Love is a messy thang.

Back home today. I was sad to leave the fam yesterday. I enjoy being with them, and it was great getting to take my nephew to school and pick him up in the afternoon. I can see why moms like to be able to do that. It's awesome to get that chance to hear about their day while it's still fresh.

Also fresh while I was there was the story about the astronaut love triangle. There's nothing like being where the story is local to get the whole story as every detail breaks, 24-7! The talk radio shows were really buzzing about it. I didn't hear too much of the talk radio stuff since I wasn't in the car as much as I usually am, but I did hear one guy when I was waiting to pick up my nephew on Monday that cracked me up. He basically said that this whole thing could have been avoided if all the married people wouldn't cheat and the single people wouldn't involve themselves with the married people. Here was his best quote:

"You know where cheating gets you? An astronaut in a diaper coming at you with a mallet and a rubber hose. That's where." Love it.

I'm not sure anyone really knows yet what really happened. At first, everyone assumed the lady astronaut had an affair with the single, male astronaut, then got jealous because he had another lady luv. But then it turns out that lady astronaut was already separated, and there's some question that there was even an affair with male astronaut. She might've just taken a good friendship or a flirtation for something more than it was. Would THAT be a blip? I don't know that I'll get as much news about it now that I'm not in Houston anymore, but I will be very curious to hear what was really going on.

Alot of people were stunned that someone so smart and accomplished could do something so nutty, but I've got news for you. It doesn't matter whether you're stupid or smart, accomplished or stuck in a rut, nice or mean, married or single, yadda, yadda, affairs of the heart can turn you into a lunatic. That's just it. Humans are humans, and the love stuff taps into our baser instincts - into the primal stuff that's ruled by emotions - the heart not the head. No amount of math or science education, political success or money in the bank changes that. Too bad this lady just blew everything she's worked for.