I just started Third Degree by Greg Iles...my new favorite author. But, I have found one thing that I don't like about his writing. Every woman is a harlot who either cheats on her husband and/or has an affair with a married man. In all 3 of his books that I have read, the main character finds herself fighting with her inner harlot. In the first one, "Blood Memory", the hero of the story was pregnant with a married man's child and fought her desires for him throughout the entire story.
In the second book, "True Evil", the main character carried an unending grief over the death of a man whom she loved and whom loved her. He was married though and, while he never cheated on his wife with her, they made their love known to one another just before his death.
And, now in "Third Degree", the main character is struggling after she finds herself pregnant with another man's baby. Both of them are married to someone else.
Why is Greg Iles so obsessed with married men and their mistresses? Why do all the main characters have some illicit relationship with a married man? In 2 of the 3 cases, the woman beats herself up about it while the man has this quiet heroic quality. Why does it seem like she is always a little more guilty of this transgression than the man. And, why is the wife always some evil, high-gloss, uncaring bitch who seems to deserve her husband's roving libido?
Don't get me wrong. I really love Greg Iles' work but, I feel he could give the misunderstood tragic harlot role a break.
Thursday, January 31, 2008
Going! Going! Gone?
So, you know that show I hate? You know...American Idol. The one that people are reportedly so in love with? The most watched show on TV? Really, when that is reported each week by Ryan Seacrest, he should say, "since we are just about the only fresh episode of anything on TV right now due to the strike".
Check it out. On Tuesday the 30th, the "Most Watched Show on TV" saw an audience of 25.33 million people. It is actually dropping in viewership by 5% week-to-week. And, since 2007, it has dropped 20% of its viewers! How about that?
Furthermore, it was up against Wife Swap who saw 5.79 million viewers and was up 190 thousand from the previous week.
I have to ask, if we had regular scheduled programming because no strike existed, how would American Idol survive against shows like NCIS and Bones? Of course, since American Idol is on Fox, Bones would have been booted to another hour or another day but, I still think that Bones would beat the crap out of American Idol's ratings if given a chance!
I wonder, how many more weeks of this show there are left? If it continues to see a 5% drop in viewership week-to-week, can it sustain enough audience to keep it on the air before its finale?
Just asking!
Check it out. On Tuesday the 30th, the "Most Watched Show on TV" saw an audience of 25.33 million people. It is actually dropping in viewership by 5% week-to-week. And, since 2007, it has dropped 20% of its viewers! How about that?
Furthermore, it was up against Wife Swap who saw 5.79 million viewers and was up 190 thousand from the previous week.
I have to ask, if we had regular scheduled programming because no strike existed, how would American Idol survive against shows like NCIS and Bones? Of course, since American Idol is on Fox, Bones would have been booted to another hour or another day but, I still think that Bones would beat the crap out of American Idol's ratings if given a chance!
I wonder, how many more weeks of this show there are left? If it continues to see a 5% drop in viewership week-to-week, can it sustain enough audience to keep it on the air before its finale?
Just asking!
Can She Redeem Herself?
In the past, I have been really hard on Britney Spears. Now that she is under at least 72 hours of psychiatric control I am struggling with whether it is even ok to comment on it. If she is truly bipolar, my heart goes out to her. I hope that she gets the help that she needs. Everyone that cares for her...and I mean truly cares for her because they have nothing to gain but the happiness of seeing her healthy...is offering all that they can do to help her. But, if in the end, she decides to spit in their faces and denies them anymore help after the required 72 hours, she has no one to blame but herself.
My question is: Do you think that Britney can ever make a career comeback if she can get her mind straight through psychiatric help? Or, has she so disgraced herself that no one will ever be able to see her talent again?
My question is: Do you think that Britney can ever make a career comeback if she can get her mind straight through psychiatric help? Or, has she so disgraced herself that no one will ever be able to see her talent again?
Another Book Bites The Dust...
I finished Greg Iles' True Evil last night. Another spectacular read. It started off just a little bit slow but, proved exciting and another "can't put it down". Greg Iles makes me sad, mad and happy and, even to his last words in the book, he invokes feelings of both glee and despair. He has made a fan out of me with his ability to create an emotional roller coaster with words.
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
Holy Wind, Batman...
I fear wind. Have a tree fall on your house during a freak micro burst and see how much you love it from then on.
About 5 or 6 years ago, on Mother's Day morning, the hubby and I were sleeping soundly when the wind picked up in what we have dubbed "our Vortex" in our backyard. It lasted about 5 to 10 seconds but, that was all it took to knock a huge oak tree from our backyard onto our house. Fortunately, as witnessed by our then next door neighbor who had been playing with his kids outside in his backyard when he saw the tree get knocked onto our house from the wind, a branch bent upon initial impact with our house and knocked the tree off to the side of our house only making 2 rather small holes in our house. One was something between the size of a baseball and football on our roof and the other hole was about the size of tennis ball on the side, if memory serves. The majority of our damage was to the fence between us and our neighbors and our gate to our portion of the fence.
So, let me just make this abundantly clear: If it weren't for that branch bending and knocking the tree away from our house, it might very well have landed on our house, possibly separating mine and my hubby's head from our bodies and I wouldn't be here telling you all about it today.
The wind last night gave me flashbacks of that morning and the extremely rude way in which we were awakened. The sound of a tree falling on one's house is a sound that you will never forget.
The reason that we call our backyard a Vortex is because, we tend to get massive winds back there. The wind seems to double in intensity between my house, my two next door neighbors and one more neighbor 2 houses down. I don't know why it gets so bad between our 4 houses. It just does and we have all talked about it a lot. So, I guess you could call us the Vortex 4.
Finally, just a little funny note here. After that huge crack-bang-thud, I got out of bed and went to the window to see what the heck all the racket was about. I peered through my blinds and said, "A tree just fell on our house." Hubby then asked me, "Which tree?" To which my only response was, "The big one!"
About 5 or 6 years ago, on Mother's Day morning, the hubby and I were sleeping soundly when the wind picked up in what we have dubbed "our Vortex" in our backyard. It lasted about 5 to 10 seconds but, that was all it took to knock a huge oak tree from our backyard onto our house. Fortunately, as witnessed by our then next door neighbor who had been playing with his kids outside in his backyard when he saw the tree get knocked onto our house from the wind, a branch bent upon initial impact with our house and knocked the tree off to the side of our house only making 2 rather small holes in our house. One was something between the size of a baseball and football on our roof and the other hole was about the size of tennis ball on the side, if memory serves. The majority of our damage was to the fence between us and our neighbors and our gate to our portion of the fence.
So, let me just make this abundantly clear: If it weren't for that branch bending and knocking the tree away from our house, it might very well have landed on our house, possibly separating mine and my hubby's head from our bodies and I wouldn't be here telling you all about it today.
The wind last night gave me flashbacks of that morning and the extremely rude way in which we were awakened. The sound of a tree falling on one's house is a sound that you will never forget.
The reason that we call our backyard a Vortex is because, we tend to get massive winds back there. The wind seems to double in intensity between my house, my two next door neighbors and one more neighbor 2 houses down. I don't know why it gets so bad between our 4 houses. It just does and we have all talked about it a lot. So, I guess you could call us the Vortex 4.
Finally, just a little funny note here. After that huge crack-bang-thud, I got out of bed and went to the window to see what the heck all the racket was about. I peered through my blinds and said, "A tree just fell on our house." Hubby then asked me, "Which tree?" To which my only response was, "The big one!"
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
A Good Change...
For as long as I can remember, Tracy Quartermaine from ABC's General Hospital has had the same basic hairstyle. Always a highly glossy bob of varying lengths. But, she finally made a change and it is fabulous. The actress is Jane Elliot, she is 61 years old and has always been a favorite of most of the shows viewers. I even read an article where she mentioned that the one thing people can agree on about her is how beautiful her hair is. She just has some of the most healthy looking hair in show business and always has. But, when I read that article, I couldn't help but think that, while her hair is remarkably healthy looking, she really needed a new style. I am 34 years old and think that I have watched General Hospital for about half of my life and, as far back as I can remember, Tracy Q's mane hasn't changed much, if at all, in all those years!
Well, she must have read my mind...hey, a girl can imagine...because last week, she was sporting a brand new do that actually takes about a decade or 2 off of her appearance! She chopped it up and got herself a sassy new pixie cut that really flatters the heck out of her!
Way to go Jane Elliot! Sometimes, a girl just needs a drastic change to bring us back to life and, you sure as heck cornered the market on that!
Well, she must have read my mind...hey, a girl can imagine...because last week, she was sporting a brand new do that actually takes about a decade or 2 off of her appearance! She chopped it up and got herself a sassy new pixie cut that really flatters the heck out of her!
Way to go Jane Elliot! Sometimes, a girl just needs a drastic change to bring us back to life and, you sure as heck cornered the market on that!
Monday, January 28, 2008
Try To Be Intelligent Before You Open Your Mouth
I was listening to my favorite radio station last week and they posed the question: "Why wouldn't you vote for a black man or a woman for President of the United States." Some idiot without the brains that God gave my toe nails called and asked, "why would we put someone who bleeds for 7 days but doesn't die into the White House?" Seriously? I mentioned this to someone else and he asked me if anyone called in to point out that, at Hillary Clinton's age, she is probably not bleeding anymore as she is probably having or has had menopause.
If you are using stupid reasons like that to vote for someone else, you should have your rights to vote taken away. Disagree with their policies. Fine! Great! But, disagree with what might or might not be going on in their underwear and you should really be classified as socially and politically ignorant!
If you are using stupid reasons like that to vote for someone else, you should have your rights to vote taken away. Disagree with their policies. Fine! Great! But, disagree with what might or might not be going on in their underwear and you should really be classified as socially and politically ignorant!
New To Me...
I am hooked. I finished my first book by Greg Iles. It is titled Blood Memory and was spellbinding, captivating and 767 pages of "can't put it down" fun! One of my friends recommended it to me and now I am hooked. So good was this book that I tore through an astounding 305 pages in one day.
Get it! Read it! Love it!
Friday, January 25, 2008
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