A North Korean “Family Feud” and other news of interest.

I know I haven’t mentioned this before, but Sam is leaving for California on Saturday morning. There’s an 80th birthday bash for my mother-in-law in the afternoon, then Sam will stay around for an extra week to eat omelets at Norm’s and horse around with his favorite friends and relatives. This sounds like a terrific plan for Sam because he needs a break, but in MY case I’ve been trying to put together a list of fun projects and excursions in his absence and can’t think of anything I want to do without him except buy olives at Central Market (see below) and get a haircut.

But no matter what I finally decide to do during my eight days of “alone time,” at least Dallas is expecting gorgeous weather in which to do it ... such as temperatures in the low 70s with no snow, ice or anything that resembles winter in any way whatsoever. Glorioski!

And now, the North Korean edition of “Family Feud.” Earlier today Kim Jong Il’s eldest son, the doofus playboy Kim Jong Nam (see below, right), predicted that North Korea’s regime will “not last long” under the new rule of his half brother, handsome 27-year-old Kim Jong Un. In an email to a Japanese reporter he described the country’s family dynasty as “a joke to the outside world.”

Kim Jong Nam, who lives in China, is 40 years old, hangs out in casinos and enjoys a jet-set lifestyle. He apparently fell out of favor with his late father after being caught trying to enter Japan on a fake passport in 2001 so he could visit Disney’s Tokyo resort. Millions of North Koreans have starved to death since the late 1990s, a fact that obviously makes no difference to the well-fed pair of little weirdos pictured above.

I think I’ll order something wonderful from China City now and wait for tonight’s episodes of two of my favorite reality shows ... “Tabatha Takes Over” on Bravo and “Hardcore Pawn” on TruTV.

If you’re not watching these programs you definitely need to give them a shot. I’ve mentioned “Hardcore Pawn” in previous posts (click here) so I probably shouldn’t have to provide another overview. As for Tabatha, she’s a bitchy, business-savvy Australian hairdresser who transforms decrepit beauty salons. This season she’s expanding her show to include decrepit yogurt shops, decrepit pet kennels, decrepit gay bars and so on. I can hardly wait and thank you for reading this.