Again, there are things I just don’t get…

Like, Britney Spears $20,000 bra.

The bra has 18K gold skulls set with diamond eyes, which hang from an 18K zipper. Each skull is adorned with a hanging Swarovski Crystal Heart.  She was wearing it in a video promoting Hasbro’s new Twister Dance/Exercise Video.

Really, what ever happened to Maidenform?

And what about the Million Dollar Penny?

Now, I’m a hoarder collector, and I know things go UP in value, but really folks, a million bucks for a penny.  Ok, I know it’s old, it’s from the first mint, it’s rare…blah, blah, blah, it still ain’t worth a million bucks!

And how about that wedding cake from Will and Kate’s Royal Wedding A YEAR AGO?

We tried to eat the top of our wedding cake a year later – it had been in the freezer all year – and it was disgusting!  And this piece of Royal history costs a few hundred dollars.  It does include an order of service from the wedding – oh joy, oh rapture, and it is going to auction in May.

A piece of cake from Lady Diana Spencer’s wedding to HRH Prince Charles went for about $1600, some 30 years ago.  The starting bid for Kate’s cake is $160.

And from the “this just in” category…

…one really fugly, stupid, moronic, prom ensemble…

The flip-flops add so much, don’t ya think?

I just don’t get it!

…Lindsay Lohan playing Elizabeth Taylor, that is.

I would have preferred Anne Hathaway, but Lohan can act, when she’s sober and not in jail, and she’s very pretty, and with the wonders that Hollywood can do – I mean just look at Meryl – she WILL look like Taylor.

The Lifetime movie, called “Liz and Dick”, will cover the greatest Hollywood love affair of all time, that of Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton.

I’ve mentioned them from time to time, you may have noticed.

When you think about it, the similarities between the two stars are there.

Both had addiction problems, both had romance problems, and both could act.

Of course, Elizabeth never went to jail…and hopefully, Lindsay can work her filming around her community service, court dates, and court ordered counselling.

I do think the title should be changed, Elizabeth Taylor hated the nickname Liz, and NO ONE called him Dick!

Also, Lohan is the right age for the Suddenly Last Summer Elizabeth, but she’s a tad young for the Richard Burton years…but then again…Hollywood magic.

And you all know I’ll watch it!

Today is the anniversary of the biggest marketing disaster in American history.

Yep, New Coke was introduced on April 23, 1985, some 27 years ago!

Oh, crap, that long ago…I was there.

It came on the heels of the break UP of AT&T, another shafting of the American public.

The reaction to New Coke was so bad, the ‘old formula’ was back on the market within three months.  Actually, production of the New Coke product stopped the week it was introduced to the public.

I’m not so sure now, the taste was all that bad.  I think it was just folks didn’t want anyone screwing UP an American Icon.  And, it was over-hyped.  Better, bolder, blah, blah, blah.

In reality, Coca Cola has changed several times over the years.  The most significant change was in 1935, when an Atlanta Rabbi dubbed Coca Cola Kosher after two changes were made to the formula.  Those two changes also made Coca Cola halal and vegetarian.

But, alas, Old Coke was back on the market, New Coke was re-branded Coke II, you know, like the Chevy II, and every one was happy again.

Well, not every one.  Frankly, it’s never tasted right to me.  And I still think Mexican Coke is better!

With all the scandal boiling around our own Secret Service, it’s nice to know that Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II can call on hers for help.

Well, he’s not really secret service, he’s actually James Bond.

You know, Bond, James Bond.

2012 marks the 50 anniversary of the Bond franchise, and the Summer Olympics are being held in Merrie Olde England this summer.

It’s a big year for Her Majesty’s subjects.  Olympics, Bond Anniversary, and the Queen, herself is celebrating 60 years on the throne.

So, to pull the three together, Daniel Craig and Queen Elizabeth II have made a film together.

Move over Britt, Halle, and all the rest, she’s taking over.

Yes, she’s the new Bond Girl.

Not to worry folks, there are no steamy love scenes, no bikini clad monarchs rising out of the ocean, and only a few bad guys.  To make the film, producers were given “unprecedented access” to Her Majesty, her private apartments, and the Palace.  The film will open the Summer Olympics, and it’s designed to celebrate the British, their favorite movie character, their queen, and their impact on Olympic history.

Produced by Danny Boyle of Slumdog Millionaire fame, the ’short’ will consist of Her Majesty giving Bond a mission to open the games.

We know he can act, let’s just hope she can…well, maybe she can…I mean, who could really love those kids of hers, and she seems to have most of us convinced!

Frankly, I can’t wait!