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Our thoughts are with Mel Gibson and his girlfriend Oksana Grigorieva who welcomed a baby girl. Word is the baby wasn't due until some time in December, and as the parents of a pre-term baby my Life and I hope everything is OK.
That said, what a schmuck. 28 years of marriage? 7 children? Wasn't enough, so you thought you'd throw another mouth into the line to consume food and fuel and produce garbage and methane? Good plan. And, speaking as a raised Catholic, knowing Mel is a... what do we call him... Catholic Nutjob? Catholic squared? Concentrated Catholic? I find the divorce after 28 years a bit lousy.
Which touches on something I was thinking about today. Fame and children.
Now that this blog has made me world famous in Poland I would like to tell you what my day to day goals are. Very simple. There are only 2.
- Keep my marriage happy.
- Make sure that I am the kind of parent who, if my children should one day write tell-all memoirs about me, will be spoken well of.
I certainly don't want Mackenzie Phillips writing a memoir about me. Or Adam Nimoy. Or even Chelsea Clinton. And poor John Gosselin has 8 whole bullets to dodge. Then there's Britney (the bathtub!), Michael (the balcony!), and Abraham (the altar!)!
What is it about a little bit of fame that makes James Dickey think it will be anything BUT damaging to his son to give him the job of stand-in for Ned Beatty during the "barrel" scene in Deliverance? What the hell is wrong with these people?
Just stick to my general guidelines and you'll be fine. That goes for celebrities, too.
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