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I'm so mad I could just spit. Paris Hilton stole my catchphrase that I stole from a roommate in Los Angeles back in 1998. Well I'm not giving it up! I will continue to say, "That's Hot!" under the premise that it's my catchphrase. See, this is what happens when I stop watching the news for five minutes and take a brief gander at pop culture.



This just in from the Left Coast Report:

"Jim Carrey's Heavenly Thoughts

Jim Carrey has discovered something that a lot of folks in La-La Land and society at large have yet to find out. There's a difference between pleasure and happiness.

Carrey tells Playboy magazine that he has given up almost all pleasurable pursuits and is living like a monk. 

"I don't eat wheat. I don't eat dairy. I don't smoke cigarettes. I don't smoke pot. All these things I've enjoyed. I live very sparingly," the actor explains.

"Heaven is the other side of that feeling you get when you're sitting on the couch and you get up and make a triple-decker sandwich. It's on the other side of that, when you don't make the sandwich. It's about sacrifice..."

The Left Coast Report hears that when Hugh Hefner read Carrey's interview he decided to give up one of his seven girlfriends."

I thought this was interesting. Jim Carrey has apparently stumbled into the heart of Christianity. Living without satiating ones immediate desires is essentially what Jesus was preaching back in the days of the Roman Empire. One should commit themselves to their spouse, protect their children and bury their dead. Life was to be lived sacrificing the base wants. It was this sort of philosophy that attracted those citizens that were repelled by Rome's increasing decadence. I'm just wondering if Jim Carrey realizes this or if he thinks he's come up with a grand new philosophy.

In all seriousness, if you are interested in this subject, check out "The Rise of Christianity" by Rodney Stark. It's a sociology book about how early Christianity spread throughout the ancient world.

OK, so his post is absolutely worthless. I have another article to work on for Popandpolitics.com and I wasn't in the mood to do a second real article.

Tomorrow, back to serious business.