I Try to Ignore Stupid People

I didn't think I was a prejudice person, but I have to admit that I have a problem with "stupid people".  I know you guys who read my blog are not among the stupid people, so really this is just a venting session.  I'm so sorry.  On The Morning Show a woman who has had back problems is blaming her Yoga class for two ruptured discs in her back which caused her excrutiating pain. ... The show goes on to explain some facts about Yoga, how instructors are educated and certified and how YOU can prevent an injury by following some safety guidelines.  Here's some safety guidelines I've made up myself:  1) Don't twist your back in weird positions when you have a back injury.  2) If it hurts, stop it!  3) If a class of yoga participants is jumping off the cliff, don't follow them.  4) If you are stupid, try to keep yourself off of national news media.  This is not far removed from the stupid McDonalds hot coffee spill lady.  If you don't know who I'm talking about you're not reading my blog anyway because you don't know what a blog is.

I went to a Yoga class once.  My friend was taking a class at the YMCA and kept inviting me to go with her.  Thinking that I needed to find some ways to calm my mind I thought maybe this would be a good exercise for me.  We all got out our matts and started doing some poses.  I'm sure we did something else, but I don't remember much from that experience.  What I do remember was hearing the basketballs bouncing in the gym next to our class and how it completely broke my concentration because all I wanted to do was run out of the yoga room and start shooting some hoops.  Speaking of sports, FANTASY FOOTBALL IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER!!!  My league's draft date is just a couple of weeks away and my son, Johnny, just had his second football practice last night.  We've been practicing in the back yard.  I'm Brett Favre and he's Adrian Peterson on the hand-offs or Percy Harvin on the pass routes.  Our practicing has been cut short because I hurt my arm throwing the ball.  I was thinking about blaming the East Ridge Athletic Association because if they didn't pressure the kids to be so good, we wouldn't have to practice in the back yard.  However, this is a long term injury that I just keep aggravating, so I think I'll go back a couple years to the Woodbury Athletic Association and see if I can develop a case.  I could probably even go back to my Mahtomedi High School softball days which is where I wore out my arm in the first place.  Maybe I could even get on The Morning Show! I didn't think they were that desperate for stories, but I guess I was wrong!