I’m only going to say my piece here, then leave it alone.

Something is unbalanced when Tiger Woods’ apology gets natural disaster/Presidential coverage in the news.

I mean, did a hurricane happen? Crazy devastating earthquake (oh yeah, Haiti-remember that?). Did the President say something? Tiger’s apology was Breaking News on some news outlets, if not all. That isn’t breaking news.

It seems as if there are more important things we should be worrying about than some high-profile sportsman’s infidelity. Who cares that he has to go to rehab? All good celebs have to at some point. What he really should be apologizing for, in addition to apologizing to his wife and family, is sucking up time on all the news circuits.

The Interwebs have been aflutter over Jon and Kate Gosselin. Who did what to whom? How much of a role did the cameras play in the disintegration of their relationship? Did their greed compromise their judgment as parents and as life partners? Who cheated on whom? It’s easy to point fingers, especially since they’ve chosen to live their lives so publicly.

I have no great sympathy for their claims that the media should back off, respecting their privacy as a family. When you open your life as they have (and as I have on my blog), you have to take the good with the bad. There will be those that love you no matter what. There will be people who will celebrate every stumble and heartbreak you experience. Others will question everything you do. It’s part and parcel of the deal.

In the end, though, what we have is a couple who is ending their relationship in a very public way. Regardless of my opinions about their relationship and parenting choices, I can’t help but watch their faces and see so much that is familiar.

I saw it months ago, the lack of physical contact, the emotional detachment, the harsh words that were only half-joking. They got further and further from each other. Soon, that interview couch could not have been long enough.

Eyes were swollen. Walls were up. The end was near.

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Maybe my little April Fool’s prank wasn’t so far off after all — looks like Jon Gosselin of Jon & Kate Plus 8 fame has been caught by US Weekly photographers in the company of another woman leaving a local bar at 2 a.m. One witness told the gossip rag that Jon “could barely walk,” although he seems far from being incapacitated in the pic. You would think Jon might be more careful about being in such predicaments nowadays, since just a few months ago the internets was buzzing when Gosselin appeared in a photo with two young college girls.

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On her show yesterday Oprah revealed the “truth” about motherhood – it’s exhausting and frequently embarrassing.  Oh, and we mothers judge each other too much. 

What the hell?

Of COURSE we judge each other.  How are we supposed to feel better about the lousy job we are doing unless we find someone who is doing it WORSE than we are?  I am constantly on the hunt for the mom who feeds her kid a worse diet, lets her kids watch more inappropriate television, and shows up more infrequently at school than I do.  If you haven’t signed your kids’ Homework Folder in over a month come find me!  I will buy you drinks and listen to your stories so I can go home and gloat to my husband “You will not believe the slacker I was just hanging out with!  We’re doing a terrific job!”   

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UPDATE: Now that the “holiday” has passed, it’s probably only fair to warn wayward Googlers that the below was made up as an April Fools prank, and we are not aware of any trouble with Jon & Kate Gosselin’s marriage.

Jon Gosselin, who stars in reality TV show Jon & Kate Plus 8, has announced he has filed for divorce from his wife, Kate Gosselin. In a prepared statement, Jon said that Kate’s ever growing obsession with fame and fortune from the show, which documents their day-to-day lives raising 8 children, has taken a heavy toll on their marriage.

“We were shopping for a Natuzzi leather couch for the new set for Season 5, and when Kate freaked out when she found out that the style she liked only came in espresso brown and not bittersweet chocolate brown, that’s when it hit me — I’m not just over Jon & Kate the TV show, I’m over being Jon & Kate, period.”

The news comes as a surprise after a previous statement said that their marriage was fine, and gossip website TMZ caught them canoodling sans kids at the popular Beverly Hills restaurant, Mr. Chow.

As for the kids, Gosselin states that he will retain full custody of the children, which Kate fully supports. “She told me that Angelina and Madonna seem to get more attention by adopting children, so she wants to try that now, and since the tups are older and not as ‘camera friendly’ any more, she thought it best if I take them.”

Kate declined to comment, stating that she would only discuss it with Oprah or a paid, exclusive interview with People magazine, whichever comes first.

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