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 Separated
at birth?
I haven't really seen much of NBC's "Reality" Dating
series, Average Joe. When I tuned in and saw Adam Mesch
I thought he kinda looked like a fat, drunk version of my
pal Puppy. Now a couple weeks later and the show had it's
two hour finale, I've received five emails suggesting that
Puppy and Adam bear a striking resemblance. Beyond the facial
similarities, they both have a bashfull, yet enthusiastic
vibe, big bank accounts and a great group of friends who love
and admire them. Even more coincidentally, they both breate
air!
About the show
Very sad that the stupid bitch Melena didn't choose Adam.
It wasn't very surprising though considering how the editing
made her look very shallow from the start. My Hollywood contacts
tell me that when the guys got off the bus, she stormed off
into the desert and was unconsollable for hours. Apparently
the producers had to offer her a huge amount of money to finish
the project. When they brought in the models mid-season, Melena's
whole demeanor shifted and she focused soley on them. Yes,
she could explain it away that she was just trying to get
to know the new guys, but she made so many comments about
how great they looked that it soon became obvious that looks
were a HUGE deal for her.
Now that Melena's chosen her model man, I'll be glad to have
her off the airwaves. I'm sick of all these great looking
empty headed people trying to be all deep, wavering on and
on about their "romantic journeys" and the "dating
adventure" they're supposedly on together. The truth
is, it was a five-week farce. Maybe her emotions were "real"
for her, but that's not saying much given the fact that she
was paid to make them. She gave a cringe-worthy performance
all the way through and proved that she's not much better
than ABC's Trista Rhen, whom NBC was obviously trying to clone
when they chose her...
My First X-Mas Miracle of the Year
OK, so some scrooges out there might not think it's so miraculous,
but it felt like a miracle to me at the time. I needed to
go grocery shopping and wanted to do so before the big rains
hit. I got out of the house later than I had hoped and walked
to the store. I left it with a huge and heavy bag of groceries
and found little sprinkles of percipitation falling on the
sidewalk. As I got to the corner, I could see a bus. I checked
my pockets and didn't have any change. The drops got bigger
and more abundant, so I whipped out a dollar hoping that the
Bus Driver would take pitty on me and waive the additional
charge. That extra quarter really sucks now that I don't have
a monthly travel card. OK, so here's the miraculous part.
The bus stops for a red light and I'm praying that I can get
on for just a dollar because the rain had begun in earnest.
I managed to get a dollar out of my pocket and I had it in
my hand underneath my grocery bag. Then out of nowhere, I
see a bus transfer! I had my hood up so I had no periphrial
vision, and a heavy bag of groceries in front of me made looking
around difficult. When I turned I saw some Hispanic guy nudging
a bus transfer towards my free hand. I offered him the dollar
bill in my other hand, but he just kept walking along and
mumbled something in Spanish. So I got a free ride on a warm,
dry bus for most of the way home. I've heard it said that
the devil is in the details, but Christmas miracles are too!
No Real Surprise...
The Associated Press released a story this week that yet
another reality TV couple has split. Andrew Firestone and
Jen Schefft from "The Bachelor" have gone their
seperate ways..
 The
heir to the Firestone tire and wine fortune proposed to Schefft,
a petite Marcia Brady look-alike, in May on the ABC dating
show after spending weeks whitling down his options in an
excellerated schedule. The latest bachelor on the show ended
his run with a ring then told his gal to wear it on the right
hand until they get to know each other better.
It seems like everytime the guys get to pick, they eventually
break up and when the women get to pick, the couples get married.
Maybe someday TV producers will figure it out...
 Sadam
Caught
Without a single shot fired, US troops captured Saddam Hussein
hiding in a hole near his hometown of Tikrit. People have
called it "a major coup for Washington's beleaguered
occupying force in Iraq." I think it still remains to
be seen. Getting rid of Sadam had been accomplished and the
US Administration has back-peddled quite far from their WMD
reasoning for their war to focus soley on getting rid of Sadam.
I guess this gives them more legitimacy with locals in Iraq
and maybe they can make some political gain out of it at home,
but really it doesn't explain why Americans have to die in
Iraq. I'm surprised the American regime is going to allow
him to come to trial because by all accounts, Sadam's most
heinous actions occured when he was a puppet of the United
States. I can just see Sadam's trial and all the major news
agencies will drag out the old footage of Donnie Rumsfeld
shaking hands with Sadam on behalf of Reagan and Bush One.
I guess this means we've turned a major corner in the Shrub's
astonishing war for oil. Now the biggest challenge the American
forces have will be to keep Sadam alive long enough to stand
trial in whatever kangaroo court they can muster.
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Week
Ending 14 December
The
Age of Imperialism
