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I'm surprised that Ozzy would even have the mindset to come to this conclusion. "The Osbournes" was on MTV last night, and VH1 was airing "I Love The 80s" (1982) at the same time. VH1 had a few minutes of footage of Ozzy from '82, and I used this as an opportunity to flip between the two channels to show my kids the difference between the 1982 Ozzy and the 2003 Ozzy so they'd understand what drugs can do to a person. What a golden opportunity that was! 1982 Ozzy - Very coherent...2003 Ozzy - Lights are on but nobody's home!

Did the same channel "flipping" as you. I agree with you to a point. I think someone is home but the lights are not working. Meaning, I think his mind/thoughts are "sound" but he has trashed his synapses to the extent that his thoughts cannot be expressed articulately through speech.

Yeah, you're right. I was thinking more of the blank stare that Ozzy exudes throughout the show. My kids asked me about that, and I told them I thought that he had probably done so much chemical experimentation over the years that he damaged or destroyed that part of the brain which controls the automatic eye-blinking reflex. So the wheels in his mind are still spinning, but he has done damage to the part of the brain that allows him to express himself.