My Favorite Show is Back

Yup, tonight was the commercial-free season premiere of My Super Sweet 16. For those who are unfamiliar, the show chronicles someone's 16th birthday party. Tonight's birthday girl was Sophie from the Palm Beach, FL area and let's just say she wasn't shy:

• I knew I wasn't going to like her when she popped her collar, that's a no-no.
• Her grand entrance to the party was her emergence from a circle of can-can dancers. Who does that?????
• Strike #2 comes when you proclaim yourself as a "diva". I guess if you can do it, so can I. As I said, she isn't shy.
• Her Mom is non-existent. She lets Sophie get away with whatever she wants. In addition, Mom is crazy herself. Mom decided to bump and grind with a mannequin, in a really nasty sort of way. Even worse than Glinda.
• Sophie misspelled sophomore (sophmore) haha.
• When she handed out her invitations, she arrived at school in a Bentley. Again, why????
• The one thing I did like about her is that we both don't like Hillary Duff. By the way, her new song is the DUMBEST song. "Wake up, wake up...", plllllllease.
• She can't chew with her mouth closed, yuck.
• After being served breakfast in bed, she called her mom in the kitchen (from her bedroom) to let the butler know he could get her tray. I hadn't seen it all until I saw that. Wow.
• At the party, some 16 year old kid wanted the party to get "crunked". Ok, you're too young to be saying that, and that word is no longer credible.

All in all, Sophie's party cost a measly $180,000. I guess if you can afford it, why not, but seriously, there are at least 180,000 other places where that money could be better spent. These lavish parties rank up there with competitive eating in terms of usefulness. I'm sure people from other countries really think a lot of us when they see this kind of stuff going on here.

At the opposite end of the spectrum is Phil Mickelson. Yeah, he made a great birdie on the last hole to win the PGA Championship, allowing his youngest son Evan to do victory laps on the 18th green. What was really impressive was hearing what the Mickelson family did in San Diego a couple of weeks ago. They invited 1,000 unfortunate San Diego youth to Wal-Mart, and bought them all back-to-school clothing. Here are people that get it. Obviously, I don't know the whole story, but from what I see, I see a loving, happy family that keeps everything in perspective by giving back to the community. Even after winning the tournament, Phil stayed an extra 30 minutes to sign autographs for the New Jersey fans that had supported him boisterously all week. Congratulations Phil Mickelson, you deserve it.

Also today, Ben Roethlisberger and the Pittsburgh Steelers began their preseason. Big Ben didn't get to do much tonight because Pittsburgh's defense and special teams dominated the first half. Willie Williams ran back an interception, Ricardo Colclough a punt, and Ike Taylor ran back a kickoff to put Pittsburgh ahead early. Ben only saw the field for one series, completing 2/4 passes for 13 yards and scrambling once for 4 yards. I was glad to see Donovan McNabb and the Eagle offense, despite the one interception, play well without you know who.

Da Bears signed Jeff Blake to a one-year contract, most likely making him the 3rd-string quarterback until Rex Grossman returns.

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