Britney Brings It

Her guest appearance on last night's episode of "How I Met Your Mother" brought ratings, that is.
Her appearance on the show brought in about an additional 1 million extra viewers.

And so once again we see the fundamental: people complain about all the celeb news and the fawning over Britney or Paris or Nicole or whomever. But the fact remains, they advertise Britney, and enough people want to see it to make it worthwhile for the networks to give it to us. People say they're tired of Britney etc. But their actions speak otherwise.

Fascinated, but we don't want to be

Can't stop staring at the traffic accident that is Britney Spears.

Prediction: we may, however, reach the saturation point soon.

The Culture of Shock strikes again dept

How in the media do you get peoples' attention these days?
Seems like you have to push the envelope, find new ways to shock people.
Case in point: a radio station near Detroit had a contest going: guess when Britney Spears would kill herself, having lost custody of her three children.

So appropriate.
Today sanity, along with the tiny bit of good taste that a few people have preserved, finally re-asserted itself (a bit tardily) and the contest was ended.