Guilty Pleasure, part 2

Having only one vice is boring. That's why I have multiple. In fact, I have an array of sins. I'm not going to entertain you with all of them, but I might share one every  now and then.

My second guilty pleasure is nowhere near as time-consuming as my LPS addiction, but it's equally mind-numbing. Possibly worse. Of course I could say I read the Daily Mail because they occasionally have articles with the most amazing photos you've ever seen, like this one, about squirrels.

Totally not newsworthy, but the pictures are immensely cute.

I could also claim I'd like to stay in touch with those things that interest the younger generation. You never know when it comes in handy. I've gained quite a bit of praise at the diner table for being in the loop about the good, the bad and the ugly concerning various young musicians and movie stars. Downside is that I'm also gathering more knowledge about Kardashians, twerking teenagers and scantily-clad selfie-producing midlifers than I ever wanted to. Ah well, everything has its price.

The DM also claims to keep me posted about the latest crazes. Wouldn't have wanted to miss that one! Although the DM appears to label pretty much any video of someone doing something stupid that has attracted more than 1.000 views a 'craze', which personally I find highly overrated. So obviously, we're not falling for that!

What I do fall hopelessly for, are the dresses. To this I'll happily admit: I love watching red carpet dresses of the (more or less famous) stars. I still don't see the point of presenting yourself in public aiming for adjectives as 'revealing', 'clingy', 'edgy', 'midriff-baring' or 'barely there' but occasionally, there are stunning dresses to behold.

Not a clue who she is, but that is a mighty shiny dress!

But if I'm totally honest, I read the DM mainly for the comments section. So many articles that are totally not worth wasting your time on actually become worth reading due to the witty, recognizable and usually spot-on comments. So thank you very much fellow readers, you're the reason I keep coming back. If only someone would teach the Daily Mail the meaning of the word 'hilarious', because 99% of stories the DM present as being hilarious, are mildly amusing at best. Read the comments to any story that has the word 'hilarious' in its title and you'll see I'm not kidding.