Those interviewing her care little about her talent, but her detailed account of date rape makes for great commercial teasers. Yet she is on television selling one this week. As talented a song writer as she may be, in no way is she interesting enough, or famous enough to warrant a book. The same thing is happening this week with Kara Dioguardi (yeah.I know.who?). True or not, they certainly made dramatic sound bites for her countless talk show appearances. Therefore it seemed.sordid and possibly exaggerated details of her 'abusive' marriage were included. Her publisher obviously felt her career and late in life lesbianism declaration was not a big enough 'hook'. I know many disagreed when I posted about Meredith Baxter's book last month. I worry many of these 'celebrities' also embellish to sell a book and make a buck. Some of these stories might be interesting but most of these lives have not been lived long enough to truly be worth documenting as history. You know most of these books are going to end up in land fill sites. Do Valerie Bertinelli's weight loss and Snooki's love life really warrant the destruction of our forests. They chronicled the long lives of extraordinary people. It seemed to be at one time autobiography's and biography's were reserved for the exceptional. But.is Rob Lowe's life thus far really worthy of an autobiography? A story in Vanity Fair or People magazine sure, but an entire book.

I like Rob Lowe, I enjoyed reading the article about him in Vanity Fair and seeing a few clips of his time on Oprah. The Internet, especially sites like Facebook and Twitter (and blogger.) create an atmosphere where everything we do each day can be written about as if it has some sort of importance beyond what it really is. The question we must ask ourselves is how many of these 'stories' really need to be told.

Even if we don't see or understand it, our responses to such basic parts of being an adult, love, intimacy and how we relate to others is often connected to childhood experiences, some we may not even remember (Take note Charlie Sheen, some, if not all, of your children are going to have warped adult relationships and confusion about sex.YOU can count on it!) I know from personal experience, whether we like it or not.they help shape it. I have written before that I believe stories from our childhood and youth usually follow us into adulthood. Many of our stories are filled with not just joy and laughter but sadness and sometimes even horrific pain. You, I, everyone who makes it past the age of 20 or so has a past. Every week on The Today Show Kathie Lee Gifford loudly wails that 'Everyone Has A Story'.

Kathie lee gifford everyone has a story