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Athletes and Actors in the News

I'm always mad at myself for being fascinated by the stories I am regarding athletes.

For example, I was giddy with excitement, that a loser like Terrence Kiel, that former Charger, died in a car crash.

That might sound harsh. But ya know what? I think people that do the things he did....(I'll do a brief list): urinate in public, run a drug ring thru the mail...I just feel society is better off without them.

And, he died in a car crash. I'm just happy nobody else was killed.

I'm glad that it wasn't a situation in a car where a cop had to possibly lose their job by making a tough decision. Or, taxpayers had to dull out $10 million for wrongly shooting an idiotic player.

Just a nice, simple, death.

It's the same way I don't feel sad when rappers shoot each other. They're making society safer for all of us, really.

But, on a less "important" scale of news, I'm also fascinated by stories about athletes and who they get involved with and date.

Currently, Alex Rodriquez is rumored to be dating Madonna. She claims her and director Guy Ritchie are still together (although she's been seen with Paul McCartney's divorce attorney...and the rumor isn't that they are dating). I'm not sure why Rodriquez would be interested in her. She was cute in 1984. But, she looks kinda creepy now. And, her arms are more muscular than his.

Madonna has been to a few of A-Rods games. And, remember, she once dated Jose Canseco.

And it's things like that that fascinate me. Who, would date that dolt? Madonna not only dated Jose, but Dennis Rodman. I often wondered, when Rodman went that few months with his hair a variety of colors, if the headboard of Madonna's bed was 10 different colors. Heck, it may have been, but not even from Rodman.

Now, her dating/marrying Sean Penn and Warren Beatty would made sense to me. Both amazing actor/directors. What I did find weird about that, though, was they were friends. Is that normal in Hollywood?

I've caught a few parts of Denise Richards reality show (she's from Oceanside, ya know). There is not a more boring celebrity on the planet. And, I think her IQ might be below 75.

I had always wondered why she hooked up with Charlie Sheen. She married him after he had already been involved in the Heidi Fleiss scandal (and admitting to spending $150,000 on women). And, he had a longtime relationship with a porn star (it lasted over two years). Is that really someone you'd want to marry? Sure, he was great in Wall Street...but, that's who you choose to bring home to mom and dad?

It might have made sense if she wasn't famous herself.

She wanted to do a reality show, she says, so we'd see that she lives a normal life...and that she isn't some party chick that just goes around stealing her best friends husband (when she dated Heather Locklear's ex-husband...Bon Jovi guitarist Ritchie Sambora).

Well, I found she's right. But, I'm also left now wondering why Sheen ever married her. What could they possibly have talked about? Okay, well, maybe they did little talking. Sheen apparently likes women for things other than talking. But still.

And even though I'm fascinated by these types of dramas, I won't spend a cent on any of those types of magazines. Sometimes the stories aren't true. They condone the idiotic behavior of the photographers that follow celebrities around everywhere (do we really need to see photos of Brad Pitt eating ice cream with his kids?).

But when I'm in the dentist's office and I see that magazine there, with some headline that draws me in....I start reading. It's almost the same level of excitement I had when I was a kid, and grabbed the Highlights magazine.

At least when there's pain a few minutes later in the dentists chair, I feel it's karma for being into such garbage.

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I'm always mad at myself for being fascinated by the stories I am regarding athletes.

For example, I was giddy with excitement, that a loser like Terrence Kiel, that former Charger, died in a car crash.

That might sound harsh. But ya know what? I think people that do the things he did....(I'll do a brief list): urinate in public, run a drug ring thru the mail...I just feel society is better off without them.

And, he died in a car crash. I'm just happy nobody else was killed.

I'm glad that it wasn't a situation in a car where a cop had to possibly lose their job by making a tough decision. Or, taxpayers had to dull out $10 million for wrongly shooting an idiotic player.

Just a nice, simple, death.

It's the same way I don't feel sad when rappers shoot each other. They're making society safer for all of us, really.

But, on a less "important" scale of news, I'm also fascinated by stories about athletes and who they get involved with and date.

Currently, Alex Rodriquez is rumored to be dating Madonna. She claims her and director Guy Ritchie are still together (although she's been seen with Paul McCartney's divorce attorney...and the rumor isn't that they are dating). I'm not sure why Rodriquez would be interested in her. She was cute in 1984. But, she looks kinda creepy now. And, her arms are more muscular than his.

Madonna has been to a few of A-Rods games. And, remember, she once dated Jose Canseco.

And it's things like that that fascinate me. Who, would date that dolt? Madonna not only dated Jose, but Dennis Rodman. I often wondered, when Rodman went that few months with his hair a variety of colors, if the headboard of Madonna's bed was 10 different colors. Heck, it may have been, but not even from Rodman.

Now, her dating/marrying Sean Penn and Warren Beatty would made sense to me. Both amazing actor/directors. What I did find weird about that, though, was they were friends. Is that normal in Hollywood?

I've caught a few parts of Denise Richards reality show (she's from Oceanside, ya know). There is not a more boring celebrity on the planet. And, I think her IQ might be below 75.

I had always wondered why she hooked up with Charlie Sheen. She married him after he had already been involved in the Heidi Fleiss scandal (and admitting to spending $150,000 on women). And, he had a longtime relationship with a porn star (it lasted over two years). Is that really someone you'd want to marry? Sure, he was great in Wall Street...but, that's who you choose to bring home to mom and dad?

It might have made sense if she wasn't famous herself.

She wanted to do a reality show, she says, so we'd see that she lives a normal life...and that she isn't some party chick that just goes around stealing her best friends husband (when she dated Heather Locklear's ex-husband...Bon Jovi guitarist Ritchie Sambora).

Well, I found she's right. But, I'm also left now wondering why Sheen ever married her. What could they possibly have talked about? Okay, well, maybe they did little talking. Sheen apparently likes women for things other than talking. But still.

And even though I'm fascinated by these types of dramas, I won't spend a cent on any of those types of magazines. Sometimes the stories aren't true. They condone the idiotic behavior of the photographers that follow celebrities around everywhere (do we really need to see photos of Brad Pitt eating ice cream with his kids?).

But when I'm in the dentist's office and I see that magazine there, with some headline that draws me in....I start reading. It's almost the same level of excitement I had when I was a kid, and grabbed the Highlights magazine.

At least when there's pain a few minutes later in the dentists chair, I feel it's karma for being into such garbage.

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