John's Blog

Why should I be surprised (or care) when I hear that Posh Spice and Tommy Lee claim to have never read a book. It's not that I'm such a voracious reader anymore, between the demands of work and the time constraints of keeping up with all the 175 RSS feeds and various websites that I check out on an almost daily basis. The argument could be made that I still read a good amount, except it's structured differently and in a short attention span format.

But it bugs me to hear these celebrities make these statements, sort of implying "it's cool to be stupid". The good news is that I don't think these two are big role models, but I could be wrong. Tommy Lee probably knows what a MILF is, but God only knows what he thinks RIF stands for!

And a great line from the Pam Anderson roast (which I caught a few minutes of) had a comedian telling her "Pam, you being the star of a show about books and reading, is like Tom Cruise starring in a show about vaginas."