Can’t say I’ve ever been into the whole “history” thing. Always did okay with it in school, but for the most part, I don’t really give a shit about “cool historical facts” and other weird trivia that some people get all geeked over. Just not my thing, aside from maybe some baseball stats here and there.

With that out there, can someone PLEASE tell me why I can’t stop watching the fucking History Channel? I’ll just be cruising around the cable, looking for something to settle on, and up pops the History Channel, and some random shit about… oh… the history of trees, or glue, or some crap like that. And I can’t help getting sucked in! The other night, swear to God, I watched an entire show about brick making. And enjoyed it! That’s the damn strange thing -- that it WAS interesting. I can see something on WWII maybe getting me hooked, but this was about bricks.

I’ve gotta admit, I didn’t realize what an important role that bricks have played over the years. I have a new respect for bricks, brick makers, and bricklayers. And masonry as well. That stuff is all right by me. For that matter, so is the song “Brick House.”

SO, I guess the other people that I should throw some props at are the execs at the History Channel, because if they can get a guy like me to watch their stuff over, say… anything on ESPN, they must be doing something correctly. Now, as for those other channels that my wife likes, like TLC, or that other one with all the home stuff... no way in hell am I ever going to get sucked into that fluff, unless there’s a hot girl carpenter involved of course.