525,600 moments so dear...

'Deal or No Deal'... WTF.

Seriously, that's 37 minutes of my life I will never get back. Don't ask me how I tore myself away before finding out what deal the buxom yet wholesome, southern blonde negotiated for herself, but i assure you it was not easy.

How did this shit become prime time TV? And more importantly, why am I watching?

Truth: I am the worst kind of couch potato/ television-enthusiast because, I think I am above it all... I think I'm so intellectual and "well-read," but when it comes right down to it: after a long day of battling the elements, toiling the toils, and speeding down the interstate,

I just can't help myself...

The clothes are so bizarre, and the hair is so big, and the accents so um... diverse (?)... The cases containing nothing but placards denoting monetary prizes are so... silver and "official looking" and the chance to win so, so... faint... and completely disassociated with any talent, or logic... It boggles the mind... it couldn't be more entertaining if there were several dozen clowns trying to load a "partridge family" of midgets into a toy car.

And 37 minutes later I find myself screaming to Howie Mandel,

"NO DEAL!!!"

I blink. Wipe the spittle from my face. Look around at the crusted over remnants of tonight's dinner- dishes abandoned on the coffee table... and i tip my hat to the gods of mediocrity as I'm suddenly inspired to transfer the 3 day pile-up of socks that has accumulated to the hamper and wash the dishes.

Speaking of sitting on your ass and winning millions, (well really billions...) Did you know that Google bought Youtube for 1.65 BILLION dollars?!? The site was introduced on the internet in February 2005. Lord knows how much time and energy went into creating and tweaking the program/technology, but this inconceivable amount of money will be pretty much shared by three geeks who played their own real, live version of Deal or No Deal! Well done, gentlemen... Well done.

By the bi-

Yesterday was national coming out day. Happy (belated) free to be you (and me) day!
Peace.