Get Out of Jail Free Card

The great debate in my mind today is how easy it is for the general public to forgive and forget the crimes people commit when they are famous, particularly sports stars. 

I've recently noticed some friends jumping on the bandwagon cheering on Michael Vick because he plays for their favorite team and he was voted "Come Back Player of the Year."   Um, so?? 

Some others argue that he's paid his debt to society by doing his time in jail.  To which I say, he intentionally and his own profit, tortured, killed and maimed animals.  What on earth could jail have done for him?  What did he do to repay society while he was in jail?  Community service?  Perhaps.  Donate money to some organization?  Who cares?  He's got banks full of money now he's out making more of it.

How despicable does a person have to be to not be tolerated in society any longer?  Should Charles Manson have gone out for a sport?  I mean, doesn't he deserve a break?  Hasn't he repaid his debt to society too? 

The Paper Delay

I have to have some of the worst writing habits.  There's a few of you out there that remind me often to update my blog....and I don't.  I have every good intention to do it, but I don't.  Now, here I sit, in the dark of my upstairs writing here, when I should be working on a paper for class.

When I do buckle down and start writing for class work, I write for a few minutes and then I stop to play a game on line or check Facebook.  I tell myself it helps me think, and maybe it does, but it takes me forever to finish writing a paper!

What will I do in a couple of months when I start writing my thesis for my Master's Degree?  A 30 page paper?  Yikes, I'm scared to think how long that may take!