No need to fly 5,000 miles for sanity’s sake

What? Pay the airfare to Washington to attend a rally? Are you insane?

Maybe not, if it’s the "Rally to Restore Sanity," the Oct. 30 event on the D.C. mall organized by TV satirist Jon Stewart. The whole thing is being touted as an ode to reasonableness in the midst of election-year mayhem, "a Million Moderate March," as Stewart describes it on "The Daily Show."

But in truth, many people here couldn’t afford such a trip, so folks in Honolulu — and other cities — are planning spin-off "satellite" rallies for those who want to be there in spirit. That sounds both sane and reasonable. The location is TBA, but fans can keep up with the plans from the website: sanityinhonolulu.com.

No word yet on any local version of Stephen Colbert’s sidekick event, the "March to Keep Fear Alive." Stay tuned.

Nothin’ on Bruno Mars

It used to be that when you got charged with any crime, that was necessarily a bad month for you.

But this is 2010, when Hawaii-born Bruno Mars can face felony cocaine possession charges and, mere days later, top the Billboard Hot 100 for "Just the Way You Are," for the third week running. And tomorrow, he’s got the musical spotlight on "Saturday Night Live." Is it our morally ambiguous world, or does Mars just lead a charmed existence? Don’t forget, that breakout hit was called "Nothin’ on You."