Is it just me? Am I the only one who really just doesn’t care about other people’s business? Don’t get me wrong. I like some gossip here and there, and I’m pretty nosey when it comes to people close to me and what they’re doing. I’ve also been known to throw out a few comments, unwanted as they are, on occasion without being asked to interject on the topic. But that’s only for people I know. The ones out there who are in the public eye, sometimes for no reason, yeah, I don’t care at all about their goings on.

Why do I bring this up? As I sat here today after a full day’s worth of cleaning and unpacking, I followed my typical routine. Grabbed a G2, sat on the couch and flipped open my rockin’ new laptop. First off, I checked my email. Nothing new there, just a “Thanks, but no thanks” email from a job I applied for six weeks ago. I’m so glad I’m “greatly qualified” and have “exemplary skills.” Either there are a lot of Rhodes Scholars out there applying for PR jobs, or human resources departments are really attracted to toolbags who can’t write three consecutive coherent sentences. But, I digress.

So I moved on from the email and checked Facebook. I see that someone’s having a boy, someone else’s little boy is becoming a big boy and yet another person is playing a stupid f’ing game and trying to get me to join their community (NOTE: if you play Farmville or WolfquestHunt or HackeySackTown or WTF ever, don’t send me your BS “come play with me” requests. I don’t like playing games on there, have no need for it, and honestly, would rather drink piss than have to play them. Just so we’re on the same page. Thanks, buh-bye).

Then I turned to Twitter. Now, I’m a huge fan of Twitter, I must admit. I kind of prefer it over Facebook, other than it is nice to have some pictures to view or show, which is easily done on Facebook. I even put a few up the other day, but you already know that because you read this blog every day, hoping for something new, and because of that, you saw my post yesterday telling you to check out my Facebook pics. See how well this all works?

Anyway, Twitter is great for quick communications. Post a little note, add a link if you want to show something off, whatever. I follow a decent number of people I know, a few sports people I don’t know and a lot more sports media who, even the ones I do know, I probably wouldn’t admit to knowing. And I follow AP. The Associated Press. The news service that I expect will be straight forward, the one I expect to receive just the news and only the news, no bullshit, no beating around the bush.

But as I finished my first two websites routine and start with Twitter, one of the first stories I see is an AP article about Bristol Palin and [insert schmuck’s name here] and how they are breaking up again. Again? Why would they expect that I knew they broke up in the first place? And why would I care now? I mean seriously, I know her mom is a political figure. Why do I care about the kid and her baby daddy?

Just so you know where I’m coming from, I’m not about to make this a political blog post. Don’t take it that way because it’s not. I can say that for certainty because 1) I don’t like politics and 2) I don’t vote so I don’t get to chirp about the people who get (or in this case, try to get) elected. I lose that right to complain, and I’m cool with that. So this isn’t a political post.

Back to the point. In the end, this AP story has nothing to do with what’s going on today, does it? I mean, why should we care about this chick and her boyfriend now? When her mom was running for office, great, talk about the topics at hand and if she espouses family issues as the critical centerpiece of her candidacy, then teen pregnancy and unwed mothers, etc., etc., are fine and fair game. But why keep it going this much later? This is why I try to just read about sports and stay away from “real” news and the entertainment writing and celebrity stuff. Blah.

Just stick to good ‘ole sports, that’s what I say. It doesn’t drag out. A guy gets busted for drugs — the fun kind or PEDs, whatever– and they pop him on the front page of ESPN.com one day, and the next it’s forgotten (well, until the trial anyway). Like it or not, a star wide receiver or cornerback does something wrong and the coverage is over by the weekend. Unless it’s murder, things in the sports world just end as quickly as they start because there’s always something new coming up. It’s not like it gets strung out like a bad song all through August when some old quarterback retires.

Oh, wait. Nevermind.