October 22, 2005

We all have a void in our lives.  And we need to fill it.

Stop and think for a moment about movie celebrities, famous singers, and sports stars and the fortunes they make.  How can such grotesque sums of money be given out for doing a job that doesn't even accomplish great strides in the advancement of human intellect or humanity?  Simple.  We think they're worth it.

That's entertainment.

We need these people to fill our void.  And if we follow the history of their income, we apparently need them now more than ever.

It gets worse.  We go beyond their jobs to fill our void.  You will see in the news - again, I repeat, in the news - what these people are doing in their personal lives, including what the wore to a seriously unimportant event.  We must care or it wouldn't be news.

We live in a time where we are so desperate to fill the void that talk show hosts are elevated to social gods.  We will do what they ask and even cut our hair to look like them.

The media has become the syringe, the celebrities our heroine.

Talent certainly isn't necessary.  Singers are manufactured.  Actors and actresses made out of people who were visible to the public for being complete idiots.  We don't want our children to be like them, but we love to watch them.  They fill the void.

If only most of us would spend a fraction of this time filling the void with those we should care about, such as our families.  Where were they last night?  Who were they with?  Do you even remember what your spouse or children wore this morning when they left the house?

Probably not.

But I'll bet you remember what that celebrity wore to the award ceremony last March.

It fills the void.