I know I shouldn't laugh at the misfortune of others, but I saw a blurb on The Today Show this morning about Ashlee Simpson's little problem on Saturday Night Live and couldn't help myself. What made it doubly funny for me was my mother's reaction (she was visiting this weekend). I think I've mentioned this before, but in case I haven't you should know that my mother hates both the Simpson sisters. She hates them with a passion that rivals my hatred of the British. I've never quite been able to get to the bottom of my mother's hatred, but I suspect that it might be because Jessica tends to over-emote when she performs (just a guess on my part). When asked all my mom will say is that it "pains her" to see Jessica sing or speak.

After hearing about poor Ashlee this morning, Carol just burst into a rant about how she didn't understand what the big deal was about her, how she was riding on her equally untalented sister's coattails, etc. It was such a good rant! I always thought my ability to get a good rant going was inherited from my dad (a total hot head), but now I'm wondering if the blames should placed at my mother's feet.

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