The Simpson movie and other stuff.

The Simpsons are finally coming to the big screen. I don't really know what to make of this though. I think it would have been a big deal five or six years ago but I don't see how this movie will do a big box office. The show is still good but it is in no way a must see every week as witnessed by it's declining ratings. One way to liven it up would be to have some swearing and simulated Marge-Homer sex but I don't see it happening.

Even Sesame Street is not oblivious to ridiculous protests. The show's new DVD, which is aimed at babies as young as six months old, has come under attack from a group called Campaign for a Commercial-Free childhood. The last time I checked babies under the age of one did not know how to work a remote control. This group should be going after the parents if they want to stop commercialism to young kids. It's parents that buy the DVD's, and for that matter, what the hell is wrong with plunking a kid in front of the TV for an hour if it keeps the kid happy and gives the parents or sitters or chance to relax and get other things done. I have no doubt that future press releases from the CCFC will claim Big Bird and Oscar to be puppets (no pun intended) of the right wing corporate agenda.

How is this guy still alive? He took 40,000 ecstasy pills over 9 years. He had been taking 25 a day for the last four years. This is a far more serious potential health problem for youth than most people realize. In my previous job I did some work the RCMP's national drug enforcement teams and learned some scary stuff about "e". Prolonged usage not only causes depression and reduced impulse control, as cited in the article, but it also kills off the synapses in the brain that control muscle function. This is one of the main symptoms of Parkinson's disease. In other words, with the proliferation of ecstasy in the last 10 years, you are going to see a generation of kids growing up with premature Parkinson's. Tell that to your kids next time they go raving.