As I predicted some 15 years ago, the Simpsons movie will make a lot of money, regardless of how good or bad it is. That as it may be, maybe I'm just sick of the Simpsons, having been there from Day 1 in 1987 on the Tracey Ullman show & then the daily triple dose I was getting thanks to syndication, whenever that started. I'd say the show stopped being funny after season 10, and I still kept watching until the episode where Bart got fat on vending machine food and had a heart attack and was sent to fat camp. Even the great Albert Brooks couldn't save that episode and at that point, I had enough. Boring plots where nothing happened, terrible guest stars and Homer just getting so stupid, not to mention he resembled nothing like his original self whatsoever. Frank Grimes said it best: "If you lived in any other country in the world, you would have starved to death long ago."

18 years is a long time to watch a show. But enough is enough. I had it, and was sick of it, done with that ****, the hell with that! (foreshadowing to the future Mrs. Mp34mp??). Of course, seeing every episode 20 to 300 times will do that, too. Personally I hope I never see another Simpsons clip ever again (which I've only seen about maybe 3 accidentally since '05) so I'm doing pretty well. Another thing that puzzled me, was why, back in the day, did Burger King get picked over McDonalds for Simpson Brand Whoring? Maybe McDonalds didn't approve of the new primetime cartoon where the children were saying "what the hell" and constant marriage problems with the parents? Mind you, this was before Burger King puked all over itself when it changed from its McDonalds-esque french fries to the uh… mashed potato caked sticks we know today.

This generation seems to love the Simpsons movie. Maybe it's because us old timers don't because we have been there and done it for so long.

Boy I do not like Summer! I am definitely a Winter person. I can handle the cold a whole lot better than the heat. And speaking of Nazi Germany, the Chicago Bears have already banned cigarettes and cigars from The Spaceship Known As Soldier Field Brought To You By Corporate Whore __________, already beating a state-wide January 1st anti-smoking ban in Illinois. Meaning you can only smoke in your home, your car, in a cigar shop, and at least 15 feet away from all public entrances. So basically, you can't even smoke on the sidewalk anymore. So where do you go to smoke now? In the street? On the railroad tracks? The parking lot? Then there's talk in the Illinois legislation about raising the cigarette tax up .90 per pack, upping the state tax per pack to $1.88, one of the highest in the nation. Hey, don't be picking on the smokers just because you came up with too many expensive Socialistic programs & public transit couldn't cover its ass when gas prices doubled and tripled! Of course we all know the real problem: the children. Tax the children! They're the ones who are the real root of all these problems! I say, give tax breaks to the childless, and tax families per child! And the tax would go up exponentially with each child. Those people are clogging up the planet with their off-spring, make THEM pay for it. Oh ya, the State hasn't forgotten about you cigar smokers: a beefy 20,000% cigar tax increase, upping it to $10 per cigar. Who in their right mind would pay $12 for a $2 cigar??! And in this day and age of internet news and neighboring states, others will either quit or go elsewhere. Ever hear of modesty? These Fat Cats are so obsessed about controlling everyone in a Government Nanny-like state, that what would happen if people suddenly stopped smoking? It would be an absolute disaster! And in this day and age of internet and nicotine patches, whose to say it won't happen?

10 years ago we went from being able to smoke in the local mall, in the local Arby's, in the restaurant and the bar (of all places!) to now just this. It just feels like they're taking all our rights away. What's next? More higher cigarette taxes? Lower speed limits? More traffic lights to slow us down? Tax using main roads? (they're doing that in London plus NYC is looking into it) . Feels like we're getting pushed around by a bunch of little loser bullies. Bring on the Communism! Carpe diem complete Police State!