The Worthless Blogger Returns

I'm running on blogging fumes. Despite what my friend KY might say, there are is only so much whining I can do before I run of blog-worthy material.

But one of my coworkers successfully stole my joy. He relayed info. about a documentary by Noam Chomsky. Back in my psych days, I knew Chomsky because he was a huge figure in theories of language development.

However, Chomsky gained his most fame as a political critic.

But where I really lost my joy (and why people are so astonished to see my lack of care with things like Auburn football these days) is when Chomsky threw out his opinions on sports.

You can read the snippets from the article but here's the gist. The powers-that-be don't want people to be involved in politics or things that really matter. The institution (that being the power base of this country) endorses spectator sports as a way of pacifying the masses. If you're hyper-involved in meaningless activities like sports then you don't have time to focus on things on engaging in worthwhile things.

Well, that opinion means that Gary Z also loses his title of "Most Pessimistic Jackass... EVER."