DWTS from a 7-year-old's perspective

Last night the family was eating dinner and watching Dancing with the Stars. I know mealtime should be reserved for conversation, but DWTS is one of my guilty pleasures. Sue me!

Anyway, we were watching newcomer Lacey Schwimmer perform with former boy bander Lance Bass when my young daughter made this comment about Schwimmer's costume:

Did she mean to dress that way? Is she trying to look cool? That's completely inappropriate!

I told her that she was right. You don't have to show a lot of skin to be cool. I know my daughter's taste in clothes may not always lean toward the conservative. But I'm grateful, for now, that they do.

Palin is no Hillary!

OK, this is the only time I'm going to say anything political on this blog.

It irritates me to death that the Republicans think they can court the women voters of this country because they've named Sarah Palin as their vice presidential nominee. I guess they think all the disgruntled Hillary supporters are going to vote for just any woman. As Barack says, `John McCain just doesn't get it.'

As my spouse noted, Palin is so far left she's almost Nazi.

True Hillary supporters would never vote for Palin because she is the exact polar opposite of Mrs. Clinton. Women aren't so desperate to vote Palin into one of the highest offices in the land just because she's a woman. Women are going to vote for the `right' woman and Palin just isn't it.

Mama meltdown...

I've noticed that when my baby is happy, she says `dada' all over the place. When she's having a meltdown, it's `maaaaaaaaaamaaaaaaaa!'

Mama to the rescue!