Havasimy

I'm writing this on Tuesday night. Fate has me spending the second straight night at my parents. It means I'm 50 minutes away from my apartment and work. And it means no internet access. My parents are in seventy-something. They can't do much more than start up a laptop and play solitaire or a casino slot machine program. Internet access would only be trouble for them. I have limited internet on my phone which allows me to read my email and go on facebook, but even if I can post on my blog, I'm not typing in a full blog entry on the cellphone keyboard. So I'm typing this on Tuesday night, but it won't get posted til wednesday.

I have a few ideas for regular subjects on my rebooted blog, but I'm not ready to pull any of them out, so I'm just going to comment on a few news items.

First of all, the Tiger Wood accident. I don't care what really happened. Speculation in the news, even serious news, needs to be toned down. I've heard so much about possible infidelity on Tiger's part. Frankly, if it is true, having it broadcasted non-stop on tv and in magazine isn't going to help their marriage. And true for false, it's not the public's business. And I already wish the alleged possible mistress would go away. She comes off as a typical publicity seeking celebrity wannabee. For all I can tell, one gossip source linked her to Tiger (maybe from a tip from her) and the rest of the celebrity "journalism" industry immediately followed because they're lazy and love chasing a story that they don't really have to chase. Then the celebrity wannabee proceeded to make as much noise as she could while saying she wanted privacy, even going so far as to hire the ultimate in the "celebrity whore" class of lawyer.

And there are reasonable explanations for Tiger's actions. He was reaching for a cd or a cellphone. Or he was upset about an arguement he had with his wife, which would also explain why he was driving out so late at night. Going for a drive to cool off after an argument is not something I'm unfamiliar with. And Tiger has always been private. So cancelling an appearance, even one at his own golf tournament, would be within his character to avoid answering questions or even have pictures taken of facial injuries. And not talking to police could because he doesn't want what happened to be public. Even if the police don't make it public, there's no way a statement to the police doesn't get leaked.

And as for the party crashers at the White House party. Now I'm no fans of reality shows like the Real Housewives, but if they lied to secret service agents, they should face some sort of punishment, but nothing too major. If they didn't lie, then there should be no punishment. It might be for the best that the shortcomings of the security was made public by someone without any evil intentions (although I'm not sure wanting to be on a reality show doesn't qualify as evil.) What I find really annoying are the congressmen immediately jumping in and wanting to start immediate hearings on what happened that night. Let the secret service do their investigations first. After all, when security fails, it's one of them who has to jump in front of a bullet. Let them make the changes. If there is something that the congressman should be investigating related to this is why everyone seems to be saying the secret service is spread thin. Seems to be that if they're under-funded, that can be fixed by congress while letting the secret service fix the hole in the security exposed by the couple.