Swept Away by Mike Huckabee, Madonna & Shirtless Customer Service

We probably ought to stop talking about how affable Mike Huckabee is and start looking at what he actually says. He doesn't believe in evolution, thinks abortion is a holocaust, and new to light are his 1992 statements that AIDS patients should be isolated from the general public, and that homosexuality could ''pose a dangerous public health risk.'' I mean, remember the last time we elected the guy we wanted to have a beer with? That's all I'm sayin'.

I watched part of Guy Ritchie's snoozefest Swept Away this afternoon. Madonna was so harshly lit and looked so old and haggard that all I could think was Mr. R must really dislike his wife. We won't even talk about how crap the movie was. I did like the one scene where they sort of hover above the water and then float out of frame. Too bad she was wearing those ridiculous star shaped sunglasses with one lens missing. Rather distracting. And what was up with that ring her lover bought? It was worse than the one Aidan gave Carrie on Sex and the City! I would have gotten on the helicopter, too, Maddy, even if it meant an eternity with Bruce Greenwood.

Not too long ago I wrote a little rant about Apple's poor customer service and I'm baffled that more and more I keep running into businesses who would rather just pay you off or not give you service so you'll go away instead of actually rectifying the problem. I'll be the first person to admit that I can be particular (and clearly, from my Swept Away review, one might surmise that I'm a tad bitchy and one might not be wrong), but I tend not to think I'm crazy, off the rails irrational or anything like that.

I recently contacted an embroiderer and asked him to make a shirt for Tom. We spoke on the phone and he said he would come up with some design ideas and email them to me. I told him if I found anything I liked I would send it his way. Days went by and I heard nothing - and I was on a deadline as I was trying to get said shirt to T in time for his photo shoot tomorrow (which he knew about but said he could do it in time). Finally I emailed the guy and said obviously I'm not getting the shirt in time for the shoot, but is it possible to get it by Christmas? He writes me back and tells me he's been busy but doesn't bother to apologize for a) not fulfilling the order or b) not contacting me. I said I was a little irritated that he never bothered to tell me he couldn't do it in time and asked if the shirt would cost the same (I wasn't sure if he was charging me rush order prices for a Dec 7 delivery).

His reply: "lets just forget the whole thing, i dont want to irritate you further."

Wha??!!

I totally do not get this world sometimes. And look how upset Tom is that he's not getting his wizard shirt!!

Pffft,
Ms. P