Holy Schmoly!

I skipped my blog on Friday because I ended up taking a surprise trip to Albany to see the one and only, the legendary, the official queen of mean…LISA LAMPANELLI! Friends of mine called me around 5pm and told me of their plans to go up to the Palace Theater, an absolutely beautiful theater by the way, and invited me to tag along with them. At first I was a little weary about the whole thing because funds are tight right now, but I’d been having a rather stressful week and thought a break like this was well deserved.
As it turns out my weekend only got exponentially weirder from Friday on…Kyle and I finally got together on Saturday, and while I had a great time…it was weird. Have you ever been with someone you totally thought you’d connected with, only to find out that was NOT the case at all and the whole evening just looks weird in retrospect? That’s the rant on my weekend.
I do want to take a few minutes to touch on the latest development in the financial bailout drama. I’m not sure how I feel about the fact that the House has rejected the bailout (claiming to do so because too many voters were against it). I feel like I should be excited and that, in some weird way, my faith in humanity has been restored. The idea that seems to resonate throughout congress right now is that they don't feel its right to bail out renegade financial executives and companies. I found a quote that really just made me feel like maybe…just maybe, the country isn’t doomed: “Conservatives saw too much government interference in free markets and too high a price tag; liberals thought it provided too much help for Wall Street and not enough for distressed homeowners.” Wait a second, it seems like…no, this can’t be….BOTH sides are seeing eye to eye on something, it must be the apocalypse. I’ve also come across a new…fantastically hysterical drinking game relating to the presidential debates (link below). I suggest everyone checks it out.
Finally, I bring you news that really makes me laugh, although I don’t think I should be laughing. Last week a bunch of Somali pirates attacked and seized a Ukrainian ship off the coast of Africa. Somali is the world’s leader in piracy, weird, and about once a week they seize a ship. I really thought pirates were nearly non-existent and this little tidbit just made me chuckle.
Oh yeah…and there is a family in Arkansas that has 18 children. Why? Because they are religious zealots…Michelle Duggar, the fertile uterus aka mother of 18, said when asked if they will have more “We would love more. We really believe that each child is a gift from God. We would love to receive more gifts if the Lord sees fit. I guess we’ll just wait and see.”

The question I pose today is this: Have you ever laughed at something you knew was wrong to laugh at (ie - real pirates or Palin's unwed knocked up teeny-bopper? Did you feel guilty doing so?

Holy Shit…

XOXO - Maxine

For more information on the NON-existent bailout:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcclatchy/20080929/pl_mcclatchy/3058710

For more the rules of the debate drinking game:
http://airamerica.com/maddow/blog/2008/sep/26/rules-tonights-debate-drinking-game

For more information on the US Navy vs. Pirates:
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5iBJRGljzO-MrwMKW5CFFMbkUIBVw

For more information on the Duggar family:
http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/26942419/