Turnabout Is Fair Play

My stepson just acquired his license. Here's a snippet of a conversation we had the other night:

Stepson: "I'm tired of driving my sister around everywhere! She never even says 'thanks'!"

Me: (looking incredulously back at him)

Stepson: "I know, I know..."

Oh, how I've waited for these days...

I Guess I'm Not Done

Exactly.

Now, though, even some of the photographers who make their living chronicling every step of her meltdown are beginning to examine their consciences, and their professional ethics. One British photographer based in Los Angeles, Nick Stern, became perhaps the first to make a public stand when he quit his job with the Splash news agency a few days ago because he could not bring himself to cover Britney another day longer.

"The Britney story is no longer about Britney," he said. "It's the media circus surrounding her... It's not journalism. Sooner or later, someone's going to get killed. Possibly Britney herself."

Effing Snow Days

An inch of lame snow, roads are clear, and the kids are home all day.