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Before we begin today I have a rant. A rant about football. One of the people I follow on tumblr posted about how people who didn't watch the game need to shut up about their superiority. To be exact:

Yall be thinking you’re really cool for not liking football or caring who wins
Cool for you have a cookie and take your superiority complex elsewhere.

First off for me at least, it has nothing to do with a superiority complex. It has to do with not supporting a misogynistic, idiotic, outdated, myopic bunch of idiots. The amount of money that got spent yesterday to support barbarianism is ridiculous. On top of that, the 'highlight' of the event is to push products that most people watching shouldn't be buying. How much money was wasted yesterday by people who should have bought groceries? Or fuel? How many domestic violence acts were a direct result of some guy getting drunk and getting upset his team lost? How many people died yesterday as a result of some drunk leaving a party and killing someone? My train of thought isn't quite there yet given that it's 4am. But you understand where I am going with this. Millions of people gathered together to watch one group of men beat the shit out of another group of men all the while being told to buy stuff. Oh yeah, that's a real fantastic set of values to instill into people. On top of that there were other posts mocking us 'nerds' for caring about a man 'in a flying porta potty'. Last time I checked not a single one of the 12 doctors has ever been arrested for rape, murder, embezzlement, fraud, drug charges, domestic violence, nor have they ever had an affair, setup a dog fighting ring, or acted like they were above the law. I am pretty damn sure you can find a football player who has done at LEAST one of the above. Golly, those are people I want to support and follow! That was sarcasm in case you missed it. People try to protest things they don't like. We all know that doesn't work. I don't feel the need to tell others what to watch or not watch, but I know that the only way to change something like this is to not watch. The less people who watch, the less money being made, the less money being made, the less something survives. Basic capitalism. So I did my part. I refuse to watch or support an industry that condones, supports, and expects violence as part of a 'game'. There ends my 4am rant.

On to other things.

So obviously I didn't watch the Stupidbowl yesterday. I did read about Philip Seymour Hoffman dying. That sucked but I also have no pity for a 46 year old man who is found with the fucking needle still in his arm. You played, you lost, game over.

Moved the car. In the rain. Watched B freak out more about traveling. Worked on a new puzzle. Ate dinner. Watched an episode of leverage. Ran to the store to get some more things for her trip. Had dinner. Had the sex. Oh yeah. I need to call my doctor today and thank him for the wonderful drugs. Seriously. Things were so much better downstairs thanks to these new meds. Another mini-rant - keep your ancient Chinese herbal supplements and your homeopathic bullshit. Give me drugs. Drugs work. Drugs are good.

Teaching today at one location then tomorrow in a different location. Both suck. Another day today of public transportation hence the 4am awake time. I am sure we did other stuff yesterday but I can't remember. Need drugs for that too probably.