We're in the full-on spirit of Maya's Birthday countdown (it's tomorrow). Grandparents visiting, party-planning all up in our collective grill, presents piled up in the closet - being on the cusp of the Big 5 is just about as cool as it gets for a kid. Plus Maya gets the added benefit of having her birthday fall on Purim - the coolest by miles Jewish holiday on the calendar. She's dressed up today as an Indian fairy princess (or a fairy Indian princess) wearing part of a beautiful outfit Sarah brought back from Nepal. Expect plenty of photos of all the festivities to be posted over the weekend.
I need to hit a few quick low points to get them off my mind. First of all, "The Ricky Gervais Show" on HBO is getting slammed as a waste of time. I agree. It's five years past cool. But for his Mel Gibson introduction while hosting this year's Golden Globes, I renewed his pass for ill-advised comic efforts. Still, my rating - a shoulda-been-an-F squishy D-minus.
I saw an ad early, early this morning on ESPN for a dating site named CougarLife. I probably should be embarrassed to admit that I had to look at what they offered based on a commercial that would have even been cheesy on MTV in 1989. No big surprise - creepy site with a sketchy intended purpose. But self-possessed "Cougars" visiting the site encounter a default search for "Cubs" with an age range of "35 to 55". So how old is a cougar these days? 90? I think there needs to be an intermediary term. I suggest possum. Just the right dose of confusing double-entendre ready to roll in that. You're welcome.
Hope you also waste the opportunity today to say something important with equally distracted baloney. Rock on.
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