Miley Cyrus is a Kid

The internet has been all abuzz about Miley Cyrus, or at least that’s what the “Gawker” blog is telling me.

She’s got a new movie coming out where she has a sex scene and she had a few things to say about sex on “The Conversation,” a talk show on the Lifetime Channel hosted by Demi Moore. I’ve never watched it and writing this post won’t change that.

If you’re interested in any of this, here’s what was said at Gawker.

I guess I am interested in it somewhat. No, Miley doesn’t make a lot of sense in the interview. Yes, she is a little all over the place and a bit rambling. Yes, she does come across as an airhead.

To all this stuff, I just want to say one thing. Miley Cyrus is 19 years old.  She’s a kid. How smart were you when you were that age? I wish she would know that the media is always looking for something to bring her down or to pick on. That’s their nature.

If Miley is taking advice and she’s probably not and certainly not from the likes of me, I would just tell her that sometimes saying less is better than saying more. I would also tell her to enjoy being a kid. She’s already growing up way too fast.

That’s all I got on Miley Cyrus. I could say more—but I’m saying less.

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Kate Christensen: Novelist, Soup Kitchen Worker

I have admired Kate Christensen’s writing for a while now. She’s an award winning novelist who knows exactly what she’s doing. I could write a post about this, but that’s not what’s on my mind today.

My communication with Kate isn’t really real. I mean, we’re Facebook friends but, for the most part, I don’t really know her. Let’s be honest: How many Facebook friends do you actually know? Don’t get me started on this.

Anyway, I’ve always suspected she’s a person with a good heart. I found this out for real a few days ago on her blog.

Kate lives in Portland, Maine. Now, not only is she an award winning novelist, she also works in a soup kitchen, donating her time to those less fortunate.

How many novelists do you know who also work in a soup kitchen? She’s the first one for me and those women going to that soup kitchen in Maine are going to be in for a treat. Kate is quite the cook also.

It does my heart good to suspect that a person is good and kind and have it confirmed. Acts of kindness always gets to me.

We’ll be back on Sunday with another post.

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Maybe Your Neighbor is a Prostitute

I was over at the Jezebel blog yesterday reading a post about a person living in an apartment building who thought a neighbor was a prostitute. This person thought the prostitute was conducting business right there in the building. You can click here to read the post.

First off, the writer says most people don’t aspire to live in apartment buildings. Hey, speak for yourself, buddy. I’ve owned two “homes” in my life and frankly prefer apartment living. I like having neighbors close and the feel of apartment living. So there.

It turns out in the Jezebel post that this neighbor wasn’t actually a prostitute but prostitutes have to live somewhere. In fact, until recently, I had one living in my building here in Covington.

I write about her in a column in Article 25 that will be out in a few days. She’s not the entire story, but she’s mentioned in the column. I don’t know if she was conducting business in my building—I think she was mostly on the street—but it wouldn’t bother me if she did it here. I mean, it’s her business. The way I look at it, people in my building have sex all the time. Most don’t get paid for it but I think you know what I mean.

On duty or off duty, at least my neighbor got to sit down once in a while. That’s not the case over and around Madison Avenue in Covington. I’m going to write about that tomorrow here. Yes, two posts about prostitutes in a row!

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I Hate It When I Have To Remove Keith Olbermann From The Blogroll

When Keith Olbermann had his show “Countdown” on MSNBC, I featured their website on the blogroll. Olbermann and the network couldn’t get along, so the show was canceled. I removed the website from the blogroll.

When “Countdown” moved to Current T.V., I featured their website on the blogroll. Olbermann and the network couldn’t get along, so the show was canceled. I removed the website from the blogroll.

Seems like a broken record, don’t you think?

What is it with Olbermann and the people he works for? Why can’t they get along? You can consider this the question of the week if you would like.

Whoever is at fault, who suffers the most? In my opinion, it’s the viewers. If nothing else, Olbermann was always interesting.

So Keith is off the blogroll again. What should I replace him with? Maybe Tucker Carlson’s “The Daily Caller?” No chance in hell. All Carlson has done here is rip off the “Huffington Post” and “HinesSight” format with his right-wing bullshit. Hey, don’t get me started on this idiot.

What’s your opinion of Tucker Carlson? You can consider this a bonus question of the week.

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All Over the Map

There’s no focus with this post today. Sometimes it’s fun to be out of focus, don’t you think? Just a few things I want to get at here.

I’ll start with shameless self-promotion.

I’ve been talking for months about that new alternative newspaper here in the area, Article 25. I know I’ve created a lot of confusion as to what’s going on mainly because I didn’t really know, but now I do. No, the LOL column will not be moving to that publication. With the first issue in April, I’ll be writing a new column for Article 25 entitled “The Human Condition” I’ll give you more details on this a little later.

The Living Out Loud column will remain in CityBeat the first issue of every month. The one scheduled for April is damn funny if I do say so myself.

That’s the end of shameless self-promotion. For now.

I want to talk about the blogroll for a minute.

All of them listed over there to the right I look at. I wouldn’t have them there if I didn’t read them, but there are three I view on a daily basis—“Cincinnati Nation,” “Huffington Post,” and now another one that I’m liking a lot—Kate Christensen’s “Don’t Let it Bring You Down.” I’m curious as to the ones you like reading.

And to end this for today, tomorrow morning is cataract surgery on my left eye, so there will be no post tomorrow. The plan is to be back sometime on Tuesday, probably in the afternoon.

Now get on over to the blogroll and check out those other blogs. While you’re at it, have a great Sunday.

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Hair Salons in Cincinnati Where You Can Get The ‘Hitler Youth’ Hairdo

The title is a little misleading. I really have no idea where to get this done. If this hair style is of interest to you, do your own damn search.

However, this look is apparently big in New York City, or at least according to Gawker. They said this:

You know that increasingly popular old-timey hairdo for men where the sides are shorn short, but the top remains long and can be slicked back with brylcreem or sculpted into an ornate pomade wave? Joe Jonas has it, and so does the guy from Arcade Fire. David Lynch sports an extreme version.

I don’t know. I think I’ll pass. I prefer the ‘old hippie’ hairdo.

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Republican Nut Jobs

I voted for Obama and while I can’t say I’m all that happy with him, he’ better than what the Republicans are throwing out there and these “nut jobs” will probably enable Obama to stay in office four more years.

At least this is what Taylor Marsh is telling us.

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Sometimes Megyn Kelly Gets It Right

A new season of “Dancing With the Starts” is coming up and one of those star dancers is going to be Chaz Bono. A doctor has written a newspaper article on this stating that parents should not allow their children to watch the show because. . . well, just go to The Huffington Post to read more about it and to watch Megyn Kelly interview this silly doctor.

I can’t say I’m much of a fan of Megyn Kelly but sometimes she gets it right. The doctor’s argument totally falls apart. It warms the heart, don’t you think?

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Stay Away From Those Hipsters

You know who they are and where they are. You need to stay away from as the FBI is hot on their trail.

Or maybe not. I guess I could go to YouTube and rip off another blog, but Mock, Paper, Scissors found the video first. Pretty damn funny.

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Christine O’Donnell Not a Fan of Piers Morgan

Christine O’Donnell walked off Piers Morgan’s CNN show a couple nights ago. Wonkette fills us in.

Maybe she didn’t like Morgan’s questions or maybe she thought she was on Morgan’s other show, “America’s Got Talent,” and was about to get buzzed or maybe she isn’t a witch after all and just a plain old bitch. You decide.

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