BUSTED!...Scandal Rocks Not Crazy...Just Enthusiastic

Mea Culpa. Mea Culpa. Mea Maxima Culpa. Alright you caught me (don't look so smug).
A Friend (?) wrote to point out that I double dipped on my top ten movie list. Well here I'll let him make his case:

"You know what a stickler I am for this--how can "Bubba" be an honorable
mention one year and on your top ten the next? ;-p"

Although I hang my head in shame when the little newsboys come up to me on the street and implore me to "Say it ain't so." I'm afraid that, Yes, it's true. I have had heartbreak in my life. I have made mistakes, and I did in fact list Bubba-Ho-Tep on my Top Ten for 2003 even though I saw it in 2002 and had included it in my Honorable Mentions for that year. Although I still contend that I never bet on Strat-o-Matic Baseball either while an active participant or after retiring from the game. (Sharp eyed [no pun intended] readers may have noticed that The Eye also appeared for a second time in the Honorable Mentions.

In my defense I only say that if you do the math you will find that 2003 was not as good a year as 2002, and that both the aforementioned films were listed here The Bubakar Awardsas eligible for 2003 best of honors. When I saw that I took the opportunity to relist them and who knew anyone would be reading let alone fact checking.

So, sadly, now I must join the ranks of the Stephen Glasses, the Jayson Blairs, The Pete Roses and all those other once admired public figures who's shame and human weakness become fodder for their critics who have nothing better to do but nitpick at the failings of their betters.

Yes, I think I know how Bill Clinton must have felt after being caught lying (to protect his wife and daughter) about receiving oral sex in a public building during working hours, or how Al Gore felt when his statements about sponsoring legislation to fund the internet were blown (no pun intended) out of proportion by a cynical Republican hate machine, or how Henry Kissinger must feel when people rattle on about his responsibility for the deaths of thousands of innocent women & children.

Mock on. Mock on. I will only be made stronger and more powerful by my tearful revelations to Diane Sawyer and my cover story in People or Us Weekly. I shall rise Phoenix like to once again share my love of books, reading, America, Apple Pie, and Motherhood with the underpriveledged, downtrodden, handicapped and speech- impaired.

As a penance (court-ordered) I will be working with the Make a Wish foundation to provide some sick or dying child a chance to become part of this Blog. It will be a dream come true, I'm sure, when the little nipper after patiently and agonizingly typing out his deepest thoughts and dreamiest dreams with a mouth stick presses that Post & Publish button and sees his words flash up on the screen and knows that other kids around the world in Haiti, Bangladesh, Somalia or East Timor with internet access can share in his painful,personal yet noble and ultimately life affirming blogging. God bless us everyone. And God Bless America.