Tis the New Year!

Hola Amigos,
I know it's been awhile since I last rapped at ya. I've been hatin' life here lately cause my Ford Fiesta blew a tire and... hmmmm I think I'm channeling Jim Anchower oops sorry about that. So the Holidays have passed and all the gifts and merriment have been exercised, unwrapped and tucked away until whenever we get around to them. Christmas is all right but everyone is too concerned about spending money and buying presents. To me I find it something to have to get through. Maybe I'm bored and sick of it all, who knows. Lately I've been about trying to understand new things and history. Maybe it's about growing older or jaded. I don't know for sure. I was watching TV the other evening and there was this infomercial for Hip Hop Abs. No jive! This dude, the world famous "Shawn T", is selling a dvd program of him dancing around and its supposed to develop your abs. Hmmmm, a fool and his money are soon parted. The host chick was walking aorund in work out garb and claiming her abs never looked better but her mid-section was completely covered. So logically put; If her abs never looked better, wouldn't she want to show them off? Just a thought. Is this what we are reduced to as a nation and as a culture? Hip Hop abs? I realize this is the curmudgeon in me rearing his ugly head, but for the love of all that's holy, give us a break. How about Tennessee Waltz abs? or Blue Grass abs or Acid Rock abs, Emo abs? When does it end? So the best advice I can offer is, if you like the idea go for it, if not scroll up the channel list and buy some really slammin' snuggly blankie/robes for watching the Hip Hop Abs infomercial. See I not only complain but I offer solutions. You know the circle of life thing. Is anyone else bothered by Dick Clark actually showing up to his Rockin' New Year's Eve show? I mean I get the whole TV/Rock icon thing but he had a stroke and he is very, very, very, very, very, very old. I say invite Kirk Douglas on the show next year to make it perfect bookends. That would be entertainment. Is it wrong of me to be watching 'Days of Our Lives' with my wife. I swear it's like a car wreck on the highway. You know you shouldn't look but you have to anyway. I truly hate the writing, acting, commercials every five minutes. This whole sordidness reminds me of an old joke. There were these two old lady friends who were looking for a retirement home that they could move into. They visited one that they had heard good things about. The retirement home director showed them around and after their tour invited them to have lunch in the home's cafeteria, which the ladies took up the offer. Whilst eating one friend says to the other "Wow this food is truly awful" then the other friend piped up "Yeah and such small portions too!"..... It's kinda like that with the daytime stories. Happy New Year! J