Shocker of the day - Ronnie Wood is getting divorced and his wife is citing adultery.  Now, when marrying one of the largest rock stars in the world, don’t you pretty much sign-up for adultery?  I’m just saying even the name of his band - THE ROLLING STONES - implies that he can’t be tied down. 

The Rolling Stones are my all-time favorite rock band.  Yes, over the Beatles.  I am not saying I don’t like the Beatles and they weren’t genius (because, I do and, clearly, they were), but I was raised on the Rolling Stones.  Plus, for my money I like a little Chicago Blues-infused dirty rock from corpses.  They also have the added benefit of being, hands down, the best example of “sexy-ugly” ever. 

Ronnie Wood jumped from my 4th favorite Rolling Stone to my 3rd favorite (yes I rate them) after I read of his ideas for his daughter’s eccentric wedding.  For the record the VERY TIGHT order as of today is:

1) Keith Richards for many reasons - for reports that he snorted his Dad’s ashes, for being the oldest looking man on the planet, and for one of my favorite quotes: “It’s not the first brush with death I’ve had. I guess what I learned is, don’t sit in trees anymore.” after falling out of a tree and injuring himself in 2006.

2) Charlie Watts for drumming with the same expression since 1963, for being the only Roller faithful to his wife, and for landing a spot on Vanity Fair’s Best Dressed International Hall of Fame list.

3) Ronnie Wood, well, for the dwarves thing and for looking like he could be one of my grandma’s friends from her English Ladies Club of war brides in Minnesota.

4) Mick Jagger: the list is really tight, and on any given day after listening to Exile on Main Street or watching any concert footage and realizing he’s one of the most charismatic performers who ever lived…be jumps to #1.

Moral of the story: don’t marry rockstars.  If you do, enter in with a sharing attitude and be prepared to get tested for STDs at least once a month.

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