Screw Will and Kate.
Doug Hutchison and Courtney Stodden just got married down in Las Vegas, in a marriage which is bound to inspire pathetic old geezers everywhere. Doug is 51. He was on TV’s Lost, (a program
The Happy Couple
which I deliberately didn’t watch because I saw all my friends becoming addicted and didn’t want to get sucked into the vortex) and in The Green Mile with Tom Hanks, where he played a sadistic prison guard by the name of Percy Wetmore (which would make anybody into a sadistic monster, I would think), but I didn’t see that, either.
Not having seen any of his work, I don’t know if he’s a good actor or not. But he’s 51 years old. That’s relevant.
Because Courtney Stodden is 16. The aspiring country artist, who is prettier than Paris Hilton and perhaps even more talented than Rebecca Black, is the former Miss Ocean Shores, Washington.
Is this even legal? Yes, yes it is. In Las Vegas, you have to be either 18 or at least 16 and have one parents’ permission. Both of Courtney’s parents are very supportive of the marriage, and have issued public statements to that effect. Doug and Courtney have said they aren’t too worried about people getting all bent out of shape over their age difference and, in a really predictable statement, said “we want to show the world that love is ageless.”
I think we should all give them the benefit of the doubt on that. Of course, it’s possible that one or both of them did it as a career booster. Neither one has such a stellar career that a little free publicity is going to do any damage. Also, it’s possible that he’s just a sleazy old horndog. But, like Jerry Lee Lewis and his cousin, Woody Allen and his step-daughter, Charlie Chaplin and Oona O’Neill, or that old guy with the teenage bride in Anna Karenina, it may be true love.
Blessings and good luck, Doug and Courtney! I’m rooting for you.
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Hey Willie, love your blog, but I’m a bit overwhelmed. Is every day necessary? I can’t keep up and think I might be missing good stuff. I know you want to always have new content and page views and all that, but sometimes less is more. Maybe a Mon, Wed, Sat schedule would work better…
Two cents from the sticks.
Nope. Once a day is my rule. It keeps me writing. I’m normally pretty low on self-discipline, so I need some kind of routine like that to keep me going. Of course, not every blog is going to be a masterpiece, but I figure if I’m putting out seven of them a week, 2 or 3 of them may add something meaningful to the universal conversation going on in the noosphere.
Sixteen going on 35.
Fuck it, guru, I like your stuff. Write as often as you can.