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I was just sitting here watching Inside Edition, story after story featured people that have no legitimate talent.  From Octo-Mom, to Jon and Kate, Spencer and Heidi, Balloon Dad, the White House Party Crashers… These people have devalued fame to the point that is worthless.  It has always been cool to be uncool, but I now think we have entered a world of anti-fame.

Those who truly have some talent, Tiger Woods, David Letterman, Mel Gibson, John Edwards and many others, have done their part to destroy fame as well.  Using their influence and power… Fame, to showcase substandard morals and urinate on the sanctity of marriage.  Many make the argument that they shouldn’t be held to a higher standard (First of all, I am not holding them to a standard I wouldn’t hold anyone else to, cheating is cheating, rich or poor), but they have put themselves out there as a commodity, they want us to watch their shows, buy the products they endorse, elect them, so you have effectively made yourself a product, and products are up for review.  I don’t buy products that are bad for my family or myself…  Nike, Gatorade, General Motors, American Express, you are now aligned with a product that is bad for families and children.

So, as far as I can tell, modern fame is either reserved for talentless people who can cause a big enough spectacle to gain national attention or those who use there talents to gain wealth and notoriety to mock the institution of marriage, and devalue the importance of women and wives (Showing by example that wives are just figure heads to have just to gain the appearance of being an upstanding family man and that women in general are only good for having affairs with, thus beings to use for your pleasure without true regard for their well-being. )

I guess what I am really saying is that I have never been more proud to lack fame, viva the average person!

Rock On, Jack

I wanted to start by saying congrats to Carlos and Isaac on their one year wedding anniversary!  Here is to many more!

This got me thinking about those who showed their hatred for Gays and Lesbians by voting down their ability to get married.  They claimed that allowing homosexuals to marry would ruin the sanctity of marriage…  If they were really concerned about marriage they would turn their attention to heterosexuals!  It is not the gays who are ruining marriage, it’s us straight people.  50% of our marriages end in divorce, we are the ones who no longer hold the institution sacred.  Look at the religious hypocrites like Mel Gibson and Ted Haggard, our elected officials who claim to be about “family values”, but are cheating on their wives with lobbyists like Michael Duvall (and many others!) and straight celebrities who openly mock marriage through their very public indiscretions like David Letterman…. Not to say these are the only example, just the most recent.  I can’t think of one married gay couple who has done anything to tarnish the image of marriage even a tenth as much as these legally married, seemingly perfect examples of straight, family oriented America.

It would make more sense to me if these people were boycotting people like me from getting married again.  I was married for only 5 years, brought two kids into this world who now have to live in 2 separate worlds and ultimately disgraced the institution by walking away from it (Not my choice, but I was still involved).  And yet, no organization or group would think twice of me getting married again (Heck, my Ex was engaged before we were divorced)… In fact I can’t think of a one of those Prop 8 haters who would find a problem with it.

If there is one thing I have learned, marriage is not about the sex of the person you sleep with at night…  It’s about Love, Caring, Hard Work, Sacrifice, Understanding, Loyalty and bunch of other stuff that gay people can do just as well as straight people…  As I said before, Congrats Carlos and Isaac!

OK, that’s enough of that, it is Friday after all!  I get plenty of time to think about stuff while sitting on the 405 and I needed to vent.

Cool thing going on this weekend in my old ‘hood.  The Bow-Wows and Meows Pet Fair is this Sunday in Newhall… This is a fun one for all you animal lovers out in the 661, I think the kids and I might check it out.

Bing and I tried to be a couple wild and crazy guys and hot tub during the day… It was still too cold, although Bing tried walking around and feeling the water at different spots to see if any part of it was hot! (much to his dismay, it was all the same temp.)

Sorry kids, park is closed – due to manatee poop!  Guess who’s in Playboy now?  Obama does the noble thing with the Nobel Prize. The Hoff hassles his docs.  Don’t enslave your nanny!  Well this guys not that nice.  Hummer now to be painted with lead paint.  have a baby, cop a feel.

Have a great weekend!  Rock On, Jack