When I see Tom Cruise in a movie, I am so aware of TC's presence that I seldom buy any character he plays. He doesn't seem to have the range, really, to pull off diverse characters and quite frankly, movie execs and the movie going public probably only want to see TC as the hero with daddy issues who saves the day. Personally, I find it boring he plays the same thing over and over. Born on the Fourth of July is one exception that comes to mind. I thought he was ridiculous in War of the Worlds because I couldn't buy him as a working class guy. I have the same reaction to nearly every Julia Roberts movie I've seen. I love actors who sink into the character and you forget for the length of the movie who they are in real life. Heck, I thought that is what being an actor meant. TC is surrounded by an amazing cast in this movie and it might be worth watching to see how PSH pulls off an evil mastermind role. But, I can wait for the DVD.

I guess I'm in the minority, but I'm surprised that parents would bring an infant to a theater performance, symphony, etc. I don't go to many live performances, but have never seen an infant at any of them. I sympathize with nursing mothers, but it seems like there are bigger battles to fight. It's not like you're going to be away from them for that long.

While it's true that a nursing baby can be pretty quiet, they aren't going to be nursing for 2-3 hours straight. Like others have said, parents need to exercise some common sense. If the performance is for adults, why bring children?

I have had experience with babies/children at movies and we got so sick of going to R rated movies where underage kids were present that we've mostly stopped going out to movie theaters. Like lots of other people, we would rather rent a DVD than take a chance on dropping $20 and having a shitty movie-going experience. Again, it's common sense. I feel for the guy who works in a theater and has to deal with the clueless parents.

I love ya Video Dog, but enough with the idiotic ramblings from the likes of this cretin Hill and the faux housewife Flanagan. Ugh. It's not even good snarky fun.

Funny you mention Mann Coulter, because that was who I was reminded of while watching Caitlin. She is a snotty, hypocritical, bore. I pity the poor maid and nanny who have to put up with her bullshit. Hopefully they don't read the bile she spews. Inside she is still a 12 year old nursing the psychic wounds caused by mommy going back to work. The only way she's found to deal with that is to crap all over working women. Housewife, my ass. She's a working mother. End of story.

Hey LizT, al and the other dude are actually good for a laugh. If you go by their logic, Britney Spears is a superior human being to Condaleeza Rice or Virginia Woolf or Rosa Parks.

Wow, if having children makes you a better person, why is the world such a mess? I mean most of the people in power are parents, after all. ROTFL. With a topic like this, the crackpots are bound to come out of the woodwork, I guess.

When I met my future husband, I was about 50/50 for children and my hubby absolutely didn't want them. I made a decision that I wanted him more than I needed to have a child. I love kids, but I don't regret not having one. My hubby and I take a lot of crap from some of the parents we know about how our weekends are our own, we get to sleep through the night, we have it easy, blah blah blah. Sometimes they almost get to me, make me feel selfish or guilty, but then I snap out of it. Some of them don't seem particuarly happy and I think it's just easy for them to vent their frustration at us, I don't know what the deal is. But, I also know parents who are blissfully happy. Becoming a parent, like many have said, is a complete crapshoot. Maybe that's why Piper is only at 30%. Maybe she's not ready to step into the void.

I just returned from a trip to Whole Foods and yes I'm still trying to recover from the sticker shock. But, from late April to October I switch to the local farmer's market. If you are concerned about prices, look for a local market. I can get organic eggs from pastured chickens from several farmers for $2.50 a dozen. Sure that's double the supermarket, but they're so much more tasty. Same thing with meats, we have several farms in our part of the state that have pastured-raised animals and you can buy pretty much any type of meat for less than what you'd pay at Whole Foods. Better yet, see if you have Community Supported Agrigulture in your area. We sign up for a produce share, where we get a box full of great produce every week for 20 weeks directly from the farmer. All you have to do is pick it up once a week from a distribution site (typically someone's house). There are web sites where you can get lists of CSAs and Farmer's Markets all over the country.

Eating organic/natural doesn't have to cost an arm and leg, you just have to be willing to spend a little time finding your sources. I know families where 2 parents work and have kids and are stressed as hell who do this, so it's not impossible.

Not to start a grammar war, but Anonymous, if you're going to go all GrammarCop on someone's ass you should make sure that you're actually correct. "Me and my friend were ..." is not correct grammar.