Bill Clinton, Paul Krugman, and Charles Busch @4:30 PM
The New York Times has a collection of thirty obituary videos in which the still-breathing subjects have participated. (Ten more are in production.) The paper makes a guarantee to the living dead that it will not reveal their involvement until they have made the journey into the next world, but it did tell E&P that "the completed group includes one former president, a Nobel Prize winner, and a playwright." Since we've been kind of half-assing it all day and it doesn't seem like some bolt of inspiration is gonna come along between now and drinkin' time, let's just throw it out there: Who do you make for the BEYOND THE GRAVE segment? 13
Market Retreat Halted By Michael Jackson Funeral @1:26 PM
Stocks have been down all morning on worries about earnings reports and energy prices, but they've suddenly started to claw back some of the losses. Is this possibly the Michael Jackson Memorial Uptick that economists predicted? It's too soon to tell, but the answer is almost certainly yes. Also, are any of you people doing anything other than watching the goddamn funeral? Because it is quiet out there. I think I'm going to cut the hell out of here and drink myself silly grieve in my own way. 16
