People. If you name your daughters things like Destiny, Jasmine, Crystal, Nevaeh, or Misty, you WILL end up with a stripper. Don't act so surprised. If you name your sons things like Tucker, Ashton, Jace, Jayden, or Parker, you WILL end up with a jackass. Don't act so surprised. If you're going to give your kids names' bizarre spellings like Kym-br-leigh, Aschyeleigh, or Kaytelynne, they ARE going to resent you someday, probably sooner rather than later. Don't act surprised.
Has anyone else noticed since Ricky Gervais lost a modest amount of weight, he's not really funny anymore, he's just mean? He used to be self-deprecating and clever, now his jokes are 90% "Isn't is funny how fat people are fat?" and "Isn't it funny how Charlie Sheen has substance abuse problems? That's a smart joke that's not been done before right??? Right???"......Ummm....... His humor was sometimes kind of arrogant before, but now it's just....pitiful and irritating and desperate.
There are 2 pseudo-political issues sticking in my craw lately, and I'm going to address one of them this week. The other one, I haven't decided. Anyways, I don't pretend to have a deep and abiding understanding of the American political system, OR the American psyche. At all. But if media coverage is to be believed, the economy, widespread joblessness, or military involvement in overseas conflicts are nowhere near the top of the list of "Things To Address". Nope, it's those pesky gays and the reprehensible idea that everyone should have health care. But mostly the gays. Somehow, other people's sexual identity is hands-down the most pressing issue facing America today, with most of the Republican candidates publicly appealing "Won't someone PLEASE think of the children? How can we explain this sort of thing to the children?" Well, you know what's easy to explain to children? That everyone's different, and we should all respect that. You know what's truly difficult to explain to children? Rationalizations for bigotry and intolerance. Rick Perry releases ads equating gays serving openly in the military with a "war on religion". Rick Santorum makes nonsensical, ignorant comments every time he's asked about gay issues (which is all he's ever asked about, it's the only thing that comprises his platform). And Michelle Bachmann and her husband run a clinic which claims to "cure homosexuality" with prayer and good old-fashioned Christian shame. I think all of these things are far more difficult to explain to children (who, in the end, are far more understanding than the rest of us) than the simple fact that people love each other. Why the American people are tolerating their political discourse being constantly steered in this direction in the face of far more serious and immediate problems, I will never understand. As a little 8-year old boy whispered in Michelle "Pray The Gay Away" Bachmann's ear this past week in South Carolina, "Miss Bachmann, my mommy is gay and she doesn't need any fixing." And as one of the most conservative people I know once said, "How does it affect me if Frank and Larry down the street want to get married? Frank and Larry are already gay. They already live together. Being able to get married isn't going to make them gay. How does their getting married affect me sitting here watching TV? It doesn't"
I have no way of knowing if these are dentures or not, but if they're not, Billy Joel's teeth are exquisite.
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