Why is the oxygen network trying to make me cry?

So, I get home from class.
I'm tired.
I'm hoping to find some sort of cheesy movie (i.e. The Cutting Edge, Muriel's Wedding, Center Stage) which The Oxygen Network usually provides.
but no.
I get the one-two emotional punch of a double feature of Before Women had Wings and The Accused.
Child Abuse and Rape. oy.
Some of you might not be aware of the former feature, a decade old television movie featuring Ellen Barkin, (who I think is beyond underrated. See: Drop Dead Gorgeous) with Julia Stiles and Tina Majorino as the daughters she abuses; (with a hairbrush!) and no less than Oprah as the kindly neighbor-woman who yells " oh you poor baby!" a lot.
Seriously, this is melodrama at its zenith.
Then, just when I think I can't take anymore, Jodie Foster gets raped and belittled before my very eyes.
(and please try to process that Kelly McGillis was given top billing)
whew. maybe I need to stick to Lifetime movies.

"It Looks Like A Chinchilla"

Now, I am no fan of CNN's Miles O'Brein, but when you're right, you're right.

Labor Day (It's a Holiday)

That, Ladies and Germs is the hopefully the only time I will ever use a black-eyed peas title in this here blog.
Anyway...
As I await the finale of The Closer (no seriously, its good.) I'm bringing us back from a brief summer hiatus . This break included both Snakes on a Birthday and THE road trip; so clearly Kevin has some serious blogging to do. (He's midflight right now, so we'll cut him some slack.) There are many reasons to return to the blog. One month from today, I head to merry old England. Two months from today, America gets to see Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan. But there are more pressing issues...
On behalf of Kevin & Leigh's Sexy-Ass Blog, I'd like to express our condolences at the news of the death of The Crocodile Hunter. The news is all over CNN, and the Prime Minister of Australia even shed tears at the news. The man who dangled his baby in the mouths of crocs and wrestled all sorts of reptiles, struck down by a Sting Ray? crickey.