I Thought I Needed a Nap...

44 year old woman gives birth to her 18th child.

Yet Another Good Summer Movie...

Breaking News Batman Fans: Batman arrested! Christian Bale allegedly arrested on charges of beating up his mum and sis. Dysfunctional Bale or Joking family?The Dark Knight is another must see movie this summer. Except for the macabre, capricious, relentless manslaughter, it would be a great family flick.

Kit Kittredge-An American Must See

Another movie recommendation: Kit Kittredge, An American Girl. I thought it would be a shameless brainwashing ploy to get me to spend $560 on a doll, but no, it's a great movie! Great acting, great plot, great soundtrack and great 1930's wardrobes.

I was personally inspired by Julia Ormond gardening in a dress and heels. It's rated G and you'll leave the theater all warm and fuzzy inside, and not because you ate a bucket of buttery popcorn.

Movie Recommendation...from the Great Tattoo

When my 30 year old brother recommends a "a good family movie" I tend to wince. He usually recommends movies or shows with the words 'blood sport, cage fighting, tap out, and mixed martial arts' in the title. He also likes tattoos. Nothing wrong with tattoos, he just has a lot. Stereotypically speaking, he doesn't exactly fit the part of family movie critic.

But this time, he was right. Although it's two years old, I just got around to watching The Ultimate Gift. Sure, sure it's got its cheesy moments, and it's a bit long, but it's heartwarming and thoughtful and teaches some down right great life lessons.

It stars Abigail Breslin, James Garner, Brian Dennehey and scads of great actors. My little 7 year olds got restless but the older crowd stayed pretty much glued to the TV. Although it can be categorized as a 'Christian' movie, it has some great actors who do some great acting. Thus, unlike Facing the Giants, lends itself to public recommendation.

The Ultimate Gift should not be confused with the New York Times story: The Ultimate Gift: 50 years of Organ Transplants. Also, a great gift.

Tasty Summer Treats...

I've discovered Sugar-Free Fudgesicles from Aldi. I've tried name brand frozen concoctions by the same name, but only the off beat Aldi store carries a pretty good sugar free fudgesicle.

In fact, it's even better when dipped into a warm jar of Hershey's Hot Fudge. The cool, fudgy ice cream like substance meets the warm, rich, soothing mess of delectable hot fudge in swirls of sin on a stick. Mmmm.

I spent the whole night licking and dipping, I'm pretty sure I ate the stick.

You didn't really think I had good recipes or something did you? But if you do, feel free to pass them on to me. My digestive tract can't take much more of these wooden sticks.

More Irrelevant News

Also in the news: The woman/man gives birth to a healthy girl.

We talked about this story in April, just after Oprah broke the news to world.

Oddly enough, this story was not People.com's top story. Angelina Jolie stole that top spot once again with news that she entered a hospital. Not to give birth, just that she entered the hospital. It just goes to show, an entire female reproductive system may get you the spotlight, but fake boobs will get you everything.

Speaking of fireworks...

Do you ever have one of those days where you sit around, get nothing of consequence done but love every minute of it? I've heard some experts label this behavior as 'being on vacation.' Since I can't afford to go to a tropical island getaway, I'm avoiding all housework, as if I actually am on vacation.

After an HOUR long game of Uno Attack with the kids, I ordered a smoothie from an underage cabana boy, cranked up the Bob Marley and hopped on the Internet to indulge in a little celebrity gossip. I read this article about Christie Brinkley's ugly divorce proceedings.



In brief: two years ago Christie's husband, Peter Cook, was caught having an affair with a teenager. Now they both want sole custody of the kids. What caught my attention was the attorney's statement as to why Christie wants to keep her kids:

Norman Sheresky, Cook's lead attorney, repeated his assertion that the supermodel (apparently one never outgrows this label) pushed for the trial to punish her architect husband. "I think it's pretty clear she's doing this out of revenge," he told reporters.

Later he said, "during the custody case you're going to find out how angry she was. There's an independent doctor who was appointed in this case. He said she was boinkered by anger."

She was boinkered by anger? Boinkered? According to Miriam Webster, there is no such word as boinkered. There is, however, BOINKED. Which, as we know, Christie was not the one who was boinked. I'm not a psych major but that seems like a fairly large Freudian slip, Norman.

Anyway, horny Norman went on to say that ol' Pete wants full custody of the kids because "Brinkley has inappropriately criticized Peter in front of the kids."

Just out of curiosity, how do you appropriately criticize someone who has shacked up with a girl just four years older than his step son? Yikes.

All the more reason to be boinkered, mon.

Let Freedom Ring!

Happy Fabulous Fourth Of July! I've spent the last few days reading about the human rights atrocities being committed in Burma, but I'll save that topic for later. I recently found this article on the front page of the Philadelphia Inquirer. In Philly, for pete's sake-the city of our forefathers; the city of Rocky!

Some of you may agree with the columnist, and if so, you probably don't read this blog often. Of course, I don't write often...Or were you looking for a potato salad recipe? Either way, this is not the right site. Anyway, I was incensed about the article and posted a comment to the columnist.

I hope you all have a wonderful, celebratory, firework filled Fourth of July weekend. How great is our freedom!