When Plans Work Out

The below photo is from the front page of today's Cincinnati Enquirer. Jack, in yellow, and his St. X teammates wanted to run all out for 400 yards in the Turkey Day Race so they could be in the lead and "make the paper." Somehow, that plan came to fruition. I love the smiles and the gap to the pack.

His Prerogative

A Bobbi Kristina Brown update. An Atlanta judge ruled earlier today that Nick Gordon, the boyfriend of Bobbi Kristina Brown, is liable for $36 million in damages to her estate and to her father, Bobby Brown, for allegedly causing her death by providing her the drugs in her body at the time of her death and for assaulting her. The judge determined the amount of damages after Gordon stopped appearing in the case a year ago and the estate was awarded a default judgment (because Gordon stopped participating in the case) in September.

Only two points:

1. Gordon does not have the funds to pay the judgment and will likely declare bankruptcy to avoid paying them.

2. There is no word on when Bobby Brown will be held liable for providing drugs to, and ruining the career of, Whitney Houston.

A Singing Will

Taking a break from celebrity and other newsworthy estate planning items, I ran across an interesting article in the NYT this weekend. The writer discussed having an end of life playlist to listen to on one's deathbed. He mentioned how Benedictine monks always chanted, perhaps for a week, around a dying monk, and how music has long provided comfort to others dying. He then discussed songs on his playlist.

A couple of quick thoughts:

1. Of course this does not work for people dying a sudden, unexpected death.

2. As your tastes change, you would have to revise your list lest you be stuck listening to "Funky Town" while dying.

3. One could skip the playlist idea and simply play Sufjan Steven's "Carrie and Lowell" and "Casmir Pulaski Day" on repeat.

4. Thankfully this idea was not idea was not around when I was younger or I would have had Head East's "Never Been Any Reason" on my list although the lyric "save my life going down for the last time" would be tastelessly appropriate.

TML - Tommy Tuberville Should Go Edition

I subbed for Paul Daugherty's The Morning Line blog in the Cincinnati Enquirer again this morning. I am critical of UC's Tommy Tuberville and listed some possible replacements. I hope you like it.