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Wednesday, July 7, 2010

Lohan brightens at least one day

OK, I'm not one to follow celebrity gossip, but it was nice to see on the 6:30 p.m. nightly news on Tuesday that Lindsay Lohan's probation violation hearing had ended with a little surprise.

The pokey.

Slammer.

Busted.

Jailed. Well, she was not jailed yet, so she still is living a little differently than you or I. Generally, when the judge says jail, someone escorts you there immediately, giving first a pair of shiny new handcuffs for the journey. She gets a couple of weeks. But the 90-day sentence (offered in three 30-day terms that are to be run consecutively instead of concurrently) was higher than most expected.

Good for Ms. Lohan. But the tears????? I know I said that the ump, Jim Joyce, who blew the perfect game call shouldn't have been crying. Lohan could have cried a little bit, I'll give her that, but she reacted as if she'd been given a 3-to-7 year prison term. 90 days???? That'd be a good break to get away from it all, though I'm not volunteering.... unless our office doesn't get the AC fixed soon.

CLICK HERE FOR STORY ABOUT HER FUTURE WITH LOCAL REACTION ON VIDEO AND A SLIDESHOW

Of course, Lohan could have been done with this whole thing, if she'd just taken the alcohol classes ordered for her convictions, which stemmed from driving drunk and with cocaine in her system. The 3-year probation term was high, but it would have been over if she had just completed her classes.

Just goes to show that even a little nobody with half a brain can be the same as a half-brained 'celebrity' with a team of attorneys and publicists — everyone wants to skip out of the court-ordered duties. Don't go to court, but if you do, take care of your business. Please.

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