Catching up

Last night, I sorted through a pile of emails and web sites so that I can be caught up on the latest gossip.

Item one: tomkat still hasn't produced the spawn. I did see on one web site that folks who follow this much closer than I do noticed that her belly has shrunk recently -- that perhaps she got confused and strapped on the "8 month" belly instead of the "thar she blows" belly.

I did see a news item while in Texas that Tom has a publicity tour to random countries planned for later in April. Which kinda befuddles me - but at the same time seems to justify all my snide comments. He created the phenomena of couch jumping and turned himself into an international joke - and then is going to leave the nice girl he knocked up and the spawn for a publicity tour? Given his obvious power over things like south park -- you'd think he would have looked over his tour dates and said "um, can we push this back a bit? you know, the baby is due right around then." Maybe the Kate side of the tomkat will wise up and realize what she's gotten herself into and escape while he's off jumping off things larger than a couch.

Item two: Child welfare has investigated the K-feds again. This is the second time authority types have paid a visit to the family and the kid is only 6 months old. From time to time, when I'm asked to advise local authorities on similar type issues, one of the considerations is often when the first home visit by authorities was made -- and how often after that first one. Twelve years from now, when the kid is using the threat of playing daddy's solo album to rob liquor stores, the authorities are going to remember these early days of concern and wonder if maybe they shouldn't have been paying more attention.

Item three: a confession. I've become a hit counter whore. I totally bask in the external validation of knowing that all the visits to the blog aren't mine. Thanks everyone.