TV

   I didn't watch a lot of TV this summer, had a few other things to do.  Now that I have absolutely nothing on my schedule, I've been catching up with some of the shows.  I watched (sort of) The View today.  It seemed contrived and boring.  I watched Whoopie  barely tolerate Rosie Perez' s input on some major issue or other, as to whether or not to humiliate a four-year-old child in order to dissuade him from bullying.  Rosie O'D. tried to make a point using personal child-rearing experiences.  She made sense, but  in a manner  totally unrelatable to most people.  BTW, she may have lost some weight, but when she said the sales rep told her she didn't need to shop for the extra-large sizes any more, I say wait a minute: if anything is to fit her in the stomach area, it better be from the XL sizing. 
    I saw Jennifer Hudson on AGT singing with a precociously annoying twelve-year-old boy, named Quintavious.  She looks like she's gained back a considerable amount of weight, but I must say her face is absolutely beautiful. On the same show, Cindi Lauper appeared to sing "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" with a blonde Gwen Stefani wanna-be who for some reason was vaulted into finalist standing by the judges.  The performance was even more awkward than the Hudson/Quintavious mismatch. Cindi looked like an unfortunate blending of The Pillsbury Doughboy and a haystack.  Why wouldn't somebody clue her in; the show has hair and wardrobe, wouldn't you think. Overall, she looked like a girl who just wanted off the stage.  The blonde girl crooner ended up in second place, behind a magician.  For a show which prides itself on showcasing a variety of talent, 4 out of the 6 final acts were singers, which is hardly the makings for a  unique show.  I never thought I'd say this, but I was glad when the magician won the million.  (I would submit that the voting viewers are more swayed by Howard Stern's remarks than by any of the other judges.)
    And as for Meredith Vieira's  coming out with the sexual abuse charges----yecchh, I can't even go there.