52nd Annual Grammy Awards

We are watching the 52nd Annual Grammy Awards. Except for the current song I am listening to by Emmenem/Travis Barker/Lil Wayne/Drake....which SUCKS....I am truly enjoying this show.
Music has always been my life.
It's been fun watching the people they are pairing up. Music is such an amazing form of expression!!
I will say, for the record, that Taylor Swift cannot sing. She can do fine in the studio...when somebody mixes it so she sounds good. She sang live with Stevie Nicks, and it actually HURT my ears. She was completely off key!
Now...it's 10:15 and it is still on. I need to get to bed...but it's still going on.

The Truth

I want to step out of my past, as a woman whose children would rather live with their father, and step into the present. The fact that I AM, indeed a mother! Sometimes I don't even feel like a mother any more.
I want them to remember that family is forever. That they can survive challenges, even unexpected ones that are terrifically sad. Change is inevitable and you can always survive it. That's what I hope I have taught my own children by my life. That even through change, you can come out the other side with joy and greater understanding. Something new always in the future, but it's got the potential for so many amazing things. To remember what the joy of what it was at the time, even though it's not that any more.
The truth is the best thing that I can give my children. The truth to tell it like it is. To mean what I say. To be open to anything they want to tell me.
To love them TRULY UNCONDITIONALLY!
We need families so we can learn what it means to love ALL THE WAY!!
NO MATTER WHAT happens...I will always be there for my family!
I hope that they always know, long after I am gone, that they were TRULY LOVED!!

Rosie

I am so excited to watch Rosie on Oprah!! She cracks me up!!

VIKINGS

Tomorrow is the big game. I'm trying to be half-hearted about it because I can't handle being so disappointed by this team! I must say though, I AM starting to get excited!! We are having Mike and Jolyne over to watch it. It should be a fun time...even better if we win!!!

The Sadness of Addiction

Report: Jeff Conaway Injured in Fall at Home

By Tim Nudd

Tuesday January 19, 2010 09:05 AM EST

Jeff Conaway

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Actor Jeff Conaway, who played Kenickie in the 1978 movie Grease, was badly injured in a fall at his Califo rnia home on Monday, according to reports. Conaway, 59, fell down a staircase and suffered a broken hip, a broken arm, a fractured neck and a brain hemorrhage, according to TMZ.com, based on information from his girlfriend, Vikki Lizzi. He was rushed to hospital for surgery. No other details are currently available. Conaway has battled substance-abuse problems throughout his life. He appeared on Celebrity Fit Club in 2006, but had to leave due to a drug relapse. He later appeared on two seasons of Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew.

Conan

People of Earth:

In the last few days, I've been getting a lot of sympathy calls, and I
want to start by making it clear that no one should waste a second
feeling sorry for me. For 17 years, I've been getting paid to do what I
love most and, in a world with real problems, I've been absurdly lucky.
That said, I've been suddenly put in a very public predicament and my
bosses are demanding an immediate decision.

Six years ago, I signed a contract with NBC to take over The Tonight
Show in June of 2009. Like a lot of us, I grew up watching Johnny Carson
every night and the chance to one day sit in that chair has meant
everything to me. I worked long and hard to get that opportunity, passed
up far more lucrative offers, and since 2004 I have spent literally
hundreds of hours thinking of ways to extend the franchise long into the
future. It was my mistaken belief that, like my predecessor, I would
have the benefit of some time and, just as important, some degree of
ratings support from the prime-time schedule. Building a lasting
audience at 11:30 is impossible without both.

But sadly, we were never given that chance. After only seven months,
with my Tonight Show in its infancy, NBC has decided to react to their
terrible difficulties in prime-time by making a change in their
long-established late night schedule.

Last Thursday, NBC executives told me they intended to move the Tonight
Show to 12:05 to accommodate the Jay Leno Show at 11:35. For 60 years
the Tonight Show has aired immediately following the late local news. I
sincerely believe that delaying the Tonight Show into the next day to
accommodate another comedy program will seriously damage what I consider
to be the greatest franchise in the history of broadcasting. The Tonight
Show at 12:05 simply isn't the Tonight Show. Also, if I accept this move
I will be knocking the Late Night show, which I inherited from David
Letterman and passed on to Jimmy Fallon, out of its long-held time slot.
That would hurt the other NBC franchise that I love, and it would be
unfair to Jimmy.

So it has come to this: I cannot express in words how much I enjoy
hosting this program and what an enormous personal disappointment it is
for me to consider losing it. My staff and I have worked unbelievably
hard and we are very proud of our contribution to the legacy of The
Tonight Show. But I cannot participate in what I honestly believe is its
destruction. Some people will make the argument that with DVRs and the
Internet a time slot doesn't matter. But with the Tonight Show, I
believe nothing could matter more.

There has been speculation about my going to another network but, to set
the record straight, I currently have no other offer and honestly have
no idea what happens next. My hope is that NBC and I can resolve this
quickly so that my staff, crew, and I can do a show we can be proud of,
for a company that values our work.

Have a great day and, for the record, I am truly sorry about my hair;
it's always been that way.

Yours,
Conan

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