Queen Palin

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Two Words: Fucking Brilliant.

The angry mob outside the window is damn good… as are the oil rigs. Yet the tickers on the monitor are only slightly less wondrous than the “Learnin's Hard” on the empty diploma frames or the red phone.

Give Me a Chance, Madge!

Spokeswoman: Madonna and Guy Ritchie to divorce
Oct. 15, 2008, 12:08 PM EST

LONDON (AP) -- Madonna and filmmaker Guy Ritchie will end their marriage after nearly eight years, the couple said in a joint statement Wednesday.

The couple asked the media to "maintain respect for their family at this difficult time," said the statement, e-mailed to The Associated Press by Liz Rosenberg, Madonna's publicist.

A financial settlement has not been agreed by the wealthy couple, who must also decide child custody issues.

In London, Ritchie's mother, Lady Amber Leighton, told reporters that the family wouldn't be making any statement.

Madonna and Ritchie, director of "Snatch" and "Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels," married in December 2000 at a Scottish castle. The couple have two children: Rocco, 8, and David Banda, 3, who was adopted from Malawi in 2006. Madonna also has a 12-year-old daughter, Lourdes, from her relationship with personal trainer Carlos Leon.

The couple are reportedly worth some $525 million, the bulk of that belonging to Madonna. Ritchie has an estimated $35 million fortune. They own homes in London, Los Angeles and New York, and a 1,200-acre retreat in Wiltshire, England.

Madonna is to perform concerts Wednesday and Thursday in Boston as her "Sticky and Sweet" tour continues. Ritchie's latest movie, "RocknRolla," recently opened to mixed reviews.

Lawyers said the couple would likely try to come to an agreement before heading to court.

"The judgment of the court would be to try and assess what they came in with and divide what they built up fairly equally," said David Allison, a lawyer with Family Law in Partnership, a London firm.

Ritchie's career has faltered during the marriage, while Madonna's songs, videos and concerts remain popular worldwide.

The needs of the couple's children will also be factored by the court, as they were in Britain's latest high-profile celebrity divorce, the battle between former Beatle Paul McCartney and model Heather Mills. In that case, McCartney and Mills fought over money and custody of their young daughter.

Mills received 24.3 million pounds in the divorce after four years of marriage.

"The needs of children figure quite highly, and that was one of the reasons Heather Mills got a gigantic amount of money, despite the fact that the bulk of Sir Paul's money was made before the marriage," Allison said.

The Sun newspaper splashed the split across its front page Wednesday under the headline: "We're Divorcing." It was the second time this year that the superstar couple's marriage has come under the media microscope. Over the summer, Madonna was linked — unfairly, she said — to the breakup of New York Yankee Alex Rodriguez and his ex-wife Cynthia.

Madonna was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame last year.

© 2008 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.

Wonder if she'd marry a fag. I would so raise her kids and spend her money…

WoW 3.0.2

That bastard Tim snuck out of work early to get patched and get online. I'm still reading through the massive patch notes. Had to get them off Curse since Blizzard is slammed…


Heh. Tim was able to log in for about five minutes before his world server crashed. I doubt I'm missing anything by being here at work. Going to take forever to figure out how to respec all my characters…

Still Watching This

Saturday Night Live really hit the nail on the proverbial head on this one:

I Work Here

My coworkers are great. When I went up to Duluth with John they had this bucket of Frozen Cosmo bliss that I have been unable to find around here. This morning Theo brought over a “Black Cat” bucket that he found over the weekend. Just have to add Vodka and mixer. It's going to be so good but I'll have to clear out some pesky food out of the freezer.

Every hour I sneak in a four-part set with the little 8lb weights I keep under the desk. Since our cubicles don't have high walls it must look entertaining. Just had the following IM:

Jeff: Sean Simmons
Sean: With less hair... Sweating Like An Oldie!
Jeff: as a gay man, would you consider him gay?
Jeff: or is it an act?
Sean: I'm pretty much afraid of him, so I try not to think about it.

Gave us both a laugh. Moments like this remind me how fortunate I am.

Impending Doom

Really been enjoying all the attention the LHC has received. Coworker sent me a link to hasthelargehadroncolliderdestroyedtheworldyet.com yesterday then my boss sent me one of web cam doom today. One of my favorites is still a petition I found online, though I'm not sure what the first words were officially.

I'm still hoping for a black hole. Or Duke Nukem aliens, at the very least.

Dammit

Was a little distracted walking in the garage this morning when I noticed a license plate that started with “VJJ” and I snickered to myself, thinking, “That loser has a Va-jay-jay on their license. What a vagine.” Then I realized it was my car. *sigh*