Friday column preview

For Friday, I've got two observational items from my Midwestern vacation, including the Palin-Biden debate, plus a third item about my plane ride home to ONT. Also, a comment about the Ontario councilman who's been named Lawyer of the Year. Nice, of course, but something tells me he won't be touting that in his re-election campaign.

The column begins, however, with a local-connection item on the actor who played Mr. Clean in the TV commercials, based on a letter sent to me dated Jan. 20, 2005. I filed that missive in my "I.V. Celebrities" folder for future use. His death means now is the time.

See, readers? If you send me an idea and I don't use it right away, don't be discouraged. I might use it four years from now.