The Holidays In LA

Tempting as it may be - this is NOT about winter in New Orleans (LA).

This is "winter" in Los Angeles.
For those of you unfamiliar with the concept, let me catch you up on things. Early November - People still in shirtsleeves and shorts, getting a tan... Trick or Treaters picking outfits based on their breathability - Don't want to overheat while you're out pillaging the neighborhood for Smarties.

Couple weeks later - the "seasons" have changed. In LA that means two days of rain (which ellicit the obligatory remotes done by newspeople standing somewhere so we can see actual raindrops fall, covering "STORMWATCH 2007!!!!")

Then - basically, 60 degree weather, sunny,"crisp" and fall-ish. Perfect television weather. That way, when the rest of the country is watching the Rose Bowl, underneath 3 feet of snow, they decide - Screw This! We're moving to Beverly ! (Hills... that is....)

Before the angry posts come up about how Los Angeles misses out on the "change of seasons," the white xmas, the leaves turning, etc. Just remember - I don't have a battery blanket, I don't need an ice scraper, I don't have to salt my driveway or sidewalk, and I certainly don't have to check for snow closures...

Ahhh - the holiday spirit is upon me.

Only In Los Angeles

Out on the town to do a little work "remotely" -
I sit here and hack away at the keyboard in a Starbucks in Marina Del Rey - not near anything, other than being across the street from the water.

But - only in L.A.:
I wait in line for my coffee behind John Laroquette (for those of you having trouble placing the name - think - Night Court).

Later, as I sit and type, the regular parade of soccer moms, foreign tourists and dot-com business folks having "meetings" goes by.
Jeremy Piven runs in for a little java.

And, to cap it - I watch as a guy randomly walks up to a (much younger) girl and start up a half-hour conversation. I hear fragments of chatter that include: "representation," "agencies," "portfolio," "SAG," etc. Business cards are exchanged.

Only in LA....

Has the World Gone Completely Insane?!

Now normally, this blog is for lighter fare, but today, The Syndicate was moved by something too stunning to ignore.
For those of you who missed it, APPARENTLY all rhyme or reason has left the world -
It seems that OJ Simpson isn't making much money on those endorsement deals with Ginzu. SO, he's decided to write a book. The book is - "Ok, I DIDN'T kill my wife and her boyfriend.... BUT, if I DID, I totally wouldn't have done it that way. I would have done it THIS way..."

Um? No really... WHY would you do this?
"O.J. Simpson, in his own words, tells for the first time how he would have committed the murders if he were the one responsible for the crimes," the network said in a statement. "In the two-part event, Simpson describes how he would have carried out the murders he has vehemently denied committing for over a decade."

Let's see - you get off scott free, from the murder of the decade, and now you go back to re-examine the scene. Hmmm.. in football, you'd get a foul called for "taunting!"

My question is - who buys this book? Its clearly fiction - and likely to be ranting delusions at that.

Why...?