Quick Thinking: You Can't Handle the Truth

We live in an uncertain world, y'all. One filled with political strife, a racial divide, terrorist threats and socio-economic turmoil. Not to mention one where elected officials are having sexting affairs with 15-year olds and people have a stronger opinion about some football team's quarterback kneeling before a game than the actual problems he's kneeling about.

And, amidst all the dissent, us day-to-day folks wanderlust for better times and claim truth is the currency that trumps all currency. Simply "knowing the truth" becomes a mantra, the imaginary elixir to ease troubled minds during troubled times. People think "truth" will provide peace-of-mind in a world with very little of it.

But, in my experience, it's not the truth people want.

What people really want is their version of the truth to be confirmed. Anything contrary to their personal truth is typically met with ardent skepticism and, in most cases, dismissed. Think about that for a minute. Like, really, think about that. Most people, even when given the truth, deny it to formulate their own opinion on the matter even if that opinion is contrary to the actual truth.

Like my man Talib says, "You can have your own opinion, but not your own facts."

Bottom line, most people simply believe what they want, regardless of actual facts, leaving truth as the lowest form of currency in our lives. Imagine that, huh? One of the true pillars of a healthy and satisfying life, an ideal people have dedicated their lives to exploring and a concept Jason Bourne has made 4 movies trying to figure out -- the idea of truth -- is no more real to most than the imagined stories in our head disputing it.

Unbelievable, indeed.

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Quick Thinking
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-- Do you think it's a coincidence the Minnesota Vikings made a serious playoff push the year before their new stadium opened?

-- Or that they beat the Green Bay Packers on opening night of said stadium?

-- The sooner you realize the NFL is simply the WWF on a larger scale, the more enjoyable it will be for you.

-- Trust me, brother.

-- Woooo!!

-- Not sure what it really means but watching the Patriots without Tom Brady this year has been a lot of fun.

-- Same can be said for the Red Sox the past month.

-- But they're always without Tom Brady.

-- Managing 3 fantasy football this season has learned me one valuable lesson: fantasy football teams are like girlfriends, one is more than enough.

--  The desire to improve oneself should always be greater than any fear of being single.

-- Always.

-- Life Lesson of the Week: the act of politely saying "no" to a woman, while upfront, honest and respectful from most people's perspective, garners the same hateful response as skinning a puppy and wearing its pelt as underwear.

-- Which, by the way, I'm sure would be very comfortable.

-- Anyone who doesn't think Tom Brady quietly celebrated a bit when Jimmy G. was injured against Miami isn't paying attention.

-- I mean, I know he's the GOAT and all, but human nature dictates when a younger replacement is doing your job, you want to see them fail.

-- It's like closing your eyes when you sneeze. 

-- You can't help it.

-- Ask any aging supermodel about it if you don't believe me.