Somebody copy-and-pasted this Washington Post article on Ozzy Osbourne in Washington (why these people don't just forward the link, I have no clue). I guess Sharon will do anything to get the Ozzfest ticket sales up now that Black Sabbath isn't going to be part of the tour. Here are some comments I had on the article:

> > But who cared? There was someone else everyone
> really wanted to see.

I think this proves once and for all that television, and more specifically sitcoms, can turn ANYBODY into somebody all the masses would die to meet. I didn't like him (and especially Sharon) before, and I don't like him now.

> > Then they did meet, the commander in chief and
> the one-time
> satanic-singing, bat-chewing television anti-dad.

I wonder how the religious right feels about this -- their beloved Republican president meeting with the guy whose records they used to burn. Actually, I'd be much more shocked if it was was the Gores meeting a former PMRC target. When was he "the anti-dad" anyway? They've been making jokes since the 80s about him being a father.

> > "The thing about Ozzy is, he's made a lot of big
> hit recordings," Bush
> told the audience. " 'Party With the Animals.'
> 'Sabbath Bloody Sabbath.'
> 'Facing Hell.' 'Black Skies' and 'Bloodbath in
> Paradise.' Ozzy, Mom loves your stuff."

I wonder who wrote that for him? Looks like somebody who just randomly picked a few titles he saw. Bush probably originally had "And we're big fans of your first TV show, Ozzie & Harriet."

> > "First of all, they both love their families.
> They both partied a little
> too hard when they were younger. Half the time you
> can't understand a word
> either one of them is saying. And neither one of
> them can make a move
> without their wife's approval."

Now this might make a good signature.

> > Sharon Osbourne wore a Gothic midnight-blue ballgown.

I thought that said "Gothic midget" at first.

> > Osbourne left Black Sabbath in 1978

No, he was fired in 1979.

> Beneath the freaky facade, Ozzy is us.

Uh, no.

> "I was just saying to Greta, I don't quite get it," says Sharon
> Osbourne.

That makes two of us!

> Gen. Franks, head of U.S. Central Command, appeared to be having
> fun at the Newsweek party, his medals brandished on his chest along
> with an understated bar initialed "WTC," for World Trade Center.

"Ozzy, hunched over and squinting at the medal, remaked 'Hey! Nice FTW button.'"