OK, so I had the good fortune to have a morning off. So an English Muffin, a newspaper and the remote control were definitely in the cards. I watched Sportscenter and the News back and forth. At 9 the talk show circuit begins.

I know all about daytime TV, I used to work nights. I have never watched more than bits of pieces of shows whose topic descriptions are listed as "transsexual slave traders and the obsessive/compulsives that love them". It is amusing but a complete waste of valuable breaths that you may need someday. But what amazes me is the amount of such shows and the longevity that they have endured. A seemingly endless parade of loud, belligerent, easily provoked, reality-challenged welfare trash that have absolutely no shame whatsoever. If I am ever in the position of having "slept with my wife's sister who turned out to be a space alien with Narcolepsy" I sure wouldn't feel the need to go on live television before miilions and be berated by a Ratings-whore host and an audience full of unemployed idiots with nowhere else to go.

So beyond the psychology behind what would make someone subject themselves to that publicly; despite the fact that people watch it and love it. How many idiots are there in the world before the pool dries up? The math is mind-boggling. The deep south has clearly contributed greatly but what then?

Next on Springer..."I slept with my dog, and then he cheated on me!"