So, I mentioned yesterday that they were doing a poll on whether or not adultery should be illegal. It wasn’t until later on in the day that I found out why. Seems a woman in Batavia, NY (famous for its turf farms) was charged with adultery and public lewdness for doing some guy on a picnic table bench in a public park (only the 13th person to be charged with adultery in NY State history, going back to 1900 when it became illegal; makes you wonder what was going on at the end of the 19th Century that made NYS feel compelled to enact that legislation). And she’s not even a politician.

OK, I can understand the public humping charge, but adultery? Was that really necessary? Her rather understanding husband says he’s “sad and hurt, but he forgives his wife.”

“I’ve got 40-some more years to spend with my wife, [and] I’m not going to throw it away over one incident,” he said. “I wish that the charges were dropped and that we could resolve this as man and wife. It’s more of a private matter.”

Uh, yeah, dude. It was just this one incident. I mean, who hasn’t been sitting in the parkm minding their own business, when suddenly they find themselves having sex? It happens (at least, in certain movies I used to run back in the day). My only advice would be to suggest that your wife not to tend to her private matters at public picnic tables. But then my wife never listens to me, either.

We found out yesterday that the SU Basketball program had the dubious distinction of falling below NCAA academic standards (them, and Colorado). That’s mostly because three kids decided to quit school a year ago and turn pro, which counts against you somehow. Now, I could give a shit about academics (I mean, lots of people go to college so they can get a job, so if you can get a job w/o graduating, then good for you; hell, I dropped out and got a glamorous job in a foundry), but they didn’t even win the National Championship. The sooner we drop this whole “academic” pretense and admit these kids are just money-makers for the colleges, and the programs are just farm teams for the pros, the better.

I’m not saying you shouldn’t let them take classes if they want to, but in the end, it’s all about the money. Better to go through life fat, rich, and stupid than, um, just fat and stupid. That’s the American Way, isn’t it?