There is Hope in a Hateful World

October 09, 2006

There's a MySpacer named Mary Ska who is on vacation and hasn't seen a TV in two days. Lucky woman.

Even though I've been trying to avoid some of the news lately, it's pretty much unavoidable. North Korea claims to have conducted a nuclear bomb test, and that is leading to all sorts of reactions, including the chance that the United Nations might...hold the presses...DEPLORE something.

Meanwhile there's a new round of...deploring...over some new Danish cartoons. And if anyone here in the U.S. didn't notice, it's election season, so you have all of the wonderful "informative" commercials:

John Smith wants to be mayor of Metropolis.

But John Smith wants to murder your children.

John Smith wants to give your backyard to Satan worshippers.

And John Smith believes that Adolf Hitler was a great man.

Do you want John Smith to run YOUR city?

So there's not a lot of happiness and joy in Mudville, or Guasti, or Amsterdarn, or any other town you can think of at the moment. But perhaps all of the parties above can find hope in this latest report from two formerly feuding entities:

Once and future BFFs Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie have apparently ended their feud of roughly 18 months....

The Simple Life costars arrived together Sunday night at Dan Tana's Steakhouse, a West Hollywood eatery....

An hour and a half later, they exited, Richie with doggy bag in hand, and sat adjacent to each other on a bench text-messaging while waiting for the valet to bring the car around.

Now we could go into all sorts of analysis about Nicole Richie carrying a doggy bag, but the E Online reporter concentrated on uncovering additional details:

E! News has learned that, following the duo's very public meal, the twosome retired to Hilton's Hollywood Hills home for a two-person, multi-dog sleepover.

So let's analyze what may have brought these two together. I lean towards the steak. While this site may not be the best place to reconcile India and Pakistan, it may be useful for other conflicts.

Perhaps the Six Party Talks can convene in West Hollywood. Let Kim Jong Il show some of his films (it is, after all, Hollywood) during the wine course, then get down to business and wrap up this testy nucular thingie by dessert.