Tell Me Something I Don't Know...

Okay billionaire world famous golfer cheats on his wife, a lot, and he checks himself into a sex addict rehabilitation center. Meanwhile Warren Beatty is said to have slept with over 10,000 different women without any whispers of being addicted to or having any problems with sex. I get what Tiger Woods is doing, in order to save his marriage, public image, and hundreds of millions of dollars he is admitting to a problem and taking steps to rectify the problem. Whether it's real or not.

Can you really be addicted to sex? I'm going to go out on a limb here and say no. Tiger Woods has a lot in common with Warren Beatty, most notably they're rich and famous with nothing but air and opportunity between them and their next belt notch. Tiger Woods though just so happened to be married, so of course there was a "problem".

Fact of if all is Tiger is no addict, I didn't see any 400 lb. mistresses or hear of any guys saying Tiger entered their back door, that's what I think of when I think of someone who is addicted to sex. He just took advantage of his celebrity and quite simply was not ready to be in a committed monogamous relationship. The fact that a sex addiction clinic exists really bothers me, all it does is take the personal responsibility from the person and puts the blame on some bogus condition. You're no addict. You, just like 99% of men on Earth, just so happen love getting a good 'GUH' in.

Let's Get It Started

Alright let's dust the ol' blog off and get it started for the year 2010. Normally today would be a tutorial, but rather than go that route I'm going to vent about several topics
that have piqued my interest.

Mark McGwire- This really isn't much of a story, his admission to using steroids is as shocking as Bill Clinton's admission of adultery. Everybody already knew. He had already been labeled a cheater, and he has been paying the price for his past decisions receiving only about 20% of the Hall of Fame votes (after being honored as one of the greatest living players in a ceremony during the All-Star game in Boston). Give the man a break though, he made a business decision, and in reality was still better than 90% of the population at the game of baseball.

Keith Brooking- How about you stop crying and get your defense to stop Bret Farve? You're a professional, paid top dollar to do a job, so DO IT! Thank you Minnesota for playing the entire 60 minutes as the many cliches tell us to do, and not quitting when you thought the game was decided.

Spider Man- When the news that the Spider Man franchise was going to go in a new direction and not bring Tobey Maguire back to reprise his role as the coolest superhero alive. I loved each Spider Man and will see any new edition to the series, but expectations will be low because of the already decided direction Sony said they want to go. Spider Man in high-school? Does that mean Michael Cena or Zac Efron will be cast as our new web-slinger? C'mon Sony it wasn't broken, so why fix it?

Merrrrrry Christmas

'Tis the season to be jolly, blah blah blah blah blah blah-blah blaaaaaaah. I know this is about 95% of the people's favorites time of year, but I'm just not feeling Christmas and haven't since I was maybe 7. Call me a Grinch, but the holiday spirit that made the Grinch's heart grow 3 times it's size doesn't exist. The season has very little meaning, and serves the purpose of providing retailers a few months to work out of the black from.

As a secular nation making a Christian holiday a federal holiday is asking for trouble. Even though Christianity dominates the landscape all it takes is several people with big enough mouths to create a problem, and that's exactly what has happened. So we now have "Christmahanakawanzika" a ridiculous combination of traditions to appease everyone. The problem with appeasing everyone is it water down the true meaning of the holiday/season.

I'm not a zealot or extremely devout, but I was raised Catholic and do believe in the true reason for the season-Jesus. It's supposed to be a celebration of his birth that brings family and friends together, but what the season has become is an obsession with bigger and better things. Christmas is now more about big red bows on cars, video game system bundles, or tickle me Elmos than the coming together of loved ones. When people get trampled at Wal-Mart or fist fights break out in aisles because Timmy or Sally HAVE to have 'x' or else Christmas will be ruined for them-guess what? It's already ruined! These kids already value the material more than the season, so sure call me a Grinch for not being excited enlighten the people of America my heart won't do any growing.

Tiger Tiger Tiger Woods Yall!

It's the story that won't die, Tiger Woods has slept with as women as dollars he made last year. Sure he's not the only athlete to do so Derek Jeter, his now former Gillette teammate, is not only famous for banging out hit on the diamond, but also for the lovely ladies banged out. The difference with Jeter and Woods, though, is what creates the story. Jeter has never once been linked to the word marriage, while Tiger is married with two children. Without debating the issue of cheating, I've always wondered one thing: why do athletes bother getting married?

Athletes and marriage go together like oil and water. For most of the year you're working, traveling the country to make coin. What good is an absentee husband and why keep an absentee wife? Doug Christie found one of the only women devoted enough to spend the money and time to travel with her man to ensure a happy relationship. Their story is known only because it's so rare. Long distance relationships suck and are hard enough, so why enter a long distance wedding? Another huge factoring the lifestyle of athletes is the amount of opportunities provided by the air between themselves and their wives. Women flock to these men and as Michael Jordan said, there are way too many women to say no to. Everywhere an athlete goes attention follows, and where ever the spotlight is women will try to find their moment in it. This means doing anything to get into your pants. Knowing this why bother exchanging vows and promising to another that she will be your one and only for eternity in front of the world?

The promises made within a marriage need to be taken more seriously. Marriage isn't just the "next step" in a relationship, it's THE step! Marriage is what you strive for, so before getting down on one knee and telling someone else you will, "love, honor, and obey them 'til death do you part" be sure those words are the truest words you've ever spoken. Sadly for athletes you may have to wait until after you've exited the spotlight to make this promise.

What's In A Word

Alright I got this from a friend and it has to be posted for obvious reasons. Mind you this is a real check, to be cashed for real money.

Happy Thanksgiving

BUSE would like to take a time out and say Happy Thanksgiving to all. this is my (Beans) favorite holiday, so I felt a shout out was in order. Enjoy the day and if there are leftovers let me know.
Love
BUSE

A Little Humor

As far as Tuesdays go here at BUSE it means it's time for a little tutorial, well this tutorial will be brief and to the point. Simply stated Alex Rodriguez has a raw sense of humor, and people should take note. That is of course if his disgruntled ex-girlfriend isn't lying and Kate Hudson's dodging of the question is correctly being read between the lines. ARod having a picture of himself as a centaur is perhaps the newest thing I have heard come from the celebrity world in my life. I hate the guy but can't hate on something so funny and genius. So let's all take a page from ARod's book and add some humor to our lives with our own mythological beast.