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Our Mindless Exercises

By Stan Grimes
Apr 23, 2004

Caught in the middle of this useless
information pursuit, I tried to summon my
beautiful mind for such information. I came up
empty. I have no useless information in
my head or anywhere near my head. I
however have watched CNN, MSNBC, FOX
NETWORK, ESPN (I. and II.) and discovered a
great deal of the stuff. One only needs to
watch “Meet The Press,” “The Today Show,”
and Jerry Springer to fill your mind with
useless information.

Here's a great example, “The Larry King
Show.” Tonight (April 21, 2004) the
King had all the participants in “The
Apprentice” program (which was a yawner from the
get-go). Gee, I discovered that the
apprentice wannabes possessed egos even larger
than the Trump Man himself. Wow,
that was something I needed to know.

Another thing I needed to know is how
much Bush and Kerry can slam-dunk each
other. Another mindless exercise of
the obvious displayed in their million-
dollar fist-fights on primetime. Hey, and
how about that Kobe Bryant case? That's
a real nail biter isn't it? And of
course, let us not forget the prolonged
and way too laughable court trial
forthcoming for the King of Pop (or
should I say the Perve of Pop?). Gee,
how much will the kid's family milk
from the baby bouncing popstar?

Let's not forget the great information
we have picked up from the Mars
Rovers as they zoom over the Martian
red zones. Oh, that's right the
entire wasteland is red, but let's send people
there and find out that it's of no
use (sorta like the moonwalk). Don't
forget, too, that we can always catch up on the
golf matches from ten years ago on the
Golfing Channel. Man, I can't live
without watching the thrill of putts made in
1958.

Of course, I could go on forever, but
like I said. I have no useless
information in my head or anywhere near my
head. It's all on television.

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About the author: Visit Stan's Place: A Quiet Place (http://stangrimes.com) Painful poetry. If you enjoy horror fiction, "Talbert's Plunge" (a novel) will be published in June by Books 4 Life Publishing and Promotions. Look for it. Email: stan.grimes@verizon.net

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