully (“How Do You Solve A Problem Like Maria”) has been tainted by a bit of a scandal.

Seems that one of the celebrity judges - conductor and musical supervisor Simon Lee (hand-picked by Lord Andrew Floyd Webber himself) was arrested prior to the broadcast of the final two episodes. In Dave Barry’s classic tradition of “I’m not making this up”, Lee was arrested and charged with assault and forcible confinement – seems the conductor was allegedly keeping company with another male, a male who had to climb out the window of Lee’s hotel room and jump down to an outdoor restaurant patio to escape. A whole new meaning to “exit, stage left”…

In all fairness, the director could have just begun pre-casting for the sequel, “How Do You Solve A Problem Like Martin”.

What an exciting world we live in…

Hey, I'm online again today! No picture mind you, but that big lozenge-shaped head of mine really eats up cyber-space I suppose. Check out an alternate Indiana Jones adventure at:

http://www.eventpub.com/stories.php?id=125284

Chow for now!!