Random observations on the news of the day  I read recently that
the Dalai Lama is donating $50,000 to Emory University. Really?
The Dalai Lama has $50,000? Didn't he have to take a vow of
poverty or something?  What are we going to be reading next,
that His Excellency drives a Porsche? That he's dating Britney
Spears?  Honestly, doesn't it seem like Emory University should
be giving the Dalai Lama $50,000?  · I can't tell you how
honored I am to learn that the new Jenkins Elementary School in
Lawrenceville is being named after me. I know I've occasionally
been critical of the public school system, but I've always had
the best interests of the children at heart, and it makes me
feel good to know ...  What's that? It's being named after
former Lawrenceville mayor Bartow Jenkins?  Never mind.  · You
know those running drills basketball players do, where they
sprint back and forth from the baseline to the free-throw line,
half-court, etc.? They're traditionally known as "suicides," for
obvious reasons.  Well, I