Daniel Radciffe is not nearly as smart as Harry Potter. Sure, he pushed his name into the celebrity headlines today, but at what price? Now would be good time for Harry Potter to pull out his invisibility cloak.
In an interview with a British tabloid (the only news that sells in England) Radcliffe described his move from protected child prodigy to carefree irresponsible adult by detailing his nighlty drunken binges on the set of the latest Harry Potter movie. Of course, he excused his behavior by claiming he has "a very addictive personality." Don't we all?
They say confession is good for the soul. Maybe. But it works best if there is contrition and a commitment to change. Didn't hear anything like that at all. Just a message to the world that he has joined the increasing number of inebriated post-pubescent celebrities whose artistic capacity is in jeopardy.
Plunder the Blunder: Don't tell us things we don't need to know unless one of us will learn a lesson from it.
WITTicism: Your mouth depends on your brain. Keep it in top form.
Saturday, February 4, 2012
Thursday, February 2, 2012
Gambling in Nevada
So Mitt recovered today by snagging the endoresement of The Donald. Newt was apparently surprised since he thought it was coming to him.
Not everyone is convinced that Trump's backing will be an advantage for Mitt in Nevada, but we'll soon find out.
The sticky part of today was the replaying of Romney's recent statement (referred to as a gaffe), "I like to fire people." With glee the press connected it to "The Apprentice" where Trump's job was to fire people. It all sounds so heartless.
In case anyone remembers, Romney original statement referred to being able to fire service providers such as insurance carriers who don't measure up. This statement, like many others has developed a life of its own. Mitt may find it eventually carved into his tombstone.
Plunder the Blunder: What you think is a tight little sound bite may come back to bite you.
WITTicism: When in doubt, leave it out.
Not everyone is convinced that Trump's backing will be an advantage for Mitt in Nevada, but we'll soon find out.
The sticky part of today was the replaying of Romney's recent statement (referred to as a gaffe), "I like to fire people." With glee the press connected it to "The Apprentice" where Trump's job was to fire people. It all sounds so heartless.
In case anyone remembers, Romney original statement referred to being able to fire service providers such as insurance carriers who don't measure up. This statement, like many others has developed a life of its own. Mitt may find it eventually carved into his tombstone.
Plunder the Blunder: What you think is a tight little sound bite may come back to bite you.
WITTicism: When in doubt, leave it out.
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Ebeneezer Mitt
Saw the bad news for Mitt Romney today.
Oh, yeah, he won the Florida Republican primary yesterday. That's Mitt's good news. But the euphoria must have gone to his head and erased his speaking sensibility.
Mitt surely knows what a reporter can do with a sound bite, so he should not have been surprised that the media went crazy when he said he was "not concerned about the very poor". You would have thought Mitt was the incarnation of Ebeneezer Scrooge and was sending the indigent to an untimely death to reduce the surplus population.
The truth was more bland and certainly less malevolent.
Most media sources have conceded that the phrase was taken out of context and repackaged to make headlines. But Mitt's initial quote had already made it around the globe two or three times before anyone questioned its veracity.
Plunder the Blunder: If you are concerned you may say something that doesn't make sense or could be misinterpreted, you probably would be better remaining silent.
WITTicism: If you think you'll trip, zip your lip.
Oh, yeah, he won the Florida Republican primary yesterday. That's Mitt's good news. But the euphoria must have gone to his head and erased his speaking sensibility.
Mitt surely knows what a reporter can do with a sound bite, so he should not have been surprised that the media went crazy when he said he was "not concerned about the very poor". You would have thought Mitt was the incarnation of Ebeneezer Scrooge and was sending the indigent to an untimely death to reduce the surplus population.
The truth was more bland and certainly less malevolent.
Most media sources have conceded that the phrase was taken out of context and repackaged to make headlines. But Mitt's initial quote had already made it around the globe two or three times before anyone questioned its veracity.
Plunder the Blunder: If you are concerned you may say something that doesn't make sense or could be misinterpreted, you probably would be better remaining silent.
WITTicism: If you think you'll trip, zip your lip.
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