'Jon & Kate' Sickness

What is the national obsession with the TLC show 'Jon & Kate Plus Eight'? I just do not understand the fascination with watching a couple that have a set of twins and then were crazy and had sextuplets through invitro fertilization. Why would anyone watch this show?

Okay, I admit that I caught an episode while on the treadmill at the gym because there wasn't much else on at 11am. It was amusing to watch her shop for groceries and made me feel glad that my grocery bill would never amount to as much as hers did. But I had to turn the channel when she interacted with her husband at a toy store when shopping for birthday/Christmas gifts. She spoke to him like he was one of her children. It was embarrassing and I felt uncomfortable for him and I had to change the channel. If I spoke that way to Hubby our marriage would be over and vice versa. Perhaps couples should watch this to see how NOT to treat your spouse. Honestly, is anyone really surprised that this marriage is on the rocks?

After watching this trainwreck of a marriage does anyone in the United States still want to tune in to watch more episodes? I only feel pity for their poor offspring who will have this unfortunate chapter of their lives captured on film forever. Jon & Kate need an intervention immediately to save their children from years of therapy later on. Let's do them all a favour and not watch this horrendous show.

Packing

I've really got to start packing. At this point our bed is covered with clothes, but I still haven't dug out the suitcase. Instead, I've been busy buying music from iTunes and watching a documentary on PBS, 'We Shall Remain', about the 1838 relocation of Cherokees from Southeastern US to Oklahoma territory. Must start packing.

Trip

I'm starting to get excited about the upcoming trip home later this week. Unfortunately, I'm not as enthused about packing; in fact I hate packing. Packing makes me irritated, and so I tend to procrastinate and that makes it even worse.

Can't wait to see my friend Amanda. We're going for dinner on Thursday evening and it will involve lots of alcohol, news and gossip. The sad thing is the forecast calls for cold, rainy weather that day/evening. What to pack?

What's Up With Elizabeth Edwards?

Unless you've been living under a rock, you have heard that Elizabeth Edwards has written a book about her husband's affair. All the media outlets are giving her air time to promote it so that people will run out and buy a copy. What I want to know is: what drives her to do this?

If I were Elizabeth Edwards I would keep all of this private. Time has a wonderful way of burying scandals until they become footnotes in history. New scandals emerge to shock the population and gradually we forget past transgressions. Lie low and the tabloids will drop the subject, but if you try to capitalize on your scandal by writing a book then be prepared for the glare of media scrutiny. The National Enquirer, which broke the original scandal, probably has already paid hacks to follow Rielle Hunter around trying to get DNA.

Oh, Elizabeth, when will you realize that your man let you down, and if you take him back you must accept all the dirty laundry: skanky woman he cheated with and the possible child he fathered. But, most of us wash the dirty laundry in private and do not write books and go on 'Oprah'. Does she need: money, fame, sympathy?

All is Lost on Lost

Last night's episode of 'Lost' still has me baffled and questioning what the point is for this season. It has been explained that the six must go back to the island to save it, but Locke and Sun are in the present while the other four are in 1977. The beginning of the season was interesting when Ben and Locke were trying to get the six to go back to the island, but the second-half has been, well, a tad boring. Here's hoping that they wrap up this year with a huge cliff-hanger and the writers make next season more action-packed without giant plot holes.