My wife thinks Dr. Phil is great. I think he’s very good at “slicing and dicing” a poor person apart on television. He’s not so hot at the real work of therapy, which is putting the pieces back together again.  Now, with rating and dollar signs in his eyes, he just may have stepped off the professional cliff he’s been teetering on for so long.

 NEW YORK (AP) - Britney Spears’ family says “Dr. Phil” McGraw crossed the line by not keeping his mouth shut after making a house call on the singer last week. Lou Taylor, a business manager for Spears’ mother, Lynne, and younger sister, Jamie Lynn, appeared on NBC’s “Today” show Wednesday and said McGraw had betrayed the family’s trust by talking to the media about Spears’ mental health after showing up at the 26-year-old pop star’s hospital room on Saturday for a visit.

“The family basically extended an invitation of trust for him to come in as a resource to support them, not to go out and make public statements,” Taylor said. “Any statement publicly that he made, because he was brought in under this cloak of trust, (is) just inappropriate.”

 Not just inappropriate, but possibly a violation of the confidentiality of a patient, a serious offense. In fact, under HIPPA, this is punishable by both fines and jail times.

As another well known television personality would say;

DOH!!!!! 

Warning this might be offensive
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Okay, I admit it. I’m looking forward to this one. Few movies have been closer to the comic they are based on. Can’t wait for May.

OK Geek time…

I was following down a different story when I came across another story in the sidebar of this Denver News Channel site…

Maguire’s New ‘Spider-Man’ Suit Comes In Black

Tobey Maguire will be back — in black — for “Spider-Man 3.”

Sony Pictures released Friday a teaser poster of Maguire wearing a black Spidey suit for the next installment in the blockbuster film series.

Targeted for a May 4, 2007, release, the film stars Maguire, returning for another spin as Peter Parker/Spider-Man, as well as Kirsten Dunst as Mary Jane Watson and James Franco as Harry Osborne.

Sam Raimi is also back to direct his third Spidey film.

The studio announced previously that Thomas Haden Church and Topher Grace would be playing villains in the film. Sony said in October that Church would be playing Spider-Man’s nemesis Flint Marko/Sandman.

A new image has been released from the Spiderman 3 movie camp.

Superherohype has an exclusive image from Spider-man 3. In the image, Spider-man appears to be wearing a black costume?

So what’s the big deal?

It depicts Spiderman in a Black Costume, any comic book geek knows what that means…

I cannot wait to buy this book. Frank Miller is Awesome, and he does my favorite comic character with such zeal…

Holy Terror Batman

Batman kicks Al Qaeda’s butt. Frank Miller’s talks about upcoming book.

February 12, 2006 - During his WonderCon panel, Frank Miller discussed his next graphic novel. Once again, Miller returns to the world of the Batman, this time with Holy Terror, Batman!. Though the title plays with Robin’s classic catchphrase, the book deals with a serious subject. Gotham has been attacked by Al Qaeda and Batman sets out to defend the city he loves. The book, which Miller has inked through 120 pages, is expected to run roughly 200 pages total.

Miller proudly announced the title of his next Batman book, which he will write, draw and ink. Holy Terror, Batman! is no joke. And Miller doesn’t hold back on the true purpose of the book, calling it “a piece of propaganda,” where ‘Batman kicks al Qaeda’s a**.”

It’s been a long time since heroes were used in comics as pure propaganda. As Miller reminded, “Superman punched out Hitler. So did Captain America. That’s one of the things they’re there for.”

“These are our folk heroes,” Miller said. “It just seems silly to chase around the Riddler when you’ve got Al Qaeda out there.”

Miller gave warning on our expectations over the visual style of the book. “Be afraid,” he said, adding, “I think it’s some of the best artwork I’ve ever done.”

OK, so the geek in me is just giddy over this, my two favorite subjects, kicking Al Queda’s butt & Batman, in one graphic novel with Frank Miller at the pen…

I know it won’t be any litterary masterpiece, but still…

I’m speechless…

I am literally shaking right now…