5 THINGS I COULD CARE LESS ABOUT

You ever feel like you just don't give a shit anymore? I personally get that feeling quite often. I have decided to list the top five things I could care less or give a shit about in order to vent. In no particular order here they are:

1. V. Stiviano = Cheaters never win and cheap whores never prosper
2. Donald Sterling = Shut the fuck up dirty old man
3. David Letterman's Retirement = You will never be Carson so no one really cares
4. The LA Clippers = They are not the HEAT 
5. Kim K's Wedding = Wasn't invited so I could care less 

Those are five things or, rather, news creating individuals that I don't care for. Let's move on to something interesting please.

THE MEANING OF INNOCENCE

I was sitting down having a cup of coffee the other day and looking around. The mall I was in had a basketball court nearby and some children were playing. To my left just outside the coffee shop some tables were set up and two gentlemen in wheelchairs were talking to some ladies. I thought nothing of it and thought nothing of the kids playing either because that's what kids do.

One of the gentlemen made his way to the court and when I looked up he was across from the small child and they were tossing the ball around. I looked at the kid and he had a huge smile on his face. I knew the kid was not poking fun, he was just having fun without judging a man in a wheelchair. There was a second when the world slowed down to the point where I could only focus on that brief interaction.

I saw just the man and the little boy passing around a ball and shooting baskets and thought " Why can't it always be this easy?" The kid smiled with such joy and the gentleman in the wheelchair seemed to revel in the child's joy. There was no difference, just a wheelchair, no crippled man, no scared child, just two fellow humans enjoying a common interest. That brief moment to me was the very definition of innocence.

OKAY THEN, LET'S CALL IT CORRECTLY

I guess that tennis and basketball are now officially the same sport. I saw an article about the legendary Wilt Chamberlain's record of 33 straight wins with the Lakers being broken. I was shocked to see that because basketball season ended with the Heat winning the tittle again. I clicked on the link to the article and it was a tennis team that beat the record. What I found interesting is the fact that the sport is tennis and not basketball. I love tennis and I think it's a great sport but I don't see how a record established in tennis is the same as a record established in basketball.

To keep an undefeated streak that long is a feat in any sport but to compare the two in an article doesn't really make sense. Tennis and basketball are different sports with different rules. A tennis match can go as long as a basketball game and longer and usually has two opposing players following a strict set of rules. Basketball is a team sport with a lot heavier physical involvement and a regular season of 82 games not including the playoffs. The Washington Kastles are a World Team Tennis league and, considering how difficult tennis can be, they deserve their props for achieving that but the comparison is still a bit of a long shot.

I will tip my hat because tennis takes a great deal of skill and focus as does basketball, at least when you are playing seriously. I just think the headlines should read a bit differently next time because certain historic records can really only be broken by players and teams in the actual sport the record was set in. Way to go Washington Kastles!

THE WORM DOES NORTH KOREA

Dennis Rodman's visit to North Korea has sparked some serious moral outrage given his defense of Kim Jong Un whom he now refers to as a "friend." Everyone in the media has attacked Rodman because he has chosen to label the injustices in North Korea as simply "politics" that he does not agree with. I think that this whole situation should be put into some real perspective. 

No one in the media seems to understand that this is Dennis Rodman. Dennis Rodman does not have the relevance of a Muhammad Ali or anyone else that has chosen to use merit and stature as a means to engage in diplomacy and goodwill. Does anyone remember the wedding dress? Does anyone remember "Bad as I Wannabe"? Yes Rodman was a huge star with five championship rings but we are not talking about a Michael Jordan or someone whose achievements stand out as almost singular. I like Rodman and I think his personality made him unique on the court but his actions outside the court in a global aspect do not really call my attention. 

The media understandably feels a need to chastise Rodman because he seems to be employing a tremendous lack of depth. I wonder if the media understands that Rodman is not a Rhodes Scholar. Rodman went to North Korea to have a good time and not to engage in shuttle diplomacy. I am certain that the North Korean government did not take the visit from Rodman as a sign of US approval for their policy on human rights or nuclear arms. 

The media needs to really chill out before continuing to make this story something so relevant that we end up looking like a country that takes the opinions of a washed up sports ex athlete as if they were policy gold.