A couple of things...

1. I stopped at the grocery store on my way to work today. I do this about once a week, to buy stuff to make for lunch. I have a fridge in my office, and it saves me money and time.

Anyway, it was before 8 AM, so there was only one register open. The lady in front of me was shopping, baby in tow, and one of her purchases was a loaf of bread that proclaimed "NO HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP!" on the package. She then proceeded to tell the cashier about how terrible high fructose corn syrup is for you, and how it will kill you, and how she never buys anything containing it.

Also in this lady's purchase were two boxes of Lance brand cracker packs (one cheddar cheese and peanut butter, the other peanut butter and jelly), a dozen donuts from the bakery (most of them topped with icing and M&Ms), two gallons of Hawaiian Punch, and nine -- yes, nine -- Moon Pies.

The only marginally healthy thing in her cart was a bunch of five or six bananas. I guess those bananas canceled out all the HFCS in her other purchases.

2. Many NFL players are total morons, but Vince Young takes the cake.

I have a general theory about why NFL players are so stupid. For starters, it doesn't take a lot of intellect to play football. You basically just run whatever play the coach tells you to run. Secondly, most of the NFL players who went to college were able to coast through -- especially if they attended a Division I school. Third is the schedule. NFL players work for like six or seven months, tops. I mean, sure, they need to keep in shape, but that's an awful lot of free time. You don't hear about professional baseball players getting into trouble nearly as much as NFL players. Why? Because professional baseball players are playing for eight or nine months, and during those eight or nine months, their longest period of time off is four days during the break around the All-Star Game.

And then there's the money. NFL players find themselves in a position where they have more money than they ever fathomed. That much money, combined with that much free time, is an excellent facilitator of bad decisions.

What's really sad is that the average NFL career lasts three and a half seasons. It's no wonder there are so many destitute retired football players out there. I'm no financial planner, but jeez, even I would make some sort of long-range plan.