Friday's Dispatch

• "‘Octomom’ is repulsively grim 2 hours of TV
  Nadya Suleman’s life with 14 kids looks like a ceaseless hell of chaos"



• That was the headline for an article I just read and here's the opening paragraph.



• "You knew we were headed into Creepy Crazyville when, in the opening moments of “Octomom,” Nadya Suleman was bringing home the first two of her octuplets and she’s told paparazzi are closing in on her car. What does she do after covering the babies with a blanket? She puts on make-up for the photographers she’s “avoiding.” ew.com



• The 30 to 45 seconds of the excerpt I watched was enough to make me feel dirty.



• On that note: shows like that have been called "bad parent porn"


• Women who have the messed up lips like octomoms freak me out. I start staring at only their lips when they speak and they appear to move all funny and seem to have a mind of their own and be all over the place.


• It doesn't help any that I really noticed that the other day when my hearing aids were down and I had to watch her lips.


• Teddy Kennedy is dead. I remember thinking during the 80's when he was swollen, his eyes would be bloodshot and he would be trying to make a comment on something and not be making any sense- "Where are his friends? There must be thousands of people who would like to think of themselves as his friend and people are letting him destroy himself..." etc. I am honestly surprised he didn't drink himself to death.


• When sober though he was one of the best modern political speakers. President Obama has an undeserved reputation for same but, honestly it's his velvety cigarette smokers voice and scripted presentation that got him there. No one could match Teddys enthusiasm, sincerity and ability in off the cuff, extemporaneous speaking. Also, he had a pleasant enough sounding voice when he kept his Hahvahd Yahd patrician accent under wraps.


• People to continue to drag up the Mary Jo Kapeckne/Chappaquiddick issue- always have and always will, I suppose. I've never heard what her family thinks or thought about the issue though. The fact is never mentioned were it not for her death Teddy Kennedy may have been President at one time. Actually, although debatable- in my opinion it is nearly certain he would have been President.