Friday, February 09, 2007

Page 3 Girl

Yesterday's mid-afternoon Google search didn't really show the true scope and depth of this tragic loss of a pop-culture icon (no lie, ABC News in New York led its 11 p.m. broadcast with the words Pop-culture icon).

But let's not get all speculatory here on the ol' porch.

All I know is this morning's Google search for ANS netted many more results and hits, myriad even.

OMS's favorite? Three pages in:

Don King speaks on Anna Nicole Smith death; She and Lennox Lewis ...Doghouse Boxing, Canada - 8 hours ago
Boxing Promoter Don King and Anna Nicole Smith were close friends. With unexpected death of the former Playboy and Guess Jeans Model, Anna Nicole Smith, ...

Because, you know, these things matter.

Meanwhile, in New Jersey yesterday, a 17-year-old high school senior apparently committed suicide by jumping off his high school roof, and a 17-year-old kid was charged in connection with a quadruple fatality accident earlier this month.

And a 30-year-old teacher was charged with having a sexual relationship with a 15-year-old girl, one of his students.

As a very wise woman said to the Ol' Man last night, "Is anyone really watching our children?"

Nope. Too busy sleuthing why Anna Nicole has left us.

*sigh*

3 comments:

Old Man Snap said...

Last thing on this, promise. Because the PPL is *not* part of the "HEY VIEWERS WATCH US CLICK US TALK ABOUT US" news cycle.

The top two Web searches on the optonline this morning?

1. Anna Nicole Smith.
2. Pizza Deliveries.
3. Download Music.

And that just about sums that up.

"Hey, I'm gonna read here this'n here story here about that playmate I seen in the Playboy years ago and I'm gonna order up my pizza here with extra cheese and meat and I'm gonna download me some music, yessir."

And one wonders, loudly, how the President was re-elected and why this country is such a God forsaken mess most days.

I sighed already today, right?

Old Man Snap said...

Oops. Pizza coupons. Not deliveries. Which is worse, really.

Anonymous said...

And then there's CNN's Most Watched Video's online:

1. Anna Nicole's last interview (5:33). CNN's Miles O'Brien talks to Entertainment Tonight's Mark Steines about Anna Nicole Smith.

2. Bulldog straps on skateboard (1:22) A dog in Phoenix wows neighbors with his skateboarding skills. KTVK's Rebecca Taylor reports.

3. The day Anna Nicole Smith died (2:06) CNN's John Zarrella reports on a tragic end for a woman who saw more than her share of tragedy.

Bulldogs rule.