And now for something completely different, well not really.  It's another rant, but I do feel it is justified.  This rant is all about the people who make a disgustingly good living doing things that just don't really matter.  Yes athletes and entertainers, I mean you.

I love to debate with people.  Anyone who knows me can attest to this.  One of my favorite topics is sports.  People assume that because I have no interest in sports that I must hate them because I am poor at them.  This couldn't be further from the truth.  I hate sports because they represent a part of society that sickens me.  Team sports are supposed to be about a group of people coming together to overcome challenges, yet have to been to a organized hockey game lately?  You have to be the best of the best or you don't make the team.  Hockey parents force their kids to spend ridiculous amounts of hours at the arena and for what?  Possible because they think their kid is good enough to play professionally.  Maybe their kid will be the next superstar making $20 million a year for their "skills" in the arena or stadium.  And that makes my case.  $20 million is a lot of money to make for skating around or swinging a bat.

There are doctors in this world who work day in and day out to find a cure for cancer or Aids.  Miracle workers who fight for funding and if they get lucky, they might bring home a couple hundred thousand dollars a year.  In comparison, how do we pay someone who makes miracles happens so little, while we pay the kid that can skate so much.  What does he do for society?  He gives us something to do in our spare time.  Now I am no charity machine, but if we are that bored as a society, couldn't we use those billions of dollars that we throw away every year for something better?  Like solving the homeless problem or the disgusting cost of fuel problem.  Maybe the people that pay these salaries could have big money bonfires to keep the homeless warm.

Don't think that I am just hating on athletes either.  Entertainers are in the same boat.  We pay millions of dollars for one big name actor to pretend to be someone else on the big screen.  Again, I have to ask if these people are worth more than the geniuses that make society better by solving the problems in the world today.  I would love to see the statistics on how much of these inflated salaries is spent on drug and alcohol abuse.  It's in the paper almost daily, so we know that it's happening.  I love to see things like actresses who think they are somehow better than everyone else and turn their nose up at the commoners of society.  Newsflash, you are human like the rest of us, you just don't mind exploiting or being exploited.

Just to end on a more positive note, I don't hate all entertainers and athletes.  I do respect the hard work that goes into becoming good at your trade.  I do appreciate the long hours you put into the arena and the sleepless nights practicing your new movie part.  I just don't respect how you will accept such copious amounts of money for it.  So for those of you that do it for the love of doing it - this rant is not about you.  For those of you that sign every autograph and treat your fans as they should be - your bread and butter - I am proud of you.  Please don't fall to the dark side.