... There's a new reality show in the works. It focuses on former teen stars who are not in rehab. Consensus is there's not enough material to support two seasons. ... By the way, in honor of the number of alums in treatment, a new Walt Disney Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Center has opened. ... Saw an article on the top 10 things girls say that send guys running. I thought the top thing that sends them away is the word "no". ... Microsoft plans to be extremely aggressive in marketing Cortana, its voice assistant for Windows Phone 8.1. There are reports iPhone users are getting unsolicited texts saying, "Siri is a tramp" and "for a good time, call Siri." There's even a report of a limerick: "There was a young lady named Siri." Ruthless. There's also the race to see which biographical movie about one of the voice assistant makes it to the big screen first. Microsoft almost didn't market "Cortana" after one executive initially thought that the company was developing a vice assistant. ... Was reading part of the advertising campaign for Virgin Airlines. There's something about a Virgin slot that doesn't sound quite right for prime time. ... California is proposing to let customers buy lottery tickets at gas pumps. The problem will be the number of customers who run out of gas after spending all their money on tickets
RANDOM THOUGHTS: PUTIN'S DIVORCE
There was a brief news item that Russia prime minister Vladimir Putin has divorced his wife of many year. Now, we know why he took over the Crimea—typical marital spat. "Honey where are you going?" "I don't know, take over another country or something," he yelled as he stormed out and slammed the door. ... Putin wants to take over David Letterman's show when the long-time late night TV host retires in the next year. Unfortunately, Putin can only come up with one Top 10 list—Top 10 Countries I'd like to invade.
