My first crush

The other day while avoiding getting ready for work, I started filling out bulletin surveys.

I started with a survey that asked "100 truths" of yourself. I answered a few easy questions first, and then I came to a question that asked "who was your first crush?"

I started to type in a couple of the boys from my kindergarten class and then changed my mind... that's pretty cheesy, I thought... who was my first crush anyways?

I decided I didn't like the question, so I cleared the entired bulletin and found a different survey to fill out.

After putting some deep thought into it, I am feeling compelled to answer the one stupid question that I had avoided.

Who was my first crush?

I was about 5 years old, the perfect age for a first crush. Our country was at war... so our television was set on CNN a lot of the time. My mother had her favorite news reporter, and I guess I felt I needed to have a favorite as well.

And so I chose my first crush....

Wolf Blitzer.



Yes, I was five years old. He was fourty-two....

and so began my obsession with older men...

Honestly, I really don't think I thought he was attractive. I was five years old... I am sure I chose him to be my crush because his name was Wolf. Not only is it quite possibly the coolest name ever, but it was easy for a five year old to remember.

So, now that I've spilled the beans.... share with me - who was your first crush?

Indian Giver

To donate, by dictionary.com's definition, is to "present as a gift, grant, or contribution." The same source dubs a donation as "a voluntary gift."

While browsing through yahoo news, an interesting title caught my eye.

"Man who donated kidney to wife wants it back in divorce."

It baffles me that this man is being taken seriously. He is asking for the kidney to be returned or he wants restitution for it, which is an estimated 1.5 million dollars.

If I donated clothes to the salvation army and later saw someone wearing my old sweater, would I approach that person and ask that they either give my sweater back, or reimburse me for it?? Hell no, I wouldn't.

Just like I wouldn't donate at a blood drive, and then ask the American Red Cross for my blood back.

It's like giving someone a Christmas present and then saying "By the way, you owe me twenty bucks for that"

Talking about his ex wife cheating on him, he says "there's no deeper pain that you can ever express..."

How about the pain of slicing this woman's body open and removing the kidney that was a gift to her? The suffering she'll endure while waiting for a new kidney?

I am fairly certain that taking back his kidney won't make this man any less bitter about his wife's affair, and I think his request is obtuse and should be disregarded in court.