DVR has made me a better mommy and here's why.

who knew a little feature added to my cable bill would change my life this much? And make me a better mommy to boot?!

what is this feature of which I speak?

DVR.

it's like having a personal assistant. it records all my favorite shows for me automatically.

it's life-changing, because i don't have to know what day or time my shows are on.

that frees up a whole lot of brain space, i gotta tell ya.

and no more planning my evenings around the TV. that means i don't have to rush back from the gym, or send my boy to the back room to play so mommy can watch dancing with the stars uninterrupted.

nosirree.

the shows are all taped and waiting, so i can watch them at my leisure, usually after the boy's in bed. and i fast-forward through commercials, so it takes about half the time.

genius.

on so many levels.

Conflict of Interest

Hubz' softball schedule is messing with my Dancing with the Stars watching. Jack Henry desperately wanted to go so we headed out to Franklin for the big games. But I missed DWTS. Anybody out there watch it?

Hurray! Samantha's hair is back to normal!

Dancing with the Stars' third night of its live premiere ended with Ted McGinley getting the boot. Samantha's hair looked remarkably normal. Now if only Cloris Leachman would get voted off. Her nonsensical rambling is scary. Her boobs scare me too.

Mayhem and foolishness on DWTS ... and it's only the second episode!

Where do I begin? Dementia-induced rambling. Eye-patches. Freakishly symmetrical bosoms. And one tragic hairdo. I mean, really. What was up with Samantha Harris' hair? It was a globular beehive topped off with enormous fake braids. Are there entire rolls of toilet paper stuffed inside? I just don't know. I couldn't find a photo, so did a screen grab from the first few seconds of this Youtube clip. This does double duty in that you also get to see Kim Kardashian's awful Sir Mixalot Mambo. I love this show so much it hurts.

Dancing with the Stars: the super-fun trainwreck begins

I missed the whole darn thing due to a conflict in scheduling, a.k.a., Hubz' softball game. But the show doesn't really get interesting until a few weeks in, right? Or so I thought. According to yahoo, I missed a lot, including: Cloris Leachman's 81-year-old cleavage; Kim Kardashian looking stiff and uncomfortable; 62-year-old Susan Lucci looking freakishly buff and Rocco Dispirito ruining all chances of a Karina Smirnoff win. And just for old time's sake, enjoy this photo of two past lovelies: Julianne Hough and Apolo Ohno.

DWTS premieres tonight! And tomorrow night! And Wednesday night!

Dancing with the Stars, the best show ever in the history of network television, premieres its new season with a three-night live premiere. No, Marie Osmond's not back (cue video of her passing out last season), but a host of potential trainwrecks are on the roster. I'll let you be the judge. Here they are, in alphabetical order: Lance Bass, Tony Braxton, Brooke Burke, Rocco Dispirito, Maurice Greene, Kim Kardashian, Cloris Leachman, Cody Linley, Susan Lucci, Misty May-Treanor, Ted McGinley, Jeffrey Ross and Warren Sapp. Not sure who some of these people are? Me neither, but in DWTS world, celebrity is kind of a relative term. The premiere begins tonight. I can hardly wait for host Tom Bergeron's whimsical banter with the Kermit-voiced Samantha Harris.