Erik Kuselias has pushed me over the edge.

He has to be the most pompous sports “personality” (I italicize that because he clearly doesn’t have one) to ever broadcast. You have a law degree? Yay for you. That doesn’t make you smarter or better than anyone who listens to ESPNRadio.

Yesterday, he was discussing how Baylor University threatened to expel anyone who posed in the ‘Girls of the Big 12’ issue of Playboy, citing the school’s code of conduct. Mr. Kuselias is resistant to this “excuse” because he says that schools shouldn’t judge students by what they do on their own time. He also says that schools can’t have a “catch-all” code of conduct.

Reasons why Mr. Know-it-all is wrong:

1. Baylor is a private institution. By that right, they can do pretty much whatever they want in regards to student disciplinary action. These students would be in an issue representing Baylor, and if Baylor doesn’t want that image, they shouldn’t have to have it. If the students don’t like it, they can go somewhere else.

2. Baylor is also a religious institution. Students going there should expect to be held to a different moral standard than those who don’t, regardless of if they are Baptist, Catholic, Jewish or Agnostic. Kuselias brings up the point that most private institutions receive Federal funding. So do many churches. Don’t tell them how to run their church, and they won’t tell you how to run their state.

3. If they make their student code of conduct read “no posing in Playboy” what happens when one student wants to pose for Hustler? Or when a student does something completely immoral, but the action is unprecedented? Should they have to have an exhaustive list? That is bullshit, Mr. Kuselias.

This man infuriates me. He never lets a caller get a word in edgewise. The only people he listens to are the people in his silvercloudland of sports media.

I did myself a favor the other day and Googled “Erik Kuselias.” I came up with several bloggers who also lamented about this overblown, arrogant asshole. I’m glad I’m not the only one. He’s the sports version of Sean Hannity: smart, well-read, but turns into Public Asshat #1 when you disagree with him.

So why do I keep listening? I need someone to yell at while I’m sitting in Atlanta traffic and there’s no WEEI down here L

Well hello there. . .

First time blogspotter, long time blogger.

In one form or another, I've had a blog since 2001, mainly on LiveJournal. But I've developed a cohort there. I want something different, and perhaps, a little more anonymous. I want to post whatever I want and have it be less of a forum, and more of a true blog.

A little about me:

• I work in health care. I have an advanced degree, but I'm not a doctor. I sure do love second-guessing them, though. I can speak with authority on the validity of health studies and how they are (badly) portrayed in the media.
• I am married. My wonderful husband is in the Navy, but I won't be giving too much detail about that. I don't define myself as a military wife. To be honest, I loathe most military wives because the majority of them are immature imbeciles who can't speak for themselves, and send the women's movement back to the Dark Ages.
• I believe in women's rights, but I would never describe myself as a feminist. I don't believe that women belong on the front lines in any war, whether they want to be there or not.
• I am child free by choice. I don't hate children. As a matter of fact, I like them a whole lot. I tend to like them better when I can hand them back to their parents. Some of my very best friends have kids, and I adore them all.
• I have kids- my pets. Please don't tell me that dogs and cats aren't as good as kids, because you've never met my furkids. I think they're pretty damn awesome. I'm all about animal protection, but not in a crazy, PETA sort of way.
• I am an insane New England sports fan. I was born into the Cult of the Red Sox, and likewise, the Patriots. As a matter of fact, one of the first things my parents ever bought me was a Steve Grogan jersey. If you don't know Steve Grogan, go back and watch highlights from Super Bowl XX.
• As a corollary to the above:
• I don't fit into any political category. I'm slightly more conservative than a moderate, but I consider toeing a party line to be one step below drinking the Kool Aid or hoping to get carried off by the Halle-Bopp comet.
• I love pop culture. So sue me. Can't I have one vice?
• I swear. Deal with it.
• I like to run. A lot. It is my stress relief, and often, I run 5+ miles a day. I'm not skinny, nor will I ever be. Don't stereotype fat people in the gym. They may be in better shape than you are, twiggy!
• I love to make fun of people.

The shell of the nut, for now. . .