I read an article in Time.com about a book, The End: Jim Morrison, by Sam Bernett. It’s coming out in France. It’s about the untimely demise of Jim Morrison & purportedly clears up what really happened. What do I think about this take on his death? Jim & Pam were both my friends. I was a teenager then and this still remains sensitive material for me. I was with them, in Paris, until days before his death. Goodbyes (for Jim Morrison) read it here. I wrote this as a memorial to Jim just days after his shocking death. It details of some of my time with Jim and Pam in Paris. They were good times — but obviously there was much more going on with them than what I was exposed to…
I never believed Jim Morrison died of a heart attack. In Paris they both told me things privately. He told me that he had an ongoing health issue that he’d been seeing a doctor about. I learned the details: He told it had to do with his lungs, and that he’d been coughing up blood. My final opinion has always been that something like the scenario laid out in this book is what could have happened. And that Pam Courson, whom I felt cared deeply for Jim and did want only the best for him, unfortunately, may have ended up being the instigator of the whole situation that led to his death. He ALWAYS did what she said: he adored & trusted her so much! I don’t believe she ever planned for that to happen. For him, dangerous things had been going on for the first time. WHAT A HORRIBLE TRAGEDY! They loved each other & had great plans for the future.

P.S. I never talked to Pam again—I chose not to after Jim’s death. As fate would have it I did see her, by coincidence, numerous times (albeit at a distance): she died in LA—in an apartment on N. Sycamore directly next door to the building where I was living at the time. One night an ambulance awakened me. Only later after reading the morning paper did I realize that the ambulance was carrying the body of Pamela Courson. She was DOA, 3 years after Jim. There was no mystery surrounding her death.

There is more… maybe later.

I was looking forward to the new show by comedienne, Chelsea Handler. I had enjoyed her E! show last year. The current offering, Chelsea Lately, again on E!, was a disappointment. Another one down the toilet. Hopefully things will smooth out with time.
UPDATE: CHELSEA’S SHOW HIT IT! WATCH IT ALL THE TIME. SHE’S HILARIOUS AND HOW CAN YOU NOT LOVE CHUY? HER FEARLESSNESS IS “BORDERLINE AMAZING” IN THIS WORLD OF PC. 

Speaking of that taboo topic, the best are TOTO from Japan! The Japanese have impressed me lately w/ their bathroom technology & engineering. I always said that Lexus was corny but I rode in a big sedan to Palm Springs yesterday. I liked it. It took the lightest touch to close the door & the ride was so smooth & comfortable. They are made in dust-free environments. The Japanese are so clean.
That takes me to the Kyoto Accords, which the US did not ratify, & beyond to a news story today that seemed hopeful. After successfully banning plastic bags in the Baltimore area–we know they take eons to degrade–they are trying to enact this policy statewide in Maryland. Wouldn’t it be great if this movement took root? A miraculous thing happened in Paris– they banned smoking in restaurants!!! I never thought that would happen.

is a special edition of one of my favorite shows, The Soup. What to do for guilty pleasure on a lazy July day? Catch up w/ all the shows you carefully avoided in the 1st half of the year w/ the hilarious Joel McHale. He takes you on a subversive trip through televisionland w/ “The Best of the Worst, ’07, Parts 1 & 2″ on E!
It feels like we are in a warp-speed version of ancient Rome. The barbarians clearly have crossed the Rubicon & we the Tigris…..then there are these home-grown barbarians that appear on reality shows.
Chyna Doll just walked by in the alley. I can’t believe I can recognize her…. I’m not sure what she does but I know how to spell her name.
I think I’ve had too much Soup.