Pray for Britney

I really do feel sorry for Britney Spears. It's very obvious that no one parented her well when she was a child. Then she became a superstar and was allowed to do whatever she wanted. She has no concept of reality now....and it's coming back to hurt her severely.

This quit being funny a while ago. It's just tragic now. A young woman's life is on the line, and it is time for her mother to step in.

If Britney's mother truly loves her, she would get her into some kind of program. It might hurt, it might be difficult, but Lynne should go to court and fight to get legal custody of Britney on the grounds that she cannot make rational decisions right now. Get her into rehab, therapy, and whatever program she needs...and stay with her to see that it is done. Remove the people around her that are enabling her.

I realize this is asking for a lot. This is the woman who allowed her 16 year old daughter to live with her older boyfriend and get pregnant.

But with all her faults, Lynne may be the only person who can actually help her. To do that, Lynne needs to step up and be a mother. Not a friend, not a manager, not a parasite. A mother.

Let's hope she can do it. Not for money, not for acclaim, but in order to save her daughter's life.

But by all means...keep this freak away from her. All he'll try to do is exploit her for ratings and book sales.

National Treasure

My son and I went to see National Treasure: Book of Secrets the other day.

What a fun movie. Yes, there are plotholes...yes it's not overly realistic...but it's a fun adventure movie with some history thrown in along the way. I think Nicholas Cage plays the hero in these movies better than any other role he's done.

Diane Kruger is spunky and beautiful as Cage's on-again/off-again girlfriend. And Justin Bartha is fantastic as his sidekick. The chemistry between these three actors in these roles is what makes the movie work...especially Bartha and his humor. The movie would not work at all without Bartha.

The delightful Helen Mirren played a very different kind of role than what she's known for...

and her scenes with Jon Voight were hysterically funny.

As for Ed Harris, he made a great villain.

Yes, I know that the movie has a ton of plot holes and that it's very implausible. But sometimes you just want to have some fun adventure along the lines of the Indiana Jones movies. Sometimes things don't have to make sense...they just need to be fun. This is one of those movies.

Only One More Year

Happy New Year!


There are a lot of things to look forward to in the coming year. Perhaps the best thing?




This is the final full year of the Bush administration!!! In late January of 2009, the idiot will no longer be in charge!

Let's just hope he's not replaced with this idiot.