Left Coast Sports Babe

One of the highlights of the last Tonight Show with Conan O’Obrien was a snippet of a segment titled “Puppies dressed as cats.” Which was simply, puppies dressed in cat costumes. Apparently there was consideration of a similar segment, “Cats dressed as puppies,” but it resulted in too many injuries during rehearsal.

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You can’t read entertainment news online anywhere these days without seeing something about Conan, Jay and the Tonight Show. Except NBC.com (Seriously, it’s as if neither show exists.)

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In some ways you really have to hand it to NBC. After all, they had the most successful show at 1130p with a likeable Jay Leno, and a pretty good thing going late night with Conan O’Brien. And in a pretty short time they have managed to turn Jay into a bad guy and send Conan out the door, probably to Fox in seven months. Even by Congressional standards, it’s a world class FUBAR’ed situation.

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Only in California. In the Republican primary for the Governor’s race, Steve Poizner, who has given $19 million to his own campaign, has accused Meg Whitman, who has given $39 million to HER own campaign, of trying to buy the election.

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A top prospect in the Oakland As organization, Grant Desme, has left baseball to join the priesthood. Which is surprising, normally the only people who give up on baseball for a life of prayer are Cubs fans.

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A new study shows that parents of children have lower blood pressure than childless parents. Presumably this result was obtained without counting the parents of teenagers.

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The Supreme Court decision removing previous restrictions on corporate speech rests on the construct of “corporate personhood.” We thought the issue with gays was contentious. So how long until activists call to legalize “corporate marriage?”

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Another thought about this construct of “corporate personhood.” Does this mean the Supreme Court may also rule someday that future mergers must be between a male corporation and a female corporation.

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A United Airlines plane bound for San Francisco had to return to Dulles for an emergency landing 10 minutes after takeoff when a large bird was sucked into one of their engines. Passengers were unharmed but many are demanding credit for the extra 40 frequent flier miles.

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A tacky but funny joke from Jerry Perisho, with my own tacky followup.

Yet another heavy rain day – LA is getting spanked again. Usually, 5 days in a row involves a dominatrix and a “safe word”

Actually what several days of spanking in row in Los Angeles usually means – the Dodgers are in the playoffs.

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An Alaska man was sentenced to a day in jail and a year’s probation for throwing a taco at a Taco Bell manager. During his probation he is not allowed to visit any Taco Bells. Had the judge really wanted to throw the book at him, he would have been sentenced to eat there daily.

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