doodledee

Here's a puzzler: When doing a celebrity interview, why does the interviewer so often go out of their way to say something like 'so and so, taking a rare day off...'? Does the celebrity really work that hard? Or do they maybe just want to come off as somebody who never stops working? Call me cynical, but for some reason I think the rich and famous take way more days off than most of us do. Except maybe for government employees - Civil Service jobs are da bomb.

It's not so much that a celebrity working hard is in itself lame; it's just that I prefer my stars to follow the time honored 'work hard, play hard' philosophy. Like Puff Daddy, for example. Here's a guy who has a lot going on in his professional life, yet he still manages find the time to head to St. Tropez and jetski in his bathrobe while sipping Cristal. Now that's a stupid mad day off, nephew!

On a non-celebrity note, Apple just announced a new PowerBook with a 17" monitor. It's so tricked out that it senses when the room starts to get dark and automatically backlights the keyboard. It looks so cool it hurts.