Truly Humped Day

Yesterday was supposed to be one of the days I really look forward to but it hasn’t been that kind of week.  My weekly lunch with my favorite son, always a highlight, fell victim to a series of meetings that raised plodding to an art form.  I was literally in meetings (something I hate) from 8am through 1pm.  About two hours of the meetings was worthwhile, the rest did not justify the sacrifice of time with my son.

Finally Some Common Sense

It was a big news day yesterday, one good and other exceedingly bad.  The good news was the Supreme Court finally deciding to shred the Defense of Marriage Act.  Although I’m semi-famous for my annual anti-gay Christmas rant; I was doing that to poke fun at my hyper-liberal sister who was always appropriately aghast.  I honestly believe people should be free to join with whomever they find that elusive connection with (as long as it’s between humans).  The single most important thing in life is finding love and it’s certainly not the government’s role to get too deeply involved in that process.  You should be free to find that special person no matter what color, religion, beliefs, or sex that other person might be. 

It’s also a recognition that we, as a society, have moved beyond the point where homosexuals need to hide in closets. I’ve always thought it meant less competition for the rest of us, not a bad thing.  If you talk to most young people, you realize they are free of the hidebound shackles we were chained with on the subject, a very good thing.

Less well received was the news on the now former New England Patriot, Aaron Hernandez.  The week long drama surrounding the death of his friend culminated in Hernandez’ arrest for first degree murder.  The Patriots did the right thing by immediately releasing him.  The Patriots do an admirable job in trying to connect with the communities that support him.  Even though Hernandez is innocent until proven guilty the fact that he placed himself in this situation speaks volumes about his lack of common sense and abundance of arrogant idiocy.

Arrogrant Idiot (on the left)

He was a poster child for the good that can come out of sports.  Sports provided an avenue out of a gang influenced life which promised millions of dollars the rest of us can only dream about.  As with so many fawned on athletes he let the gang life draw him back in believing he was above the law.   The real tragedy here is the death of a young man, not Hernandez’ arrest or the Patriots’ sudden thinness at the tight end position.