A touch of animus

...is showing in this column by a writer who previously worked with OJ Simpson's editor...

The editor who propelled Rush Limbaugh into the national spotlight, who claimed to have rewritten Howard Stern's autobiography during one marathon weekend in his guesthouse, was offering me the key to the bestseller list if only I would listen and learn. I wouldn't, so she kicked me over to a freelance editor and publishing obscurity. I could not have been more relieved.

I have never met anyone like Regan, before or since. The phrase "force of nature" could have been invented to describe her, although other phrases have been used, including "foul-mouthed tyrant" and "enfant terrible of American publishing." She might be the most successful editor in history, if profits are the measure. Until now, everything she has touched has turned to gold, from Jose Canseco's "Juiced" to Jenna Jameson's "How to Make Love Like a Porn Star."

This time, Regan's instinct for the lowest common denominator failed her. She aimed too low.

Innnnnnteresting...

 

Coolest domino transplant ever

Or at least the one involving the most people. Five simultaneous operations...and the whole thing triggered by one person willing to give one of her kidneys to anybody who needed it.

So cool. And logistically, what a challenge to set up! My head spins just thinking about it.

And meanwhile in the gossip department...

I swear, it's like watching high-stakes poker on TV. But high-stakes poker played by six-year-olds.

i m divorcin u kthxbye

Oh yeah? I want a lot of money or I'm taking the kids because you're a bad mom.

No I'm not and no you're not. Read the prenup again and buzz off.

Oh yeah? Well I have a sooper sekrit sex tape and I'm gonna sell it for a gazillion dollars.

No you won't, I'll leak it to the filesharers first and nobody'll pay you for what they can get for free. And I'm selling the house and buying a loads bigger one that you'll never have been inside of. Nyah nyah.

Oh yeah? Well there is no tape. Hahahahahaha. And I'm going to write a book about you anyway and tell everybody all your secrets.

...(sigh) Okay, what's the next card down on the table?