Sad

Recently I read that when you have a friend who never says a flattering thing about anyone, they absolutely have nothing nice to say about you to anyone else.

So sad, and so true.

Cele-bri-tay!

What is this "celebrity" status, that eliminates your human rights?

You have tacitly consented to having your image used in the public eye, and thereby agreed that anything you do within sight of another, either present or remote, may be suitable for publication.

You can never be shirtless in ANY situation with the expectation that you are alone, without understanding and accepting that your physical attributes will be viciously attacked by bitter queens on anonymous message boards of varying quality.

As compensation, you are a celebrity. That is your profession, and that is how you support your lifestyle.

As a professional celebrity, it is expected that you obtain a percentage, or "kick," from the media outlets that devote air time or ink space to you.

Mrs Fisk at PS8

She was a "floating" teacher, who would visit our class each week when it was time for our music lesson.

Mrs Fisk had highly styled dyed red hair. Her sweaters were always tight against her torpedo breasts. Her nails were long and painted, and she favored bangle bracelets that clanged when she moved her arms.

Her manicure always made a better impression when she moved her arms.

She presided over our weekly school assemblies like a stern general. Proper attire was required ar these events, which meant jackets and ties for the gentlemen and dresses for the ladies. The white glove requirement hadn't been enforced for five or six years.

Anyone without a tie was dismissed as a "weed" that had to be removed, to be kept from spoiling her "beautiful garden."

Halloween always reminds me of Mrs Fisk. Maybe it's the orange...

Love me some Joel

Tonight on "The Soup," I confirmed what I had long suspected: they re-edit the show after its initial airing Friday nights. The second showing, which immediately follows the first, had some worthwhile ommissions.

Before going into the "Clip of the Week" segment, which featured three over-the-top gay judges from the "Crowns and Tiaras" pageants doing a guest gig of judging a "Glitz" pageant, Joel stressed that he was now officially LEAVING the segment which had immediately followed, called "What Your Boyfriend is Looking At." (This week's "WYBILA" segment featured a slick talker who was attempting to "entice" attractive young women at a pool party to work for his company, by complimenting them on their breasts and offering them full medical benefits for anything that might be ailing their vaginas.

When the show aired for the second time, Joel's disclosure about the Glitz segment specifically NOT being part of the WYBILA segment had been clipped out.

I'm just sayin'...

Love me some BRT!

Today the SFGate paid a much deserved paeon to Berkeley Repertory Theater and the incredible work that they do.

The current production, "American Idiot," has been extended through November 17. Go.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/10/16/MN6R1A2PO1.DTL

MT presents MJ

Madame Tussaud's has just unveiled a wax figure of Michael Jackson.

Madame Tussauds Hollywood welcomed "The King of Pop", Michael Jackson, to its star studded wax attraction on Thursday, August 27. The pop superstar's wax figure is the newest addition to the attraction's collection and just in time for what would have been his 51st birthday.

More Family Values!

So the kidnapped and sex-enslaved 28 year old woman who was kept a prisoner from the age of 11 and bore two children by this man and his wife, who were both registered sex offenders, is only a warm-up for the truly sensational story of Jon and Kate getting into an argument in the parking lot of the Toys'R'Us while their adorable sextuplets lined up to take a bus ride to their first day of school!

It seems as if only yesterday those two kids were so deeply in love, and their family was the blossoming fruit of their union. Jon and Kate, plus eight.