The ongoing saga of conservative financier Richard Mellon Scaife's very public divorce battle continues to unfold. Apparently now the billionaire and his estranged wife are arguing about who gets their dog and $1,800 worth of asparagus thongs.

And you thought there were petty arguments in your divorce.

It's easy to figure that insanely wealthy people aren't put through the wringer in a divorce. They've got the means and the "people" to deal with things. Seriously, do you imagine Scaife getting on the phone with his wife to have a discussion about the asparagus thongs, or is the whole issue more his lawyer's doing?

However those sorts of things play themselves out, it must be distracting for a divorce happen in public view. As you can see, the blogosphere has been buzzing with details of Scaife's divorce for going on two years, and so has the mainstream press. We've talked about it here too, including the $725,000 per month he's been paying in alimony.

We'd probably all like to have that kind of money to part with. But it comes with its own set of problems. I'd take an average Jane and Joe divorce — out of the public eye — any day of the week.

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