Did Jon hack Kate's emails? Do I care?

Reality TV passed the point of redonkulous a long time ago, but I think it was brought to light today when the top ten searches on October 15th for Google completely encompassed the Balloon Boy hoax, and Kate Gosselin topped the Top Five Most Interesting People because her soon-to-be-ex-husband was supposedly using his latent IT skills to hack her emails. Google reports it is the first time a single topic has taken over its' top ten, and the Balloon Boy surpassed even the untimely death of the King of Pop. Really, people? Do you truly crave your fifteen minutes of fame that much?

The Balloon Boy said it all when he quipped it was "for a show". Now, granted he said it live on Larry King, which speaks to the American cult of celebrity right there, (how the heck did they get on Larry King so fast? And how slow a news day was it!?)

Jon and Kate have hopefully put enough money aside (in between the hair plugs and tummy tucks) to put each of their eight through college, psychoanalysis and the no-doubt inevitable round of rehab that will follow their eighteenth birthdays. (Can you say Lindsay Lohan?)

In the meantime, I must shake my head and try to continue to focus on the important things in life: my husband, my kids and my family.

(makes for good reading though, doesn't it?!)