OK, new rule: you must be at least 25 years old in order to publish your biography/autobiography. Make it 30 years old. I mean, really. It was bad enough when what's-his-name, the football player, published "Give Me the Damn Ball" at the tender age of 22. But now, what do I see on the bookstore shelves? A biography of Bristol Palin. Who's only claim to fame is being the pregnant teen daughter of the governor of Alaska, and former Vice-Presidential candidate, Sarah Palin. She's 20. I mean, other than listening to her justify having sex with her boyfriend at the age of 17, without using protection, mind you, what else do we really need to read about her?
Then, there is Justin Bieber who, despite the fact that he looks 12 (my darling wife assures me he's 18), has his own biography on the shelves, "My Story So Far." His story so far? Couldn't that fit into a pamphlet? Granted, he's a big celebrity, but could you really stretch the first 18 years of someone's life into several hundred pages?
And here's the other thing, you know that this won't be the last time these two, and others like them, grace the book shelves. I guarantee Bieber's not done writing his memoirs. And Palin assuredly isn't either. So why should I waste perfectly good money on the first few chapters of a serial? Wouldn't I be better off waiting for the whole story in the second, third or fourth publication of "their story so far?" I think so.
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Just because you don't care what others think about you, that does not make it acceptable to be an asshole.
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Homosexual marriage should be banned. Heterosexual marriage should be banned. Let's just ban all forms of marriage, shall we? That way, we could all live with and love whomever we please without the church, the government, and the "moral majority" sticking their noses in it. For those who wish to hate, don't worry. You will still have that privilege. You just won't have any political leverage to force your opinions on the rest of us.
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Notepad ++ is like Notepad on steroids. Outstanding!
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And then there was the Aggie who thought a football coach had 4 wheels. (I wonder how many wheels it does have)
Friday, July 29, 2011
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