A Lesson for all of Us

Olympic gold medalist and hero to many Michael Phelps admitted today to smoking Marijuana after a photo surfaced of him smoking using a bong. Why do so many people ruin their image with one night's pleasure? (Assuming they found the smoking pleasurable.) WHy risk the millions of dollars for it? It is too bad. Michael Phelpls seems like a good young man.

But, Dude, I Was, Like, Totally Saving the Environment

Reuters has up an article about Al Gore's Son, Al Gore III, being arrested for possession of marijuana and prescription drugs. Normally, I wouldn't post something about this since it's only "newsworthy" because it's the son of someone famous. The reason I'm posting it is because the article almost makes it sound like it's not that bad, since he was driving a hybrid car and his dad cares about the environment. Quite possibly one of the most "bring in my personal soapbox even though it's irrelevant to the article" pieces that I've read in some time.