Wow.  I wrote it.  It’s a big admission.  Bigger than my love of wrestling… not that sissy roman-greco olympics crap, I’m talking wrastlin’.  Yea, deal with it.  I love big time wresting, and I often love watching Maury Povich.

Yes, Maury. The one married to Connie Chung.  The guy on TV who has the “Who is Your Daddy?” talk show.  And to make it worse, I may have turned my 15 year old into a Maury-addict.  It’s tough not to watch.  It’s better than watching Springer, that show is just nuts.  Maury on the other hand touches on a more personal note… everyone wants to know who their daddy is.

Perhaps the best part of the show, other than the fabulously dramatic You are (not) the father!! admissions sprinkled throughout the 46 minutes of theatre are the titles of the shows.  A sampling: 

• I’m testing the 8th Man… Will I find the father today?
• I’ll prove it, you’re my baby’s daddy.
• 36 men tested, I’ll prove you are the father today.
• I’m testing the 9th Man… Will I find the father today?
• Paternity, Part 2

OK, you get the picture.  However two of the most recent titles tell you why my son and I had Maury on our daily summer tv watching schedule…

Is my baby’s daddy my brother? (OMG)  Yes.  Max (my 15 year old) called me a couple weeks ago from the couch in the family room.   Yes, brother and sister (same daddy), in love, getting ready to be married, baby already born…   It was destination TV.  20 minutes of gripping television. 

The second one came on a couple of days ago.  Ready?  I wrote it down just to make sure I could repeat it verbatim:

Did my man cheat because I have only one leg?  I would describe the segment, however I can’t do any better than the title.  Yes.  It was that good. 

Now I could pontificate on the negative impact these types of shows have on our population.  I could do a self-flogging due to the poor parenting skills I am exhibiting with my son Max.  I could castigate the folks at Maury for taking advantage of those people that want to be on their show.  I could reprimand the advertisers that pay Maury millions and millions of dollars every year.

But I’m not gonna.  No way.  If I don’t want to watch, I can change the channel.  In fact I have hundreds to choose from, soon to be thousands.  Choices are unlimited.  There are more channels than I can watch.  I can look for new and different channels in my town, in my city, in my state, in my country, or any country around the globe.

Sorta like employees today.  If I don’t like the company I work for, I can change.  I have hundreds of jobs to choose from.  My choices are unlimited.  There are more jobs than people to fill them.  I can look in my town, in my city, in my state, in my country, or any country around the globe.  I have the gold in the relationship with my employer (OK, I don’t as my “employer” is my lovely bride, but you know what I mean).

One employee every second of every minute of every hour of every day of every week of every month of every year voluntarily quits their job.