Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Amen, Sister! (re: Roman Polanski)

Rather than write my own tirade about Roman Polanski and his rapiness, I'd rather reference salon.com's Kate Harding, whose opinions on this matter completely match mine and who is a much better writer than me.
Ah, screw it, I'm going to go on my own (much less distinguished) tirade about it, too. My freak out regarding this situation isn't even directed at Polanski or our ridiculous legal system which has allowed this jackass to party through Europe the past thirty years. It's at ANYONE who stands up for this guy; which has been, shockingly, a LOT of people. Is anyone else amazed that people are in this sociopath's corner? He's a out-of-the-closet convicted child rapist who didn't serve his prison sentence. How is this not frowned upon?! If there was EVER a reason for someone to wear a scarlet letter, this would be it. But somehow this douche has been embraced by his community. On yesterday's Good Morning, America it was reported that Polanski supporters claim, unironically, that the California legal system should maybe, probably let this one go because of all of Polanski's "achievements". Wha? Do we really want to set THAT precedent? "Look, we would rather you didn't fuck kids; but seeing that you're accomplished and all, could you just stop now and we'll call it even?"
Where do we draw the line with this? If Roman F-ing Polanski is so accomplished that he can get away with drugging and raping a child, certainly, say, the president could away with something really heinous and illegal. And what about a great cardiologist who saves lots of lives but also kinda likes to club old people over the head and steal their wallets? Or a brilliant astronomer who discovers Pluto really IS a planet after all; but he sorta helped Michael V. set up that dog-fighting operation? I never met the guy, but I hate Roman Polanski. And as far as I'm concerned his pretentious, egotistical supporters who think he's too brilliant to serve jail time can suck a donkey dong. I told you I was less distinguished than Kate.

Wednesday, September 23, 2009

Thanks, Chuckles.

Uncle Chuck sent me this follow-up to September 3rd's podcast, Facebook Status. Thanks, Chuck and Guidespot!

Tuesday, September 22, 2009

Parenting PSA

You can watch Sesame Street's 2005 production, Happy Healthy Monsters, eight times in a 24-hour period before losing your mind. I'm on nine.

Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Monday, September 14, 2009

Wednesday, September 9, 2009

Stop Hatin'. . .

On the Breaking Dawn book. I admire this chick's passion.

Wednesday, September 2, 2009