The last week was highlighted by a visit from our granddaughter.  Much of our interaction with her has been reported on.  Since she left, well, it has been a bit boring.  Boredom is something that is creeping up on me more often. 

As I have written on many occasions, I do much of the grocery shopping for our kitchen.  This exposes me to all the magazines at the check out counter and thus exposes me to the antics of all the hollywood stars and starlettes.  I pretty much know who is pregnant, by whom they think might have impregnated them and the possiblity of them receiving spousal support.  Last week I read where one young mom was requesting spousal support of $ 46,000.00 per month to support the children in the style they need to be supported in.  Who in the wide wide world of greed needs that kind of money to feed, house and clothe their kids.  As a grocery shopper I could show that lady how to eat on about $ 100.00 per week and she could see by my size that I do know how to buy filling food.  I have been thinking of forming a company that would investigate home life situations that are involving spousal support and could report back to the family relations judge just what I think adequate support might be.  A toddler does not need to eat a chateu-briand steak more than once per week.  I have found that what they really like is chicken nuggets.  My calculator will not even register the actual number of chicken nuggets you could buy with $ 46,000.00 per month.  Clothing is expensive but not that expensive.  As you will note from the pictures on the front of National Enquirer, many of the estranged spouses, male and female, wear less than a full suit of clothing anyway.  They are normally dressed in shorts, a gimme t-shirt and flip flops.  It has been photographically proven that most of the stars dont wear any underwear so they cant spend much on that,  Same with swim suits.  You need a good car to haul the kids to soccer practice but do you actually need a $ 200,000.00 Lambourghini?  Could you get by with a nice Ford Escort?  A suburban can haul a whole little soccer team including the balls.  We need a nice home.  With that I whole heartedly agree.  But is is necessary to have 10 bedrooms, 6 bathroom, an inhouse gym and bowling alley and swimming pool.  Somebody is gonna drown in that swimming pool because of lack of attention by the parent that has physical custody cause that parent is too busy trying to figure out how to spend $ 46k each month.  They would be afraid to not spend it all because they might lower the amount.  How much toilet paper do you have to buy to fully equip a house with 6 bathrooms.  We have 2 1/2 baths and our tp purchases are astronomical.  How many sets of towels would be the right amount to buy.  Could you steal enough motel samples to keep 6 bathrooms equipped with baby soaps, shampoos, body lotion and shower caps?  $ 46,000.00 per month, indeed.

I cant even get started on my favorite hollywood megastars, the Kardashians.  They make a certain spot on my body want to dip snuff. Nuff said.

Good report.  A fortuitous comment on Facebook has allowed me to locate a highschool friend that I have spent the last 10 years looking for.  Guess what, he lives in the city where most of the class of 1961 live.  Frisco, Tx.  I havent been to Frisco but I am going up there to see what is there.  How could a class of a tad over 100 be so drawn to a suburb of Dallas?  We will try to get to the bottom of this question.

Gary