When you watch the latest Hallmark Movie of the Week, probably with Roma Downey & Neil Patrick Harris, you're always hit over the head with the lesson you're supposed to learn by the tired old story. Everyone thinks, "yeah...whatever." But a lot of these "lessons" actually have some merit as I've learned yesterday.

Lesson 1: No matter how bad you think you have it, there's always someone worse off.

Good lordy is this true. Now I know this is subjective, but let's face it...unless you're that one guy, Tom, who is THE worst off, then there is someone who has it worse than you. I've been kinda moping around the past few days (see Lesson 2) feeling sorry for myself, when a friend of mine calls me and tells me what he's going through that's just freaking mindblowing. I'm still trying to wrap my head around everything he told me. It kinda made me laugh at myself a little.

If you're able to blog...you've got it pretty darn good. I'd say quit your bitching, but then all the blogs would go away, except for the sex ones...um...on second thought, quit your bitching!

Lesson 2: Be careful what you ask for, you just might get it.

Well, at least I didn't get renditioned.

For about as long as I've been doing this...hell, most of the Whitee songs are because of this...I've bitched about women not being honest...that's where the honies page came in. I've always said, if you're not interested...just say so. It'll suck, but better than if the guy gets mixed messages and isn't sure or you're not sure and play games...

While I haven't changed my mind on this, I will say that it sucks to be told the truth sometimes. Of course it sucks a bit more when you sleep with someone and you're told that s/he would never have slept with you if they weren't so drunk that they couldn't remember anything. Ouch, babe.

There's honest, and then there's honest.

Appearently I'm a C.H.U.D.

Back in the Stone Ages...I mean, when I was in college, my suitemates told me about an expression they used called CHUD...yes, based on that really bad movie. It means Cannibalistic Humanoid Underground Dweller. To these wannabe studs, whenever they hooked up with someone at a bar who...uh...they normally would not be attracted to, the women were called CHUD's....it could also be a verb...as in, "I chudded out last night." I know...immature.