A Few Things That Fascinate Me

So I've been watching with some trepidation the show, Sister Wives. I find it very chauvinistic. It's like watching a train wreck. You can't look away. I mean, plural marriage, one guy, 3+ women? So why can't the women take more husbands? Not to mention the guy on the show is a bit of a control-freak alpha-male doofus. You can tell it's a macho thing for him to control all these women. I'm pretty sure this is a televised version of the ultimate Dom/sub relationship(s). How all these women submit to his authority is fascinating to watch.  Bizarre.

Another object of my fascination lately are hoarders (there are several hoarding shows on now). I don't really understand the hoarding thing. I think what fascinates me most are how these people attach value to totally worthless shit. Or - how they'll allow their houses to fall down around them and end up having to defecate in bags or cans or buckets because their bathroom has either been buried or stopped working long ago. I mean, yeah, I feel bad for these guys, but sheesh. Really? No bathroom?

I don't know - I'd throw crap out long before I buried myself in it. Things are just things and you can only use so many things before you discover you have too many things you aren't using. My general rule of thumb is that if I haven't done anything with it in a year it needs to be stored (depending what it is), given to good will, sold, or thrown out.

So that's my Monday pondering. Enjoy!