Okay, so Madonna kissed Britney and Christina as part of a performance for the MTV Video Music Awards. And this is so fucking cool because...? Am I missing something here? It's being tagged as 'controversial', and 'wild', and 'outrageous', and, wait for it, 'historic'! But I don't get it. Why is this so amazing and something we must all talk about? Apparently, we all need to formulate a position about the possible motives and impact of such a vivacious cross-generational 'statement'. Matt Lauer on NBC Today shared this pearl of wisdom: "Say what you will about Madonna, but she certainly knows how to get people talking". Thanks Matt. Um, like yeah, but only because people are like, so easy! Get a grip folks!

Sorry Guy. I know how much you love Madonna and give her cred for pushing the boundaries of the public consciousness of female sexuality and all, but I am here to tell you that the smugness she feels about her 'contributions' totally override any cool she might gain by doing her thing. Like, totally, yawn.

P.S. Feel free to laugh at me for my lack of ironic awareness pertaining to this post. I care not.

P.P.S. Am also loving Bachelor III. I love the heavy-handed way that they emphasise before each rose ceremony that the women are 'empowered' in this game because they are able to say no, if chosen. It's quite scary watching women develop what they term as 'real feelings' for a guy they barely know, without even considering that things like (1) he is their sole focus of attention, (2) his opinion of them determines whether or not they might be publicly humiliated, and (3) the pressures wrought by the fact that they are in competition, are all factors that might contribute to them investing the bachelor with more perfection than he has. Am also loving The Amazing Race. If you love Americans, take a gander at them running full pelt through foreign countries. Yay! This series isn't as hilarious as last year's, [Flo, where are you?] but it's still great. Teams constantly refer to themselves as the 'types' they were cast as. Cue statements about 'team strengths' that begin in the following fashion; "As models, we...", or "As virgins who have been dating twelve years, we..." or "As circus clowns, we..." or "As a married gay couple, we..." or "As air traffic controllers, we...", and so forth. So sweet. Tonight, they were in India, and were 'moved' by the poverty, with one contestant going so far as to claim that if she wins the million dollar prize, she wants to come back and help the small children she witnessed living in shanties. Hah! I'm rooting for the models, even though I already know, courtesy of ET, that they don't make it to the final four. Also, don't discount renovation/gardening shows entirely. DIY Rescue is great, and blows other contenders out of the water. On a musical note, Kings of Leon are utterly fantastic, as are The Black Keys. And, despite exorbitant costs, am very much looking forward to seeing the eels and The White Stripes. Whoopee! Can only hope that both BRMC and Yeah Yeah Yeahs will also do gigs apart from Livid, which I don't want to attend.