Remember when you were a child and your parents started to instill a common sense of what are and what aren't smart activities to be participating in? For instance maybe you heard things like "keep your arm inside the window", "look before you leap", or "no sweetie, matches aren't for playing with". And over time you develop the ability to make informed decisions for yourself. Now, everybody goes through a maturing phase where naturally you will make some bad decisions, I know I did, but your get through it by the grace of god for the most part unscathed.



Well some people never develop that ability to make good choices, or, more likely, they chose to ignore it.



Here is an example that is sure to offend. Dale Earnhart Sr.

For those of you not familiar with the man, he died while driving his car at high speeds around a track filled with other cars doing the same.



Now, I am no scientist.



But, it would stand to reason that if you race a car around a track for long enough, you will likely get into and accident, maybe a bad one. But hey, that's just what my common sense tells me.



I watched a show on Spike TV the other day called Worlds Most Shocking Bull Attacks.



Now, I am no animal expert either.



But I would think that if confronted by an angry one thousand pound mammal, it wouldn't be a great idea to try and ride it, stick a sword in it, or taunt it in any way for fear that it might want to gore you. So taking a closer look at these attacks I wouldn't call them shocking, I would call them expected.



Tragedies is a word thrown around alot when talking about people injured after a career of bad choices.



People, it's not a tragedy. It's Natural Selection. Maybe Darwin was onto something after all.

A Martyr for the cause.

Growing up in sunny Longford Mills, there was never much foot traffic on the roads. If you ever saw children walking around dooor to door and it wasn't October 31st you could almost guarantee that they were collecting money for some cause by selling chocolate bars or some other product that that you don't need but feel obligated to buy anyways.



A few days ago, upon seeing a child of about twelve walking up the driveway I scrambled around to make sure I had a few smaller bills to donate. She was actually collecting for the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada, well at least that is a worthy cause. I gave her a few dollars, felt good about myself for a short while, and sent her on her way.



Later in the day I headed and into town and passed the same girl, smoking a cigarette on the side of the road.



Truly, a Martyr for the cause.

Allow me to introduce myself.

How is it that shows like Arrested Development, Extras, and Undeclared get cancelled after one or two seasons and shows like Will and Grace and the Hills are aired way past thier expiry dates?







How is it possible that Paul Blart- Mall Cop stayed at the theatre for over two months and they didn't even get in The Wrestler?







Dane Cook is not a funny man, I don't think I need to elaborate too much on that subject. While I'm on the subject of comedians, Adam Sandler should probably stop making movies pretty soon.







Why do most of the girls on Facebook, at one point or another find it nesecary to post grainy, yellowish webcam pictures of themselves with the same three-quarter view of themselves looking up at the camera, too much cleavage showing, with pouty lips and a surprised look in thier eyes. If you've seen it or done it, you know exactly what I'm talking about. It's really tired. And what is the logic behind taking a picture of yourself in your bathroom mirror? There isn't any, is there?







Someone I don't have a lot of time for is Oprah. It's admirable that she has had such success in her life, I'll give her that. And yes she gives a lot to charity- but not with out letting you know about it first. It is supposed to be a selfless act, not a means of self promotion.



Remember years ago when Oprah lost all that weight, centered her show around her accomplishment, and preached a healthy active lifestyle? Well, she chose not to maintain that lifestyle, and she's back up in weight, all of sudden she has changed her tune and starts to advocate for for feeling good as opposed to looking good. I wonder why that is.



Here's a little weight loss secret - Put down the fork, and get on a treadmill. This might seem harsh, but she has every means available to her to stay in shape except self control.







I'm not crazy about Tyra Banks either. I once caught and episode of her talk show where she talked to little girls about body image and how the media makes them feel bad about themselves. Tyra, do you not host a show in which women are eliminated based on thier appearance?







You know what else was a farce? That Dove Campaign for Real Beauty. Dove is owned by a company called UniLever, the same company that makes Axe deodorant- a product that as far as I know hasn't used any beautiful two hundred pound, forty year old mothers in its advertising.







Here's a list of musicians I think should retire- The Killers, U2, Weezer, Green Day and Madonna.

Now I don't expect everyone to agree with these opinions, but think them over, they just might start to make sense to you. And if they don't, that's okay, I've been called an asshole before.