Can we bring popcorn into court?

As a journalist, I am obviously curious about the goings on inside courtroom 36 in Ottawa, where Mayor Larry O'Brien is currently on trial . But by all accounts, this legal escapade is going to be reallllly boring. Oh well, I'm still considering setting a booth up outside of the courthouse to sell Larry vs. Terry t-shirts....Too bad cameras aren't allowed in, how awesome would it be to have our very own O.J. Simpson televised affair, without the murder charges and the defendant being a black former NFLer, but still sorta the same...The Ottawa Sun's Derek Puddicombe is way too excited about being able to blog live from the courtroom? I'm all for quick updates but telling everyone court is breaking for 15 minutes is a little excessive...Anyone else notice that despite the WHO saying the name of the swine flu wasn't a critical issue and the pork producers should just chill, the media is now calling it by its scientific name H1N1? Does anyone really give two shits what we're calling it? Personally I'm calling it the "Reason I don't roll around in pig pens anymore flu"...Ben Mulroney is has suggested that Canadian Idol producers should "blow up the model" if the show comes back for another season. If Mulroney is the model, I like where his head's at. All you would need is one spark and whatever he greases his hair down with would burn QUICKLY...Federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty's wife is a PC MPP and a possible leadership candidate to replace John Tory. Wow, and the winner of the "which couple would you least care about learning up a reality show situation" is...