People love it when you lose,
They love dirty laundry"
We live in times where there is a lot of dirt tossed around.
If you survived the recent Presidential elections, you should be very familiar
with the filth and grime that made up the most expensive election of all
time---one that didn’t change who would be leading our country.
Then there is the dirt that makes up the gossip that it
seems people cannot get enough of no matter how hurtful it can be. It might be
a friend, neighbor or someone you know locally, but then there is the larger
national of global platform where the mud slinging is vicious. Today I read in
our office that Kris Kardashian is livid because Kanye West “blabbed” he was
going to be a Dad.
Why is she so upset?
It has nothing to do with the happy couple becoming a
gleeful trio--she is mad because they could have provided the happy news to the
highest bidder and made a lot of money by selling the exclusive story. As I see
it, and this is just my opinion, if she feels the news is worth money, then
sell it and give the proceeds to the unwed mothers who have no idea how they
are going to care for their unborn children.
Can you imagine what a few million
would do to a birthing center who care for those who are in need? Probably the most baffling part of this glorious news in the
Kardashian family is, Kim is still married to Kris Humphries. Unless you were not
paying attention for those 72 days of bliss that made up their “union” it’s
just a lot more dirt that we really should not care about.
If you follow the media, you may be aware that some of the
oldest news magazines that were a staple of the American diet are no longer in
print. Newsweek, U.S. News and World Report, and others that could not keep up
with the 24/7/365 world of needing everything “now” and have gone straight to
the web with their news. Whereas it may seem they earned it, they kind of did,
they believed consumers would not want to let go of what they were holding in
their hands; that these icons of Americana would provide the in-depth reporting
that made them such an important part of American culture. The problem turned
out, everyone needed the dirt right now and so they went.
The photo above was taken at a local football game this
fall. It had rained before game time and at first I contemplated not going with
the fear of having my trusty Nikon trashed. The I thought, “Are you kidding me,
this could be the game I dreamed of---dirt, mud, grime and best of all, the
opportunity to capture a photo of something I had wanted for some time.”
We live in a time where there is plenty of muck and filth--I
am hoping in 2013 we see more of it on the baseball, football and other sports
fields than in our every day lives.
Thanks for stopping by.
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