Rejection, stupidity and the death of Cheez Doodles.

The most devastating news first. Morrie Yohai, 90, the inventor of Cheez Doodles, died of cancer on July 27 at his home in Long Island, New York. Yohai (pictured below) created his iconic snack in the 1950s while employed at Old London Foods in the Bronx. In a flash of unforetold brilliance, he borrowed the factory’s equipment to manufacture puffy little tubes of liquefied corn meal and then suffocated them in fluorescent orange powdered cheese, paving the way for a generation of wannabe knockoffs like Cheetos and Bugles. Yohai’s son says his father also was involved in other less-important pursuits, including Hebrew mysticism, environmental conservation and a stint as associate dean of business at the New York Institute of Technology.

In case you haven’t heard the latest dysfunctional dirt from Wasilla, Alaska, Bristol Palin and Levi Johnston have called off their second engagement after he admitted he may have fathered a baby with another teenage girl and also has been sleeping with others. As snarky as that may be, Bristol said the final straw was when he pretended to go to Los Angeles to attend a hunting show but was actually there to star in a music video mocking the Palin family. She says Levi is obsessed with fame and only wanted to marry her to stay in the public eye.

Judging from Levi’s Playgirl photo shoot last year, the public eye is a damn good spot for him and he sure seems to be having a lot more fun than Bristol, who just moved back home to live with mom and dad and her assorted siblings ... Pooper, Peeper and Troll and Brillo.

And finally, I returned that handbag I ordered last week from HSN. It was absolutely ENORMOUS ... almost two feet wide and a foot high with thick braided handles and a separate shoulder strap. And the silly thing was covered with all kinds of hardware, tassels, doodads and huge gold and silver studs front and back. It weighed a ton and looked more like luggage for hookers. Seriously.

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