Celebrity Sighting #233

I was recently at the Getty Museum in the "central garden" when I met one of the old geezers from Everybody Loves Raymond. I think his character's name is Garvin. He's got the really hooked nose and he always raises his arms and shouts, "Hey hey, it's RAY-MOND!!!" when he sees Raymond.

Seriously, though, the d00d is O-L-D, like on oxygen and ready to die O-L-D.

A void

There was some discussion in our adoption class over the weekend about talking to our future daughter about how they were adopted and how they came to be with us. One of the pitfalls might be to tell our daughter that we were infertile and that she became our "second" or "last" choice.

And I thought of something I should have said, but I probably couldn't have in front of everyone else.

For us, the void that exists in our lives is like a puzzle piece that is missing, or a chair that doesn't have anyone to sit in it. We kept trying to fit something into the void to see if it would fit and it never did. The pieces we tried to fit in were too big or too small, or the wrong shape, so that it just fell out. Anyone who tried to sit in the empty seat found it didn't fit them correctly.

But soon, the correct puzzle piece will fit and stay. The chair will be filled with the person who is supposed to sit there. It will be a very good thing.

SJP

I saw the recent (one of many) commercials featuring Sarah Jessica Parker. I personally think she is old and fugly as shit. I never though she was hot, not even during the height (if you want to call it that) of the Sex and the City days. As far as I recall, the only nudity I saw on the show was that other old fugly on the show. Goddamn, I forgot her name, but she was the one who was near menopause.

If SJP isn't the most overrated "hot" old fugly ever, then I don't know who is, except maybe Holly Hunter or hardcore manly lesbian Jody Foster.

Broderick is the gay lover of Lane, anyway, so there can't be anything going on between her and Parker.

America's Next Top Idiot

I was watching America's Next Top Model (gods help me!) and heard some particularly idiotic phrases when one of the vapid mulatto aspiring model idiots was introduced to an elephant:

Quote 1: "These elephants are preposterous!"

Quote 2: "I think of them as dinosaurs. That's what they are. Elephants are part of the dinosaur family."

I'm going to jump off a bridge for watching America's Next Top Model and having to listen to these idiots talk.

Illegal immigration boycott

I haven't noticed any ill effects from the boycotts today.

I have, however, noticed a huge improvement in traffic patterns and congestion.

I think this is the downside of any kind of strike. You have several possible outcomes from this boycott in my way of thinking:

• Big protests, nobody cares, traffic is nicer, the message is, "I wish those illegals would protest more often!"
• Big protests, people care, but they ask, "So what are we supposed to do?"
• Big protests, people get angry saying, "If they're pissed off, let them leave. They cause problems for me as an employer, and I'm going to kick them out!"
• Big protests, people get polarised, saying, "I was a centrist but now I'm not so happy. We need to really crack down and fix this problem."
• Big protests, people are touched and affected, and we grant them amnesty and citizenship. Repeat this process 10 or 20 years from now.

Not very good outcomes, any of these. Whoever arranged these protests isn't too terribly bright. I predict only bad things from this. But I've been wrong before.

Da Vinci Code Balderdash

I'm getting a little sick and tired of all the hype surrounding the Da Vinci Code.

First of all, the book is a work of FICTION. It says so in the cover page.

Second, the book purports to state several "Facts" on the first page regarding the Priory of Sion and some other nonsense. These "facts" have been debunked, not once or twice or even independantly by three researchers. Not five or ten or twenty researchers have debunked it. It has been thoroughly debunked and documented by hundreds of researchers. There is a video of and interview with the creator of the hoax documents regarding the Priory of Sion who clearly recants the documents. The creator of these hoaxes and false documents was actually convicted of fraud in France.

Third, Tom Hanks' hair looks simply ridiculous.