February 7, 2011
things I hadn’t posted
16-Person Dodge VanKat is a blizzard of awesome
When I was standing in line at a pharmacy waiting for prescriptions, I saw a box of gentle overnight type laxatives. The name?
Artist Maps Apple’s UI Onto the Louvre’s Masterpieces
Drunk scientists pour wine on superconductors and make an incredible discovery
Hopper’s bullet-hole Warhol sells for $302,500
Hubble Snaps Sharpest-Ever Photo of Dead Green Quasar
London Olympics to Vault Disabled Artists Into the Spotlight
Mice Kept on Unnatural Schedule Go Haywire
Mona Lisa model was a male say Italian researchers
New Glass Stronger and Tougher Than Steel
NFL fighting head injuries with technology
Roger Ebert Will Wear Prosthesis for New Review Show
Shelby celebrates original Cobra’s 50th anniversary with special edition continuation car
Maria Sharapova finds dead spot on Australian Open court
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J’adore Gene Simmons’ reality show more than you could ever believe. It’s one of the best TV shows I’ve ever seen, mostly because it seems to be the thing I love best: Outward Appearance Does Not Match Internal Life.
I watched a lot of the show over the summer, got to know the characters pretty well, and everyone seems pretty great, and they appear to have a stable and loving home life. Gene and Shannon have been together for 24 years I think, and he claims he’s been faithful during that time, but he won’t marry her. She wants to get married, it’s kind of one of the running gags. They have two kids, Nick and Sophie who genuinely seem to love and respect their parents. Overall, it seems like a happy and healthy home life. The problems they deal with are every day problems, Gene works all the time, Shannon is always trying to get him to have fun and relax with the family, the kids get into various scraps. Gene’s a total old man, always futzing with stuff at home and the kids are like “Daaaaaad!” and rolling their eyes cutely, but they’re all so funny. Sure, they’re rich and live in Beverly Hills and their problems are pretty much First World Problems, but there’s something infinitely sweet and caring about the show and the way the characters are dealt with. Yes, you can make anyone look good or look like a monster on Reality TV, but having watched multiple seasons of the show, I feel like these people pretty much have their heads screwed on tightly.
Yeah, this probably sounds like a crazy internet comment, but I love that damn show and found it fundamentally surprising in all the best ways.