I am a huge fan of trash TV.  I’m not ashamed to admit it, either.  I love me some of the Real Housewives, the Real World/Road Rules Challenges, and those kind of reality tv shows and docudramas.  And I can’t forget Maury Povich.  YOU ARE NOT THE FATHER! 

But I now have a new love.  Oh yes.  I have just started watching Toddlers and Tiaras.  I know you’re asking me “Geez, that shows only been on for like 4 years.  What took you so long?”   Well, a few things.  One, I don’t have cable, and haven’t for a long time.  They don't carry Center Ice, so I don't feel the need to pay for it.  Simple, really. Two, I got all sucked in to being judgmental and thinking “oh, those poor little kids and the bad parents.” 

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One of my guilty pleasures is skee ball.  I suppose I shouldn’t say it’s a guilty pleasure,.  Let’s face it – skee ball is all kinds of awesome!  However, where are the places that you can go play skee ball?  Usually kids’ pizza joints, right?   And how bizarre is it to go to one of those places without children? 

My addiction to the game was fueled by my mother.  She introduced me to the sweet sweet science of rolling balls up the ramp when I was a wee lass of 5 or 6.  We would always go to the arcade on Friday or Saturday nights.  Generally after a trip to the movies.

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