An inspiration to us all....

My mother in law came over the day after Thanksgiving. I can only take this woman in small doses, so of course she was over for six hours.

It got to the point where I just fired up the xbox and started playing Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. Everyone is in the room with me just talking. I'm only half listening to the conversation since it revolves around the mother in law and all about her life.

I start to pay attention to her when she talks about this "amazing book" she is reading that is changing her life.

See my mother in law is dating a life coach. To those of you who don't know a life caoch is someone who isn't smart enough to be a psychologist, but gets paid to tell people what is wrong with them. This book was recommended by said life coach.

She mentions one story in this book. A young boy happens to see his favorite football player. The boy is so excited and goes up to the football player and rattles off all of his stats and tells him what a huge fan he is of him. The football player says thank you. The boy then looks at him and says that someday he is going to break all of his records.

My mother in law finishes it with "That young boy did break all of his records....and that young boy was OJ Simpson."

Stunned silence. She is serious. This story inspired her. Finally my sister in law says that since OJ, you know, murdered two people and recently tried having a tv special and a book deal about said murder then he probably isn't the best guy to be inspired by.

My mother in law countered by saying the book was probably written before the murder and then tried to redeem herself by saying "Well there is also a story about Michael Jackson."

Great. A pedophile. I'm so glad this woman doesn't watch my kid anymore.

She can be led by the nose by anyone. It's just damn scary.

After she left we all drank until about 3 am occasionally stopping for a pause and saying "and that little boy grew up to be Osama Bin Laden!!" or some variation on it.

I love Thanksgiving.