There Are Stranger Things But Not Many

Humans have strange addictions and fetishes. We pride ourselves on it. We have shows to prove it. Just look at the lineup on Arts and Entertainment television tonight, Intervention, Hoarders, Pawn Stars.

Well actually that last one isn't really an addiction unless you count my Father-In-Law watching hours of it on end. But that's a topic for another post.

No matter how strange you think something is, chances are there is a pornographer out there trying to make a buck on it. Yep. Porn has ridden the information super highway all the way to the bank. Back in my days, porn was just available in magazines or on Cinemax after dark. But even then it was standard girl on guy or girl on girl or girl on guy on girl action. Nothing too crazy, but boy have things changed.

Today I was reading up on leprosy because I have this thing and it looks a little green...well that's not important. Anyway while reading my friendly Urban Dictionary I came across something called "LeperPorn". Yes....exactly. Pornography specifically for Lepers, which shows bits of their body falling off during sexual activity.

Now that I've swallowed the little bit of vomit that just came up in my mouth, I want to apologize for putting this image in your head but it's important we deal with this issue head on. Actually when I think of leaperporn, I see an actor that looks and sounds a lot like Sam Kinneson yelling at his female counterpart....but your image may vary. I have chosen to spare you from the actual footage but trust me I've done the research and now you know there is one more category of "kinky" that you may have to contend with the next time you dot com. 

Hoarders and The Purple Hoard

Hoarding can be a disgusting disease. While many of us are pack rats and save lots of stuff that really don’t need, Hoarders actually have a disease and don’t recognize what they are doing until it’s usually too late. A&E networks has decided to pick up a series that features these hoarders as they go through an intervention (clean up this place or else you’ll be kicked out/loose your kids/go to Santa Rose Mental Institution).

I think this is a very interesting topic but I’m not sure I agree with the way the producers of the show are handling it. For instance, in the last show there were two “cases” featured. In each a professional organizational crew and trash haulers came to each house and helped get rid of what didn’t belong or had to go (rotting food...a detached deck) but in only one case did a Doctor go along to assess the mental well being of the horder(s). It would seem if you’re trying to get people to who are sick to get better, then every “crew” would have a doctor attached.

Furthermore at the end of the episode, only a brief 2-3 line follow up was shown on the screen. When you go to the website (see link above) there is no further information to see if the people featured are currently enrolled in some sort of program or therapy to address their condition. If not then they are more likely to go back to their hoarding ways. It seems to me that if you’ve invested time in the show as a viewer then we deserve some more wrap up that either Bob has gone to therapy and now lives hoard free or Bob has slipped back into his ways and is now throwing cats at neighborhood children if they get too close to his property.

The Purple Hoard (aka the Minnesota Vikings) have seen fit to sign older then dirt quarterback Brett Favre to a 2 year contract. The thing here is not that Favre can’t still play, because if the first half of last year was any indication with my Jets he can still wing that pigskin around the field. The problem that has formed is that his “word” is no longer bond. For all the greatness and success he has enjoyed over his storied NFL career, perhaps the thing he is becoming most known for is being a lying sack of dog excrement. He has “retired” and “unretired” so much in the past few years you’d think that he actually needed the money. What, are those guys at Wrangler not paying you enough to wear their jeans? The best thing that can happen is that Favre gets trampled during his upcoming preseason game this Friday and is knocked out for the season. Now that would be funny!