Hell to get old, ain't it, Luther?
Although he was one of the early pioneers of Miami Beach's Memorial Day hip hop extravaganza, even Luther Campbell says he no longer makes his way to South Beach during that weekend because it's become too rowdy.
“Just walk the streets, get drunk, be rowdy, go to jail,” Campbell told CBS4's Jim DeFede in describing what the event has become. “Me personally I wouldn't even go over there. I haven't been there probably in the last two or three years. “
And the runner-up in today's "Things don't always turn out the way you think they will" sweepstakes:
An unusual online auction of the Unabomber's personal items that ended yesterday garnered about $190,000 for his victims and their family members.
They want the Ted Kaczynski to pay for the 16 explosions he set off that killed three people and injured 23 others across the country.
An online auction. Of the stuff of the guy who bombed people because he hated technology. Yes, that's irony.
I don't know why, but these stories remind me of the great scene in Woody Allen's "Bananas," when the revolutionary hero, after "liberating" people from the repressive dictatorship, made his first speech:
l am your new president. From this day on, the official language of San Marcos will be Swedish. Om addition to that, all citizens will be required to change their underwear every half hour. Underwear will be worn on the outside so we can check. Furthermore all children under 16 years old are now 16 years old.
