When privileged people go awry, hilarity ensues.
 
The son of an Orange County sheriff who was lucky enough to escape being convicted on a gang rape trial a few weeks ago--due to a hung jury--got arrested last night for statutory rape.  The news report did not make it clear if it was consensual sex or not.  But the fact remains that she was under 18 and he was a couple years older.  You'd think he'd be trying a little bit harder to keep his nose clean.  For at least a few years, while the old scandal died down.  Two hung juries in a row is pretty unlikely, champ.
 
And then...
 
Martha Stewart gets 5 months in a minimum security prison.  That's the court-mandated vacation, where you get to watch TV or read while wearing an unflattering uniform.   She'll probably use the time to write a memoir that will sell millions of copies.  My favorite part of the news piece was her post-verdict interview, where she emphatically asks everyone to show their support for her in such creative ways as "subscribing to our magazine, buying our products and encouraging our advertisers to come back."  I like the manipulation, the use of the word "our" to suggest to the public that her employees are also in trouble because of "a personal incident that got blown way out of proportion."(Her words!)   I guess now that the monetary buffer emblematic of her inherent superiority to the rest of us is lessening, she's feeling a bit nervous.  
 
I stifle a giggle here, as I savor the karma.