Parenting in a Celebrity-Drive Society.
I watched President Obama on the Jay Leno show last night, and thought the whole thing was going rather well. The Tonight Show host was doing a good job of letting the President cut loose, so to speak. That is until Leno asked him about those incredibly dumb talented, self-centered community oriented, and exemplary klan family the Kardashians. By [...]
We watched the music awards show on and off, and only what appealed to the various tastes in our household. Coldplay's “Viva La Vida” was our top choice to win as many Grammys as it was nominated for. Of course, for my teenaged daughter the Jonas Brothers being denied the victory again – they were upset by Britney Spears at the VMA's – was a disappointment, especially loosing to someone she'd never heard off!
There's been an idea floating around about the $850 billion (the amount changes daily, so don't quote me on this!) the heads of our country want to inject into our floundering economy … Mom heard about a formula for disbursing this much discussed financial bail-out money to the people which seems to make perfect sense to her – and frankly, me too.
