Sheez, another 16 year old that needs...

to get over it.
Freddy Adu is whining about not playing enough for his championship soccer team, DC United.
His lack of playing time has cost him a chance, he says, to make the US national team for next year's World Cup.
He's thinking of playing in Europe next year.
Maybe he should call Landon Donavon before he signs.
You can't really tell him to grow up, because he's not a grown-up. But since he wants to play in the adult world, he should get used to not getting his way all the time. That's what adults do.

You bought a car dude,

not the road.

I'm a pretty mellow (slow) driver. It helps me stretch those gas dollars and I'm not worried about the extra four minutes it takes me to get home by going 60 mph instead of 70 on the freeway.
So yesterday, I'm exiting the freeway, slowing to the access/frontage/feeder road speed as I go down the ramp when I look in the mirror to see a BMW closing quickly on my bumper. Finally the mirror looks like this picture, he's so close.
And I think, you bought a nice car dude, not the road. Then I think to myself what my 80 year old father-in-law always says-
"If you wanted to be in front of me, you should have gotten up earlier this morning."
And I slow down some more...

It's tough to be a grown-up....

when you're only 16 years old.
Michelle Wie is an incredible talent who will make a lot of money playing golf. But yesterday, she was disqualified from her debut tournament after signing an incorrect score card. While it's sad, it doesn't come close to Roberto di Vicenso's gaff in 1968 which cost him the Master's title.

But really, neither of these upset me as much as when I watched Ms. Wie on news coverage and listened to her defend herself:
"``I was honest out there,'' she said. ``I did what I thought was right. I was pretty confident. If I did it again, I'd still do that. It looked right to me. But I learned my lesson.''
If you listened to her, it sounded very much like someone who felt they were being singled out or picked on. Like a typical 16 year old.
Which brings us to the next point. My wife and daughter are fans of MTV's My Super Sweet 16. This show is about the overindulgence of young people by stupid parents with more dollars than sense. Birthday parties and gifts that cost more than $250,000 are the norm here, as the camera follows the planning and set-up for the celebration. Particularly annoying to me are the kids whining incredibly narcissistic comments like, "I better get a new Mercedes; I deserve it."
Excuse me? Exactly what have you done in your life that merits a Mercedes? Cured cancer? Diabetes? Peace between the Arabs and Jews? Oh wait. I'll bet you made the Honor Roll. Not likely if you watched the shows.
It makes me want to say, "Get off the couch and do something besides watch this non-reality reality TV." But I like being married and having kids that talk to me occasionally.