David Beckham looks sort of like a boy for a change. That's funny.

Charlize Theron

is hands down one of the most beautiful women, in terms of public figures, the world is aware of.

But is not immune to saying absurd things like this on set of a vogue photo shoot: "There is a part of me, as an actor, that comes alive when you throw me in a place." She continues contemplatively, "And I think Mario likes to shoot me that way."

Did I forget how to speak English or does that sentence literally not make any sense? Or maybe there is some sort of divine truth that Charlize is aware of that we are not. For example, most people, NOT as actors simply shrivel up and die when they are "thrown" in a place. Charlize has somehow learned how to side step this inconvenience. Or, Mario Testino likes to shoot her in this special state of livelihood, whereas he prefers to shoot others in a state of not being alive in a place they've been thrown into. Maybe, I'm still trying to figure it out.

I laughed out loud

One of my favorite blogs is http://www.gofugyourself.com/. The writer is hilarious, although slightly verbose, incredibly entertaining and just seems like an all around good gal.

I just read this post about Rick Springfield and had to laugh out loud. I hope it at least gives you the giggles.

PS -- I didn't know who Rick Springfield was until after the eighties were over, but let me tell you that when I saw "Jesse's Girl" for the first time I sure as hell wished I'd been born early enough to be in some sort of eighties Rick Springfield cult -- or at least to have watched him in General Hospital. That man defined sexy "cute", which is why I truly empathize with the message of the post below.

http://gofugyourself.celebuzz.com/go_fug_yourself/2009/08/i_wanna_tell_her_that_i_fug_he.html

What, me worry?

Every week I dutifully listen to Bill Maher's show via free podcast on my itunes, not having HBO on the tube at home. I love Bill Maher, I think he's hilarious. I look forward to that hour each week.

But I just heard something that disturbed me. Bill said, and I'm paraphrasing here, that he didn't know what the Federal Reserve was, and didn't know what they did. He said he wasn't sure if the people who are supposed to be experts understand our financial crisis on the basis that he does not understand it.

It's clear that Bill is a comedian and he says things for his audience and to kind of represent the people during his panel discussions...but I was really surprised to hear him say that. And even more surprised that one of his panel members after expositing a lot of finance facts also admitted that he didn't know what the Fed does, as if to dismiss it altogether, and when his ignorance was pointed out he excused it by saying, "well, I didn't go to Harvard."

What bothers me about this is that it is exactly the kind of attitude that allows people to remain uniformed and allows those big bad corporate guys to bully the "little guys" around. Liberals love to throw themselves a pity party and make themselves would-be martyrs against the guys with the money, but to use a well known quote from Eleanor Roosevelt, "No one can make you feel inferior without your consent." Not having the courage to try to understand something that seems overwhelming is giving up before you hit the starting line.

This is episode 162 of the show, btw, and what I'm talking about happens around the thirty minute mark. Also, if one wants to know what the federal reserve does, he/she has only to google it. That's like a savings of about 80 grand on Harvard tuition. And you don't have to have attended to know that.

This might be one of the best headlines ever

"Billy Mays' family: Never saw signs of cocaine use"

Really? So...they've never seen one of his infomercials? That's difficult to believe.

These colors don't run

I've been having some booze feuled debates with people concerning the disorganization of the liberal minded and democratic (although those two things aren't always the same) party set. Usually I get into these rowes with people who are liberal and/or members of the democratic party. I like to consider myself an independent, socially liberal and fiscally conservative. But I grew up in a place that was very liberal and I realized dogma can run on both sides of the street, so at times I like to hit people with the other end of the stick. Not arguing for conservatives but pointing out that they can be much more efficient than their political counterparts.

I say grating things like, "Liberals think everything can be done with feelings, air, and sunshine", which really tends to piss them off. Although, I have yet to hear a quality rebuttal.

I was reading an article online today and I read this quote, which I feel validates my viewpoint.

"We did give them a deadline, and sort of we missed that deadline. But that's OK," Obama said, regarding his project of healthcare reform.

A democratic president, with a democratic congress, can't get a bill out of committee that is founded on democratic ideals, "But that's OK" apparently.

Other reasons why Kindle sucks balls and so does amazon

I'm probably not going to get over my hatred for Kindle until it's out of business. I am waging a one woman war against it.

Recently I bought an iphone, and I'm not going to lie, I kind of miss my old phone and its simplicity. But the iphone is growing on me and because I bought the version without the video recorder it was only $100, compared to the Kindle which is either $300 or $500 depending on the capacity you want. Obviously an iphone provides MANY functions, whereas a Kindle provides only one. An iphone plays music, movies, games, is a PDA of sorts, is a phone and gasp offers book downloads as well. And while I am for all intents and purposes against making a regular habit out of reading books electronically (see previous posts about Kindle) I downloaded an app to have on hand if a book isn't on me. It's called "Classics", was .99 cents and includes not one, but 23 of the best books in classical literature from children's stories to sci fi, Sherlock Holmes and Ancient epics. Not to mention that the graphics simulate all illustrations accurately, create an appealing sepia tone for the pages and even replicate a page turning in 3-D. The font is large and easy to read. All it takes is a tap on the screen to leaf through, and b/c it fits in the palm of your hand, I imagine is much more ergonomic than the awkward large rectangle that is kindle.

The "New" Kindle boasts 16 shades of gray. Really? Are we in Steve Jobs' garage building a machine in dos? Is it 1980 something? What the fuck?

I love the testimonial video too. You have people saying how the battery life is long and you can go days without recharging it...turns out you don't ever have to recharge a book made out of paper.

Then they say Kindle is lighter than a paperback...how fucking fat and lazy have Americans gotten that they can't handle the weight of a paperback in their bag, especially when most of them only walk from their front door to their car, then from the car to the office and repeat the process at the end of the day.

One person likes to talk about how easy to use Kindle is and then they close in on her pushing buttons; it must be because actually turning a page is so arduous.

Another person says he's reading a much bigger variety of things b/c of the free samples kindle offers. There are these places called book stores and libraries where you can also get free samples before you buy something or take it home. You just...take the book off of the shelf and open it up! Shut up! It's for real I'm not lying!

But folks this is the most ridiculous thing about Amazon and its Kindle. Earlier this year they removed gay and lesbian titles on the sly, and now they've actually removed George Orwell's Classic books "1984" and "Animal Farm" without reason or explanation.

* Turns out they removed the Orwell books b/c of a copyright infringement, which proves (if the 16 shades of gray didn't do it) that this racket is run by retards. And apparently they were still dumb enough not to give a reason, and didn't see what a shitstorm of bad press it could cause.