12.22.06 6:00 AM CST
• Pop Culture
• Stephen Randall
For some of us, it wouldn’t be Christmas without the annual email from the fun-loving folks behind the Lee Atwater Invitational, reminding us that we have until midnight, December 31, to get in our entries.The Atwater is a web-based death pool, a demented tradition that began on the web in 1996. You predict 10 famous people who you think are going die during 2007, in order of likelihood. At the end of the year, scores are tallied and the winner walks away with $2007 and a boatload of bad karma. Even your hosts admit it’s “a game of sickness and chance.”
Think it’s easy? Don’t be too sure. In years past, we’ve carefully researched the oldest, most decrepit, sickest celebrities we could find. All we accomplished, apparently, was guaranteeing even the most infirm another blissful year on the planet.
The Lee Atwater Invitational may be perfect antidote to too much holiday cheer. Besides, it’s more fun than your basic office party.
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