For some reason, actor Charlie Sheen and his bizarre behavior has been all over the news the past 2 weeks. I’m not star-struck and I rarely follow the happenings in Hollywood, but it’s impossible not to know about this situation unless you live in cave. 

I’m not qualified to say this, but from the sounds of it there is something not quite right with Mr. Sheen (mentally and emotionally). While I don’t know much about that, I know the public reaction to it makes me sick. Charlie Sheen set a new record because his Twitter account made it to 1 million followers faster than any other account in history (a short history, but who’s counting). The Charlie Sheen saga has been everywhere and on every form of media despite the fact that our country is still in a recession, governments everywhere are in debt over their heads, and oh yeah, there’s that little thing called democracy sweeping through the middle east.

I say this is sick because of how people are drawn to someone’s misery. It’s like watching car racing just to see the big accident. If people were as interested in fixing the federal budget as they are in Charlie Sheen, we would be in great shape. It’s too bad 1 million people don’t follow the tweets of someone in our military so they can read about real life up close. 

I know diversion is good, we all need something to take us away from our silly jobs and housework and bills and such, but is Charlie Sheen the best diversion we can find?  Isn’t there a basketball game on or a soup kitchen that needs help?