Lunedi Lunacy

I'm sure almost everyone has seen Jill and Kevin Wedding Entrance Dance which as of this writing has been viewed 24,383,513 on YouTube. Well someone out there realized that in the United States the divorce rate runs at around 40% and produced this little gem:



And speaking of divorce, John Marcotte has started a campaign to further the cause of traditional marriage so dear to the hearts of the God fearing supporters of Prop8 in California. He wants to take things one step further and under the 2010 California Protection of Marriage Act ban divorces in the State. As his slogan so boldly states: You said "Til death do us part. You're not dead yet." It does appear that a few legislators are refraining from making comment on the proposed amendment?????

14 settembre - L'Esaltazione della Santa Croce

Breaking Up Is Hard To Do

According to a recent report from Statistics Canada men are more likely to suffer depression after a divorce than women. This soundly supports the theory that women are stronger then men – something I’ve never disputed.

The study began in 1994, before Same-Sex Marriage became legal in Canada (2003), and it’s based on statistics from straight couples only. Guess they’ll have to start again with same-sex couples.

Now that could produce an interesting set of statistics. As an example, in gender-defined relationships will the butch one be more depressed than the femme one when they split up. Or in a lesbian relationship will both parties simply move on while in a gay one both guys will become depressed, weepy and a burden to their friends who will have to listen endless repetitions of “I gave him the best week of my – sob - life!”

Hmmm… may have answered my own question right there.

Okay I may be taking this Rome thing a little to excess with Sedaka singing Breaking Up Is Hard To Do in Italian but.....