I love Shania

...but she has had way too much work done on her once-beautiful face, in my opinion.  She was parade marshal here for the Stampede and then headlined the grandstand show.  I bet she was fabulous, but she no longer looks like herself.  I know she's battled Lime Disease, but that does not affect the face; she should have left it alone.

Shania today.

 

The original Shania

Anyone who's local, including us, does not go to the Stampede.  Outside of the Rodeo and the Chucks, it's just another garish side show and midway.  And the prices!  $30 for a hot dog and a beer!  Insanity!  We watch the rodeo on YouTube and it's fabulous!  

We're also watching Wimbledon.  If I have to listen to Aryna Sabalenka screaming on every shot, I'm going to scream louder!  Who permitted this freak show in the first place!?  It was Monica Seles who started it all and it has only become worse.  That's not tennis, in my old-fashioned world.  It's more like wrestling, or fighting in the parking lot fighting after last call.

And then there's Ben Shelton's wife-beater shirt.  What's that all about?!  When did Wimbledon start to permit sleeveless monstrosities like this?  They have also begun to permit the ladies to wear colour underwear.  It's a slippery slope, folks,  until full colour dress sneaks in and Wimbledon -- the last vestige of civilized tennis -- becomes just another tacky tournament.  

I am disappointed.  We were there a number of years ago to watch Federer defeat Andy Roddick in the men's final.  It was thrilling and no one wore coloured underwear. 

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On a personal note, chatting on the phone with an old friend of mine, she said, "Poor so-and-so, she had four kids!"  Really?!  I was supposed to feel sorry for this woman!!??  Her husband was a successful architect and mayor of Rockcliffe, for Gawd's sake.  How tough could it have been?  She didn't work outside the home, so I'm not getting out the crying towels.

I had two kids and two step kids, of whom I had custody.  I also worked fulltime, travelled and had to navigate B's ex, who was a nasty obstacle at every turn.  So don't tell me to be sympathetic to a rich woman who had four kids and stayed home.  Not gonna happen.

I have always worked.  I remember when I first got married (may Bob rest in peace) and said to myself, "There is no way I am going to ask a man for $2 for nylons."  I have never lived on a man's money and never will -- unlike Gloria Steinem, who had a rich guy finance her various projects.  

Yep, the Queen of Women's Lib was underwritten and supported by a man!  You could not make that up.  So, next time she's blabbing on about liberation and empowerment, remember who's paying for it.