Today we look at several news happenings this week and bring to you great conversation topics. Be sure to read the stories that are linked to my descriptions.

1. Ballon Boy’s parents plead guilty. Was there any question that this poor attempt at capturing the hearts and minds of people worldwide that watched in real time the fear of a balloon carrying away a small boy would end in a real disaster, not the TV show the parents so fervently hoped for? Yeah, right. The dad, Richard Heene, will be sentenced in December.

2. TMZ.com has wisely still not publicized the sex tape Carrie Prejean made. Maybe the lawyers have some type of porn charge waiting in the wings over the existence of the tape? Aftre all, Carrie Prejean, by her own admission, was 17 when she ’stupidly’ made the video for her then current boyfriend. What the hell are kids watching these days that gives them these ideas?

2. Are you too ugly to date? Let the members decide, right? After all, if they’re in, they are beautiful people, and if you’re not, well, you’re not.

3. Rich, talented and beautiful. Discover the top celebrities and what thye make in a year. Then go and cry because you’ve figured out that what these stars make in a day you mak eina year, or two.

We can guess, of course, but we’re sure that this will unravel in the next few days, likely complete with web broadcast rights being sold somewhere, even if parts are edited and/or blacked out.

TMZ.com isn’t always content to sit on the sidelines with a pot of gold in play.

And people of the web love home videos!

Link:
Carrie’s admission of “sex tape video” video.