Flavor du Jour

Janet Reno held a campaign stop at a popular Florida Night Club. Charging $25 a person, I hardly think this campaign was designed to make money, or even to really get the votes (less than 1500 people showed up). In fact, the true purpose was so Reno could pick up and ogle hot young chicks. Reno, who supposedly was pulled over during her days as District Attorney in Florida drunk behind the wheel and with a prostitute in the passenger seat, has been rumored to have a thing for women. And with her built in vibrator, perhaps she's an attractive choice.

Officer's in Vancouver, British Columbia are nabbing drivers not wearing seatbelts by posing as "Squeegee Kids." The officers offer to wash the drivers window for a small fee, and then peer into the car to see if they're wearing their seatbelts. Then, they give a signal to a uniformed officer down the road to pull them over. At the end of the article it mentions that the money from the window washing is donated to a local food bank. I'm just wondering if that fee is taken out of the price of the ticket, or if it's tax deductible.

Another One Bites the Dust

It's no surprise that Angelina Jolie and Billy Bob Thornton have decided to divorce. No amount of tattoos, blood filled pendants, or cemetery plots can cure the disease which seems to affect nearly all Hollywood marriages at some point or another. Not even Nicole Kidman and Tom Cruise could keep their 10 year marriage together.

The problem is the blatant selfishness of Hollywood's elite. Living a life of luxury and pampering, having every wish, whim, and desire met can't be good for a relationship. Anyone who's had a successful long-term relationship or marriage can tell you that it takes sacrifice. When it becomes all about you--your needs, your dreams, your goals--it can't last. A marriage cannot survive when one person decides that only what's most important to them matters. Or when they decide that instead of sacrificing for their partners happiness they decide that their partner should sacrifice for theirs. A real marriage is give and take--and Hollywood's elite don't know what it means to give. Sure, they attend all sorts of charity events, and go on interviews where they talk about the plight of some poor group of people they claim to understand because they played them in a movie. But, there's no real sacrifice on their part. All of the glory with none of the pain.

Jolie reportedly told Us Weekly "It's clear to me that our priorities shifted overnight." No they didn't. They just finally realized what their priorities really were--themselves. It's hard being the spoiled rich kid. You're used to having everything your way. And suddenly when you have to (gasp!) share with someone else--i.e. share your life, your dreams, your goals, your future--it can be hard to cope. They don't know sacrifice, so they don't know love.

Until Hollywood's elite learn that this world is not all about them, and that they have to share their space with others, Hollywood's divorce rate will continue to stay as high as it has. Life is not all about fame and fortune. There's love too. The kind of love that's unconditional. A marriage is a partnership. You're no longer just one person, you're two people that make up one body. And as a member of a team, your priority cannot be yourself. You priority has to be the two of you as a whole. As the old cliche says, "There's no 'I' in team," and that's what love and marriage are all about.

Many, many moons ago my boyfriend (at the time we were only best friends) sent me a poem. It's one that has seen it's days in chain emails, and cheesy webpages with bad music and animated gifs. But, at the time I think it helped me see that in fact I wasn't really thinking about who I was calling "friends" and whether or not they really fit the definition. And if you ask Jon now, if there's anyone that understands what a real friend is, it's me. Anyway, I happened across the poem earlier today while I was looking through some old momentos, and I thought I'd share it with you. Take some time to think of those who are really your friends, and cherish them.

How Many Friends Have You?
author unknown

The old man turned to me and asked
"How many friends have you?"
Why 10 or 20 friends have I,
And named off just a few

He rose quite slow with effort
And sadly shook his head
"A lucky child you are
To have so many friends," he said

But think of what you're saying
There is so much you do not know
A friend is just not someone
To whom you say "Hello"

A friend's a tender shoulder
On which to softly cry
As well to pour your troubles down
And raise your spirits high

A friend's a hand to pull you up
From darkness and despair...
When all your other "so called" friends
Have helped to put you there

A true friend is an ally
Who can't be moved or bought
A voice to keep your name alive
When others have forgot

But most of all a friend's a heart
A strong and sturdy wall
For from the hearts of friends
There comes the greatest love of all !!!

So think of what I've spoken
For every word is true
And answer once again my child
How many friends have you??

And then he stood and faced me
Awaiting my reply
Softly I answered
"If lucky...one have I"

Well, bad little me skipped over Wednesday, and I forgot to give you your Wild Web Wednesday Website of the Week (ah, so many W's). So, in an attempt to appease my guilt-ridden conscience I'm giving you not one, but TWO websites for the price of one. You pay only shipping and handling!

Well, the first site is the "How bored are you game". Just click the link, and have a blast!

The second, for all of you naughty little boys and girls, is PORN!!! Click and enjoy!

There's a simple explanation for why this couple was using a statue of the Madonna to charge their cell phone. In this age of technology, God has started his own prayer line. By calling 1-900-PRAYERS, and paying $3.95 for the first five minutes, and .95 cents for each additional minute you can reach God directly through your cell phone. Gone are the days of the antiquated prayer method of holding your hands together.

The decision was made to switch to call in prayers after God decided that he was tired of not being able to understand what people were asking for due to the fact that they were constantly mumbling into their hands. In an unprecedented deal with Verizon Wireless, God decided to set up 1-900-PRAYERS after seeing Verizon's recent commercials in which a Verizon employee on a cell phone travels around asking "Can you hear me now?"

John Walker-Lindh has decided to plead guilty "to aiding the Taliban and possessing explosives in the commission of that crime in exchange for eight other charges being dropped."

I am sick of our justice system. The law should not be negotiable. If you break it, you must suffer the consequences. But, instead we allow people to get out of their responsibility for their actions by haggling and dealing. If he's truly guilty of the ten charges, he should be found guilty and locked away, forever. And if he's not, then he should be let free. But, the idea that he can agree to plead guilty to two charges in order to have eight others dropped, and to save him from life in prison (instead he'll probably only get 20 years) is absurd. Part of the agreement is that Walker-Lindh will aid the US in fighting Al-Qaida, the Taliban, and terrorism by providing information. I wouldn't trust a weasel like him to tell us anything of any real value. So what if they're going to conduct polygraph exams on him. Those tests are definitely not error proof. They are easy to trick if you know how.

There has also been a fight for a while now by Walker-Lindh's lawyers to have a number of his statements deemed inadmissible in court. Everything you say, and everything you do, no matter the circumstances, should be admissible in court. And the burden should be on you and your lawyers to prove to the judge/jury that what you said and did was beyond your control, or happened for other reasons, or was unrelated, or whatever the excuse may be. Otherwise, everything is relevant.