BLOWING SMOKE AT 7TH AND MONTANA ...!

                             

Eyes were popping at 7th and Montana this morning as an Unfortunate Lummox -- known among locals as "The Dyslexic Skywriter" -- swooped over Santa Monica.  Just yesterday, crowds across the Westside laughed out loud over a mysterious, backwards message in the sky.  Whoever commissioned that message obviously insisted that the pilot try again today.  "Look," I cried, "They've spelled out T-O-P!"  "No," said Kovar, "It's still backwards, they're probably trying to spell P-O-T!"  Indeed, the pilot was blowing a Peculiar Brand of Smoke:  It appears that he was really trying to promote "Tori & Dean: Inn Love," a nauseating reality show featuring a behind-the-scenes look at Poor Little Rich Girl Tori Spelling and her husband, Dean ...!