A Positive Role Model

Parents around the country should be thanking their lucky stars for Larry Fitzgerald. Especially parents of kids who play sports. Among the ranks of the NFL's most cantankerous and Prima Donna-esque players, wide receivers, Larry Fitzgerald is like a breath of fresh air. Not only is he a fantastic wideout - anyone in America who watched this years' Super Bowl can recognize this fact - but he is truly a good person. In his years in the league (after being a first round draft pick in 2004), there has rarely been a negative news story about Larry Fitzgerald. He has never had true character or image problems - on the field or off. He got the huge contract he had been playing for early last year - with $30 million in guarantees. He's going to be co-gracing the cover of Madden 2010 this year. He was a hero of the Arizona Cardinals' post-season and has become one of the more recognizable NFL players in the country since.

Yet none of this has caused Larry Fitzgerald to join the likes of Terrell Owens, Randy Moss and Chad Ocho Cinco (yes, it's officially his name now - I'm not kidding). He hosts camps for kids in his home state of Minnesota. He's getting his own ice cream flavor to support breast cancer research.

I know that it's far more sensational to write stories about the negative and outrageous things that public figures do - but I think people who have such a positive influence and set such a gleaming example need to make the news as well.

For Marriage

I'm watching the new Showtime show, Nurse Jackie, right now (which is pretty damn awesome by the way) and I finally saw a logical reason for marriage. Of course, the stipulation is that you have to be pregnant or want to be pregnant for this reason to actually make any sense.

If you're pregnant with your boyfriend's child and he dies suddenly - you may get nothing. If you're married, you're the wife. It's sacred. You get everything.

Twitter

Every time there is a new internet trend (ie blogging, MySpace, Facebook), I am completely skeptical about it, think it's lame and refuse to join. Then, eventually, someone or something convinces me to join and I subsequently become obsessed with said internet trend.

And so goes the story with Twitter.

I obsessively read MMQB on si.com and lately Peter King can not stop talking about Twitter and relating "tweets" in his column. I finally couldn't take it any more and I had to sign myself up for a Twitter account. Now I'm hooked.

I can read what Larry Fitzgerald has to say about his bowling scores. I can get live updates about Redskins training camp from Chris Cooley and Rocky McIntosh. I can hear about The Office writers' activities from Mindy Kaling.

This is way too much fun.