STOP IT!!!!

While the death of Michael Jackson is a tragedy for his fans and family let’s remember who he was. A very talented child and young adult who got pretty freaky as he got older. I just heard him compared to MOZART for Christ’s sake. The man hit his peak at 10, after that it was a long slow decline. Yes he was talented, but no he wasn’t Mozart, and no, he wasn’t bigger than The Beatles, and no he wasn’t bigger than Elvis. Tragically, his offstage life by far overshadowed his talent. Death and hyperbole go together I guess.

are you kidding me #2

 OK, we live and work in NASCAR country, and we see firsthand the passion NASCAR fans have for their sport. And yes, NASCAR is not as interesting to me since Dale Earnhardt died in the Daytona 500. But damn, I’m not from here and I just don’t get this!!!

If you knew this guy wouldn’t you have made him keep going once he carved the 3 into his back hair, thinking he was just kidding? And ladies, if you were his wife or girlfriend would you really have let him out of the house? Or once he was out of the house, let him take his shirt off? And if you’re the person or people sitting BEHIND this guy wouldn’t you feel compelled to make him put his shirt back on, or try and move your seat, or throw up, or leave?

So holytaco.com is running a caption this photo contest for NASCAR fans, you can play here.

Are you kidding me? #1

Every once in a while, but far more often than makes any sense at all, I stumble across something that just baffles the hell out of me. The latest isn’t world shattering, usually none of this stuff is. But it’s the small everyday kinds of outrages that erode the quality of life little bit by little bit. This time?

Apparently in York County SC, at high school graduations, parents, family members, friends, well wishers, etc. are not allowed to cheer for their student’s accomplishment. And if they do they get arrested! These kids work 13 years, it’s one of the proudest moments they’ll have and their parents will have in their life, but if they express that it’s off to jail in handcuffs. Dragged out of your child’s graduation for cheering!?!?!?!?  I haven’t found an explanation for this policy/law/idiocy. I suspect it’s so that the ceremony isn’t interupted for every single student but really, at  that point who cares. Remove them from the venue if you have to, but arrest them?

I realize it’s my generation doing this silly shit to ourselves and our children, and I wish there was some way I could reject my membership in the group. These kids won’t remember their high school graduation as the proud, happy occasion it should have been, they’ll remember it as the day mom or dad got hauled off to jail. Who are these f#$king idiots who make these rules anyway? What’s really ridiculous – we voted these people into office. God help our kids