FARRAH-IN MEMORIUM

This may be late, but I'm a busy gal! Anyway, I was saddened by Farrah's suffering in her end days and her death. When I was a child I was fascinated by her beauty and when my friends and I played Charlie's Angels, we fought over who was going to be Jill (Farrah). I also had the famous haircut, although it didn't look as good as hers!
I do not feel this way because she was famous. It is because she was a real person who suffered horribly and died as a result of cancer--an illness that strikes millions of people worldwide regardless of class, wealth or fame. Her type of cancer is very rare, however, and her documentary helped to raise awareness of this type of cancer. Many people who think they may have this type of cancer are embarrassed and don’t seek treatment until it is too late because it is so stigmatized.
No doubt fame & wealth got her documentary aired and viewed by millions. However, she had the character to show us her humanity. She was stripped of her beauty and deathly sick but was determined to document her struggle. In regard to this, Ryan O’Neal commented, "Farrah has never, ever talked about how unfair it is," O'Neal said. "There was always courage there, and a quiet dignity. Farrah never changed."
So, I will remember her not for her hair, her beauty, her stint on Charlie's Angels or even her 3 Emmy-Award winning roles; but I will remember her for her vulnerability coupled with inner strength and character as she lived out her last months.

COMMERCIALS

I was looking at comments people posted stating which commercials they liked/hated and why in response to an article titled I Hate That Commercial You Love. Multiple comments made about the Quizno’s oven commercial confirmed that I really am not crazy and I do not have a filthy mind (some may beg to differ on either point). Many people commented on the sexual innuendo in the commercials. I hated the one when the oven tells the submaker, Scott, to “put it in him”. I cringed every time I heard that! I found it creepy and disturbing, and wondered if it was meant to have a sexual undertone. If Quizno’s goal was to impart to us that their subs are soooo delicious that we need to get one right now, why didn’t they have the oven say something like, “Load me up, Scotty” (heh heh, like Star Trek!), “Fire me up” “ I just melt for them..” you get the idea…or another phrase devoid of sexual innuendo? If they really wanted to get sexual, they should have had some sexy female co-worker with “Scott” to say that instead of the oven in my opinion.
Many people said they were creeped out by the Geico stack of money with eyes. Personally, I think it's funny, especially since Rockwell's Somebody's Watching Me plays when people spot it. The money and the song is just so corny that I have to laugh.
The commercial I hate with a passion right now is the one for Wendy's twisted frosties. I want to punch that guy at the end right in the teeth when he says "FROSSSTY!" like he's some kind of hottie. YUCK!

"No country can be called free which is governed by an absolute power; and it matters not whether it be an absolute royal power or an absolute legislative power, as the consequences will be the same to the people." ~ Thomas Paine

Caption reads, Cowbell-you need more of it.

I've got my SNL Walken as Bruce Dickenson tee on. My husband & daughter HATE it, but I don't care! I LOVE IT! "I've got a fever and the prescription is MORE COWBELL!" Christopher Walken is one of my fave character actors, I love the skit on SNL and I love that song! However, I seriously hate cowbells in rock songs. As a teen I used to get pissed at Motley Crue for using too much cowbell in some of their songs on their first album, Too Fast For Love (upper-right corner).

Yes, I said album--no typo--I have this in vinyl! Still have it and many other albums.

SHAVED PUSS

I laughed my arse off when I saw this pic. Why the hell would anyone want to make their poor cat look this freaky?And if you are going to do it, why not shave the whole cat? I can't decide which looks more ridiculous--the fluffy paws or the poofy bobblehead?! WTF! Actually, I would love to do this to my Aunt Kathy's cat Bentley. I clean her house once a month because she is in poor health. It only took me about 2-3 hours to clean it before she adopted Bentley, her long-haired cat. He's friendly and adorable, but now it takes me twice as long to clean her house because of all the friggin' cat fur 1) covering every square inch of carpet; 2) blowing across the hardwood floors like tumbleweeds; and C) (that was for the benefit of my hubby) embedded in the couches & chairs. Little f%&@er!!
I am SO tempted to do this, but I don't think either one of them would appreciate it. I can fantazize, can't I?

CONGRATULATIONS, PENS!

AND IN THIS CORNER...

For those that know me, I'm no prude and enjoy the occasional crude, crass, tasteless joke. However, I agree with Gov. Palin that David Letterman's jokes (supposed to be)aimed at Bristol, her 18-year-old daughter, were indeed tasteless and "crossed the line". Letterman erroneously thought that Palin's older daughter was at the New York Yankees' game with her family when he joked, “There was one awkward moment during the seventh inning stretch. Her daughter was knocked up by Alex Rodriguez.” Letterman also said the hardest part about the Palins’ trip to New York was “keeping [former New York Gov.] Eliot Spitzer away from her daughter.” It was Willow her 14-year old, not Bristol, who attended the game. Palin suggested that Letterman's jokes about her daughter contribute to a culture “that says it’s OK to talk about statutory rape." Palin also said that the attitude displayed in Letterman’s routine “does contribute to some acceptance of abuse of young women.” She called it “a sad commentary on where we are as a culture, as a society, to chuckle and laugh through [such] comments.” Even though Letterman set the record straight that the jokes were about Bristol and not Willow, I still don't think the jokes are funny and I agree with Senator Palin that statutory rape and similar acts should not be fodder for jokes and us laughing at such jokes is a "sad commentary" on American culture. I stopped listening to Howard Stern years ago when, on one braodcast, he and Robin were making jokes about someone in the news who was sexually abused as a child. They were making really sick jokes and making disturbing noises and such. I got sick to my stomach and turned off the radio, totally pissed off. I do believe in freedom of speech and I practice what I preach--if I don't like something, I turn it off. But I also believe that with free speech comes responsibility and accountability. 'Nuff said for now.

"The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well." -Ralph Waldo Emerson