Britney, you poor white trash soul

So it's been a while since I've written anything on account of a busy Christmas to New Years, but a recent news item has prompted me back into action. Britney is in the news again, folks. Far be it from me to harp on the absurd lives of celebrities--I have better things to occupy my time with--yet I've let this go on too long without saying anything. Ms. Spears is a train wreck, people. I would like to give her the benefit of the doubt, that the media is spinning her torrid tale into their sugar daddy. But I simply can't do that any longer. While they may exacerbate her clearly disturbed existence by constantly hounding her and speculating as to her private doings (and at the same time making her privates a little less private by plastering photos of her pubic area all over the public arena), a lot of this is of her own making. The New York Times website article linked above details Spears steady descent into sin, everything from fender benders to rehab stints to running over photographers' feet to shaving her head to "out-of-control" drunk behavior. And now she's under the influence of "an unknown substance" fighting over custody with K Fed. Good golly! I now see what the rest of America loves about this woman. Here we have a white trash bimbo living with movie stars who found money and fame young and spent both with the immature recklessness sweeping this nation's mainstream. Not to sound like the Westboro Baptist Church and their whole America-as-a-nation-of-sinners-and-9/11-is-God's-Wrath-for-tolerance-of-homosexuals bit, but as a nation where in theory, all classes of people have the same vote, in practice America has no class. Let's get our shit together, America.

So yeah, that's my rant on that little topic.

Moving on, I had a guest here for what ended up being five days thanks to a nice little blizzard. We got some quality Arrested Development in, as well as that whole snowshoeing thing that seems to be sweeping the nation.

Otherwise, not a whole lot going on these days. Obama won in Iowa, but more importantly Hillary lost. I found a refurbished original Xbox for only sixty bucks online. My books for sale on half.com are selling well. I get to eat apple pie in a bit.

All in all, things are going well.

Before I leave though, here's today's Youtube Clip of the Day (it's extremely short; watch on repeat). Stupid goalie kid.

OK, well, ciao for now and you stay classy, America.