No, really. What I'm about to say is going to damn me to the Nerdy Nerd Hall of Fame.
See, I have this *thing* for Ken Jennings. It's not sexual, so get your heads out of the gutters, perverts. It's just that I find him fascinating, and sadly, funny. I think I can honestly say that I didn't see any of his Jeopardy! appearances, but you know, I don't live under a rock. I knew what was going on while it was going on. (Actually, I adore Jeopardy, and if it weren't for my legendarily bad coordination, I think I could kick some Jeopardy ass. I don't watch Jeopardy because it's on at a very bad time in the Chicago market. I should probably just Tivo it, because I'm pretty sick of 90210 now, and I need something to put on the TV when I get home from work. It's my best de-stressor. And at least Jeopardy would feed my mind.) I'm not sure why I started being interested in Jennings, but it's a recent thing. I think it's only since he's started blogging that I've started being interested.
I just read his book, which was actually incredibly enjoyable. I can't help it; the more I read about him, the more he seems like a normal, stand-up kinda guy, the kind you might joke with in the office, or something like that. Something innocuous. He just seems so harmlessly self-deprecating, and his worldview is just...funny. The thing is, he's a Mormon, and while I'd like to stress that I've known at least two other Mormons (that isn't a joke), both of whom were uber-cool, uber-liberal people, I still consider Mormons to be partaking in a delusion that's possibly even worse than other religions (except for Scientology, if you consider that to be a religion) because hello? Mormons believe things that are patently, completely disproven. And those things they believe in? They're very, very laughably weird. I'm not trying to disparage Ken Jennings, (or the rest of you uber-cool Mormons!) but it's not quite working right in my head, the whole idol-worship of a guy who clearly gets facts, and yet....doesn't get them.
Now, if I've alienated enough people, either because they're Mormon, or because they're scared of me because I really enjoy Ken Jennings, I'm going to go back to lamely browsing the internet, and likely end up reading lots of NFL gossip and opinion articles. (What do YOU think of the Thomas Jones trade? How about the Lance Briggs stunt?) Yes. Yes I am a loser. And I kind of like it.
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