Hurrah. _The Ordinary Princess_ (by M.M. Kaye) was finally reissued, after many delays (it was supposed to come out in January). It arrived today and I read it. I don’t think I’d read it since I was 10 years old and I found it at the library, but it was a book and a plot which had stuck with me over the years. I never forgot it. So I figured I better purchase it when I found out it wasn’t OOP anymore.

I’ve been seeing ads on and off for this new reality show called “The Bachelor” which is going to be on ABC of all places. Here is the premise: There is a guy who isn’t married, but is such a lazyass loser that he apparently can’t get any dates of his own and must depend on his pimp-daddy ABC to parade women in front of him. Some desperately-seeking-publicity women with no self-respect sign up and compete among themselves to see who can demean themselves the most and ultimately be granted the honor of getting a proposal from this jerk.

Family Values indeed. Disney should be ashamed of itself.