This weekend, I grabbed a copy of S**t My Dad Says by Justin Halpern off the shelf at my library to see if it really was as funny as I'd heard.

It was--and then some.

After finishing the book in just two hours, I went on the CBS website and watched… Read full post »

An article was posted on CNN.com about children of divorce and their determination to stay married. Statistics show that if one person in a marriage is a child of divorce, the chances are 50% higher that the marriage will end in divorce, and 200% higher if both spouses are children of… Read full post »

Every year, every television season has a theme.

The year after Lost and Desperate Housewives premiered, every show the following Fall was either a campy, over-the-top mystery or a moody drama with long story arcs.

When the WB premiered Dawson's Creek to big ratings, teenagers took over/… Read full post »

I work at a library, and part of my job involves helping people find books to read.

One disturbing sentence keeps popping up.

"I don't like to think."

People actually say this--unabashedly even.

They say when they read they don't like to think. I've also heard some of these same people… Read full post »

This primary season has been famous for one thing:

The anti-incumbent sentiment.

I understand the feeling of many of the voters out there.

They feel that things have gotten so bad, it's simply not enough to keep flip-flopping Democrats and Republicans.

This makes sense.… Read full post »

My grandmother shared this story with me.

It involves her mother, my great-grandmother, who died when I was three.

First, you have to understand that my great-grandmother has become a mythic figure in my family. She was the woman who made my mom go out and get a job while she… Read full post »

This week in the word of post-modernism, a person is accused of plagiarizing...their own life.

Okay, it's a bit trickier than that.

Tony Blair is being accused of taking lines from the movie "The Queen" written by Peter Morgan, and using them in his book "A Journey."

The lines in question come from a… Read full post »

The concept of states being given back the opportunity to make rulings regarding laws that would normally be federal domain is obviously a very stirring issue for me.

For one thing, we've seen that when we allow this to happen, a cult with a lot of money--otherwise known as the Mormon church--can… Read full post »

About a month after 9/11 happened, there was a toy convention.

I read about it in the newspaper.

One of the more interesting toys at the convention was a scaled-down replica of the Titanic.

The inventor had turned the entire thing into a slip and slide.

That's right. Kids could slide… Read full post »

A&E is developing a new show where--

Brace yourselves.

--A celebrity will come out of the closet every week.

Remember when coming out in Hollywood meant your career was over?

It still does.

Except now you can have a few extra minutes of fame on A&E before the phone stops ringing.

Does this mean I w… Read full post »

Engineers have finally done it.

They've finally found a new invention that is equal parts creepy and unnecessary.

Cars can now tweet.

There is a new device in cars that allows the car to update a twitter account saying things like--

"Cathy is stuck in traffic"

and

"Jim is on Main Street."

Welcome to 1984 ev… Read full post »

I work in a library, so I am around kids every so often.

Some of the kids can be a little grumpy, and that's when I bust out the bunny trick.

Now, it's not very hard to make a kid smile when they're in a library. For one thing, they… Read full post »

After making a comment while promoting her new movie that women shouldn't have to wait for a man to come along before they decide to have children, Jennifer Aniston was attacked by Bill O'Reilly "throwing a message out to 12-year-olds and 13-year-olds that, 'Hey you don't need a guy. You don't… Read full post »

Lisa Schwarzbaum from Entertainment Weekly recently went back and reviewed "Inception" again after a recommendation from Chris Nolan to give it another viewing.

I decided to do the same thing and came up with this list:

Top Ten Things You Notice About Inception the Second Time Around:

10. Leonardo DiCa… Read full post »

I never thought I'd write this next sentence, but here I go--

Tax Snookie.

Yup, you heard me.

The Jersey Shore cast member was recently quoted as saying that she's against Obama because he put a tax on tanning.

Now, I'm sure that some clever reality show producer was at least… Read full post »

One of the most frustrating elements of the gay marriage is the way the proponents, opponents, and the media play word games when discussing the issue.

Today on Yahoo, they said the "culture war" has been revived.

Sorry, but I don't see that as being appropriate. To say that gay people and the… Read full post »

"This is Jenny. She's reading at an eighth grade level and she's two days old. We're very proud."

I don't understand what the fixation is with having a gifted kid.

Obviously, if you have a gifted kid, it's wonderful, but why do so many people act as if it's not only… Read full post »

There's a word I'd like to see redefined:

Prostitute.

What exactly is a prostitute?

(Noun) A person who performs sexual activity for payment.

Maybe redefine is the wrong word. I'd like to see the definition expanded.

Here's why:

If you turn on the television and flip around a little, it won't be long bef… Read full post »

Recently, I made a decision to be more polite.

My biggest fear was that I'd turn into a doormat. I was afraid that if I took a polite approach, I'd wind up getting steamrolled by everybody around me.

It turns out that I grossly underestimated the power of being polite.

Shortly after deciding I… Read full post »

I have to admit, after watching the last season of American Idol, my love for Ellen Degeneres was dwindling.

It was painful watching her on a show where she clearly had little to contribute. I loved the idea of an average viewer/music-buyer as a judge on the show, but Ellen was obviously… Read full post »