Served Before his Birthday...

Hello....one more day before July 4th!

I wasn't going to get into another Hollywood divorce but i couldn't help it!

As you all know...Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes are disolving their five year marriage.

At least Katie wants to disolve the marriage.

Via

Now we don't know the REAL reasons for the divorce despite all the speculations...

all we know is that she served him divorce documents...

in New York instead of Los Angeles (apparently it makes a big difference)

while he was traveling for work 

and days before his birthday...

This is what i wanted to ask this morning...

Was she being spiteful serving him divorce papers days before his birthday?

Not any birthday but the man's 50th birthday!

I can only imagine the anxiety one feels with their 50th birthday approaching

 but then to realize the stability you thought you had at home in your family has been shattered?

I am just thinking...that was not cool of Ms. Holmes to serve him documents before his birthday.

But then again, is there ever a good time to ask someone for a divorce?

I don't know because I've never been there before 

BUT i am just thinking there is a time and place for everything.

After five years of marriage and six years of raising a daugther together....

i hope i would have the courtesy to ask for a a divorce AFTER we have celebrated his birthday.  

Clearly, she has been planning the divorce all this time 

because if not she would have been planning his 50th birthday bash. 

Now for the rest of his life...Mr. Cruise will forever associate his 

5th decade of life with the ending of his marriage.

I am all for a woman's right to decide...

i am just wondering if Ms. Holmes could have been a little more sensitive?!

Happy Birthday Tom Cruise!

Any thoughts?

Celebrity Endorsements...Would You Buy It?

I love reading magazines BUT sometimes 

the amount of celebrity endorsements gets on my nerves like no other.  

If you ripped up all the ads in magazines...

you would end up having fifteen to twenty pages in a magazine.  

Now I understand magazine companies need to pay their bills 

but it's almost too much sometimes.

Will celebrity endorsements really make you buy products?

The perfumes, the shoes, purses, clothes, make-up, acne cream, bedding, household furniture etc..

I don't think i have ever purchased an item JUST because a celebrity was endorsing it.

For example, I don't think celebrities REALLY use the acne creams they advertise!

I might just be cynical but somehow i don't believe P-Diddy actually uses proactive every morning.

However, there are individuals who will buy proactive ONLY because P-Diddy supports this.

The other day i was thinking about how crazy we get 

when we want the next Gucci purse (i am guilty of this) 

or Louboutin shoes just because we saw some celebrity wearing it, 

when usually they get these products for free. 

Us regular people, on the other hand, work hard to make our money only to purchase

 products because a celebrity endorses it 

even though they don't wear it or use it except to get paid from it.

I am sure celebrity endorsements will make people buy products 

BUT in my world that ain't happening.

To me it just doesn't make cents (get it!)

As much as i want a Gucci purse or Louboutin shoes, 

i am not going to purchase it JUST because some celebrity is peddling them!

Anywho, off to the Question of the Day:

What are your thoughts on this topic?

Do you think as a Society, we go crazy for celebrity endorsements?