You don’t have to be Tony Shalhoub from the TV series Monk to worry about the germs lurking inside your hotel room. Any time you live out of a room that is not your own, one that may not be as clean as you like, you might find thoughts of bed bugs and dust balls dancing in your head.

As Britney begins to put her life back together, I can’t help but feel for her. None of her past actions have been that much worse than what other celebrities, or even regular people, have done, what they have done without the world eye’s fixed relentlessly upon them.

I will admit it: I watch American Idol. I enjoy it, but I’m not into it as much as some people. Take my sister for instance: she is what we call a "voter." I have never had it in me to cast a vote; I guess I just don’t care that much.