Silly Picture to Fill Space- A Certain Purple Dinosaur

When I saw a promo for the new NBC series "Parenthood" (based on the 1989 Steve Martin film), which airs tonight at 10 pm here on the east coast, I was actually thinking of making a list of ten reasons why I'm happy that I do NOT have children, but then I thought it might anguish some high school friends of mine who have their proverbial hands full!

But, the fact that I don't have to put up with Barney would have certainly made that list.

Interestingly enough, a regular Barney stuffed animal goes for $25 on the internet, but a life-size man-eating Barney will cost you $249.99!

Silly Photo to Fill Space_ Zhu Zhu Pets

I could have alternatively titled this entry: "Why I'm Glad I Don't Have Kids!"

Though liberal-turned-conservative P.J. O'Rourke, now a contributor to the neo-conservative journal "The Weekly Standard" (which I actually read from time to time) maintains that somehow having a daughter made him go from being Michael Moore to Dick Cheney overnight....I suppose as I've gotten older I've gone from Michael Moore to Bill Clinton, and that seems conservative enough!

I don't know how it is in your part of the country, but here in Dixie, the conservative coalition seems to be made up of religious zealots, Yosemite Sam gun nuts and radical Ayn Rand anti-government types. I know moderate conservative columnist David Brooks was in North Carolina last year, but I wonder if he got a chance to talk to people at the Waffle House in Greensboro to see how far, far right they are........?!

Hmm.......this was NOT supposed to be a political entry.....oh well!