I've Got Some Splainin' To Do

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funsize08: They ask me what I’d like written about me when I’m gone. I hope they write I made Penn State a better place, not just that I was a good football coach.” -Joe Paterno. This quote makes me sick. People who think this quote is valid make me sick. The JoePa worship makes me sick. JoePa didn’t make Penn State a better place. He was an immoral, shameless, selfish, weak individual who placed the success of his football program above the well-being of abused children by protecting their molester in his facility. He was complicit in numerous sexual assaults by allowing the abuse to continue - unreported to the police. His hubris in assuming he should be allowed to coach another season after these allegations came to light is mind-boggling. Not once did I sense a modicum of shame from him or the students who claim to support him. In fact, PSU’s students have been equally disgusting in their response. If I were in charge at the university I would have shut down the football program for at least a year - more if  necessary - to teach the idiotic student body the basics of human decency. My feeds and timelines are full of “God Bless, JoePa” statuses, which leaves me with the difficult task of explaining to all these simplistic morons that JoePa isn’t being blessed by any God; he’s been called to his eternal home by Satan. Save your well-wishes and prayers for the victims.

funsize08:

They ask me what I’d like written about me when I’m gone. I hope they write I made Penn State a better place, not just that I was a good football coach.” -Joe Paterno.

This quote makes me sick. People who think this quote is valid make me sick. The JoePa worship makes me sick.

JoePa didn’t make Penn State a better place. He was an immoral, shameless, selfish, weak individual who placed the success of his football program above the well-being of abused children by protecting their molester in his facility. He was complicit in numerous sexual assaults by allowing the abuse to continue - unreported to the police. His hubris in assuming he should be allowed to coach another season after these allegations came to light is mind-boggling. Not once did I sense a modicum of shame from him or the students who claim to support him.

In fact, PSU’s students have been equally disgusting in their response. If I were in charge at the university I would have shut down the football program for at least a year - more if  necessary - to teach the idiotic student body the basics of human decency.

My feeds and timelines are full of “God Bless, JoePa” statuses, which leaves me with the difficult task of explaining to all these simplistic morons that JoePa isn’t being blessed by any God; he’s been called to his eternal home by Satan.

Save your well-wishes and prayers for the victims.

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The Nicest Compliment

One of the nicest compliments I’ve ever received was  from my high school friend Sam Grimes. After exchanging our first few messages over gchat in college, Sam wrote:

Oh my God. You type exactly how you talk. Freaky!

This has always stuck with me because, as a writer, sometimes I worry that my “voice” is inauthentic or stilted. But when those worries do cross my mind, I remember this compliment and that I don’t just write well - I write like Lucy!

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