So with the Michael Phelps suspension for the photo of his apparent marijuana smoking has sparked comments from the public and the US Olympic Committee about his responsibility as a role model.

When did it become mandatory to be a role model if you're an athlete?

Shoot, these days we expect criminal behavior from many athletes, not the status of role model.

In the old days when athletes worked hard, strove to be best and represented American Pride, perhaps they were role models. However, even then - no one said they had to be.

I remember seeing Charles Barkley on the Arsenio Hall Show (does that date me?) and I was so impressed with his stating that he is not a role model, and that he rejected that term applied to him. I think that was a very intelligent insight on his part (or a cop out, I don't know).

Who died and made celebrities role models?

I think your role models should be your parents and family, your teachers and other heroes of the world. Being a great athlete, actor or being beautiful doesn't make you a role model.

I think most on that side of the fence would agree. Everyone would just like to be human, I think.

A New Jersey Man is credited with saving the life of an online friend in California after letting the police know that the teen was attempting to commit suicide.

Jesse Coltrane, 22, called the Sacramento police after his 18 year old friend cut his forearm with a razor.

Coltrane only knew his friend's first name and his phone number, but it was enough to track him down and take him to a county medical center.

In this world of anonymity, distance and internet 'wall building', it's nice to know that someone does care and does reach out and remember that behind these computer screens there are real people.

This is the kind of story we should all hear on the news these days!

Alright, now for an update on the California woman who recently had eight babies.

Seems she did NOT have eight embryos implanted, that evidently some of them split - which means she probably had four implanted (still more than usual).

In addition, I've read the following:

1. She is a single mother living with her parents and her existing six children
2. The man who was the sperm donor for her children had asked her to stop using his sperm for more children
3. One of her children has autism
4. She would like to have a television show about child care, since she believes she is qualified

So, there we are. I think the woman needs counseling, not her own television show. To already have six children - one of them with special needs - and want more? There is some sort of obsession there. She wants her own television show, because she says she wants to provide the best financial future for her children. Well... being a single mom with six children living with your parents isn't a good beginning.

What do you think? Am I crazy here? Is this just a bit over the edge?

Maybe someone could send her parents a free vacation too.

You've all heard about the woman in California who recently had 8, count 'em EIGHT, babies recently? Now fertility experts are coming forward to say they are dismayed at the results. I agree. I understand that some couples need fertility assistance, but this is just irresponsible.

Doctors are saying that "there's a high likelihood they're going to have (long-term) medical and psychological handicaps." Not to mention the enormous cost of raising 8 children (in addition to the six they've already got). They will not be able to do it without financial assistance, I'm sure.

So when does it become irresponsible to let someone have so many children? It's a delicate debate, to be sure. I would think that there is a point when someone can reduce the number of embryos or something. 

I think it may be time to reconsider fertility treatments all together. For those who would not believe that selectively removing some embryos should also be the ones who do not believe in assisted fertility treatment in the first place, right?

Evidently, there are restrictions in place to prevent something like this. The transfer of embryos is usually limited to one or two, so experts believe that whoever transferred the eight embryos to this patient was not a legitimate clinician. Experts say that the implanting of eight embryos is just "absurd".

I don't know about all of this, I'm definitely not an expert on the subject. It just seems to me that a very large mistake was made here, not a blessing - and ultimately the ones who may suffer are going to be all of these children - the eight plus the existing six.