I can't figure out whether this is really good or really bad.

David Lee Roth is re-uniting with Van Halen. Is this a real attempt to recapture some money or are they all just broke enough to put up with each other for one tour? I guess it remains to be seen.

I do admit I am so curious as to what Valerie Bertinelli thinks about Wolfie joining the band. Maybe I'll get lucky and she'll go on Oprah.

And just when I thought things couldn't get worse.

The Munchkin has learned to crawl out of his crib. Someone please lie and tell me that the transition to a toddler bed will be effortless.

Please.

Welcome to Duh-land.

Sometimes when I'm scanning the headlines on CNN, I wonder if maybe I didn't type in the URL for The Onion by mistake. Two particularly brilliant headlines this week:

Analysts: Iraq Success a Tough Road

Scientists: Humans 'very likely' cause global warning

My little boy's all grown up.

I don't know why everyone is so up in arms about these photos. I mean, who knew, but Harry's kind of hot! But so predictable, now church and children's groups are calling for Harry Potter boycotts. Yeah, that will stick, people, sure.

Especially since soon after, Scholastic has announced that the final book of the Harry Potter series, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" will be out on July 21 just a little over a week after "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" is out in theatres. I've already informed my husband that July 13-21 will be wizard week in our house and we will all be dressing as our favorite Harry Potter characters.

Although if CPT Dick wanted dress us like Equus' Daniel Radcliffe with a horse, I wouldn't exactly say no.

So where's a photo of him in make-up?

Many of my fellow Mommies are totally freaked out about the story of Casey Price, aka Neil H. Rodreick II, the 29-year-old man who tried to enroll in an Arizona school as a 7th grader.

But me, I'll admit. I morbidly want to see a photo of him as a 12 year old. And I also want to know what kind of make-up he was using that managed to make him look so many years younger. And I doubt I'm alone. Every woman past the age of 30 is probably wondering.

Secrets and Lies.

Right now, our unit is in the midst of a lot of changes. And they are changes that I can't talk about, that the higher-ups would prefer kept secret.

Unfortunately, if there is one thing that cannot be done in any place that incorporates stairwell housing, it is keep a secret. And with many spouses working for agencies on post, everyone knows at least part of the secret. The rest of it they are just sort of making up as they go along.

So I'm torn. I do understand why, in theory, the secret should be kept and I want to do the right thing by the unit. But on the other side of the coin, I also believe that families are more sophisticated than the Army often makes them out to be and that we are doing them a disservice by not being completely honest. Not to mention also screwing ourselves since the rumor mill is making this secret 100x more insane than it actually is, which will mean more work later.

And what I guess is really bothering me, I feel dishonest. I am asked questions about these changes all the time but I can only give them the party line. The higher-ups are afraid I'm going to say something more than I should because of my style. The families in my FRG think I'm not telling them everything. Both are probably right and it will be my own credibility that is shot to hell.

It's going to be a really interesting next few weeks.

Is it a bummer that your pubes are all gray?

So wrong. But so funny.

Like my Grandma wasn't already afraid to leave the house.

What people thought were bombs turned out just to be light displays giving people the finger (and somehow advertising Adult Swim -- though I'll admit I'm not quite sophisticated enough to understand that part). I wonder if people will tune in to this silly show just to see what was worth all the fuss.

Avoiding the dark side.

"Baby, why is there a lightsaber in the dish rack?"

"You say that as if there were something weird about that."

"No, I'm just morbidly curious why it's there. Did a Storm Trooper get loose in the kitchen? I don't see anything to suggest that. Nor do I see any telltale sign of that practice-sphere-whatchamacallit, so I guess you weren't doing drills. Perhaps you just needed the Force to give you strength enough to clean the kitchen last night?"

"And what if I did?"

Some science I can get behind.

French Health Minister Seeks Nap Study.

I'm a big believer in the power of naps. And in my son taking them regularly.