Shame on you, Maury

Know what sucks? Maury used to have a pretty interesting show until it became all about paternity results. I mean I know there are a lot of whores out there who can't figure out who the father of their baby is, but is there seriously nothing else he can talk about? Montel and Oprah seem to be having an easier time. You know, I used to watch Maury and enjoy the show. What happened to all the episodes that featured transvestites and the audience had to guess their original? Or what about teenage delinquents who were dragged out to boot camp and came out crying like the day they were born? Now the titles went from "Extreme Makeovers" to " After 11 Tries, Have I Finally Found the Father of My Baby?" On the subject of girls who can't keep their legs closed, why do they feel like they have to advertise their sluttiness on national television? How can you not be so embarassed after six tries of the Maury show (and still failing to find the biological father of your baby) and decide to return for a seventh? How fast do these people make the rounds?

It hurts me to see the show that was once a source of such great laughs spiral out of control and become one that is a source of such great pity.

Like, what?

Know what sucks? Actually, I should ask, know who should be shot? People, especially girls, who say "like" repeatedly in a sentence. First, I must clarify what constitutes the right way of sayng "like" and that is when stating similarities, such as; "He looked like a drag queen." That is acceptable...but I think everyone knows what I mean by the unacceptable way to say "like". I'm talking about using the word at least six times in a sentence. Among people like this, I have seen those who use the word right before a pause to indicate that they're thinking of an appropriate word to explain themselves, such as: "So when I went to go see him, he was like...kind of distraught over the situation" and then there are the people who should be thrown into a school in London to re-learn the English language..people who speak like this: "And like when I asked him like why he said all those things about me, like all he could do was look away from me and I was like, 'Joe why did you tell everybody that if like you didn't even know what what you were talking about....like like." I'm not thinking of only myself when i say that hearing people speak like this is irritating, I'm also concerned for them as people because they sound completely uneducated and are diminishing their chances of gaining respect as adults. Who wants to hire someone in public relations who says, "and like what we're planning to do is kind of like create a place where like people can totally unwind.." God, shut up...