Dog backwards spells GOD.

I was just looking over my last few blogs, and realized that it's been awhile since I've written anything, and the last few things I have touched on have been pretty serious.  I think perhaps it's time to blog about something a bit more lighthearted.  There are a few TV shows that I like to watch[if I'm quick enough to get to the remote before Melissa, otherwise I might as well put on some shoes and go take a long walk because the next few hours are going to be full of "Bridezilla", "Whose Wedding Is It Anyway" or a terrible Lifetime movie.......man I hate Lifetime].  "The O'Reilly Factor" is near or at the top of my list, along with "Operation Repo"[ever seen it?  Those poor dudes get attacked on a daily basis.....!], "Gene Simmon's Family Jewels", "America's Funniest Home Videos"[that show makes me laugh out loud and scare the dog everytime]etc.  You know - good 'ol junk TV.  But friends, there is one show - one special show that takes the cake.  "Dog The Bounty Hunter".  This man amazes me, and I mean AMAZES me.  I tell Melissa all the time, I think Dog is the Elvis of our generation.  Here's a guy with bleached-blond hair running down his back in a fashion way too cool to even try to liken to a mullet, with the front/top sticking straight up in the air faux-hawk style.  He wears shirts unbuttoned aaaaaaaall the way to the navel, so that his man-boobs can hang out a little to entice all the women.  His somehow-always-beet-red skin looks as though he has sat out in the scorching desert sun for at least 225 years.  He was once a junkie criminal that did hard time, but now fancies himself a bounty-hunter[or, as I believe, closer to a super-hero].  I respect the fact that he has turned his life around, does his best to contribute to society, and gets paid to have people watch his adventures on television.  It's the American dream.  What puzzles me about the man, is his spirituality[?].  This is a guy[and, let's not leave the family out - they're all in on the act after all...]who will hunt the bad guy down, kick doors open w/metal-tipped snakeskin boots, and unleash the Chapman clan on you swat-team style while wearing his Batman belt[the belt contains the all-important cell phone holster, leather gloves, handcuffs, pepper spray and other unidentifiable miscellaneous items]and screaming "get down you M#@*& F%&*@#ER!!!!!!!" while pushing his younger son Leland to take the suspect to the ground forcefully, even though nine times out of ten the startled and wide-eyed bail-jumper is not resisting in the slightest.  Then, once the perp is in custody, it's off to the Cadillac Escalade[I've noticed the upward mobility this last season.....they used to drive humble Suburbans....]to talk about what crimes they are facing.  After the air has been cleared a bit, Dog likes to give the prisoner-to-be a fatherly talk about what they are doing with their life, and how they can make the same successful changes that he has.  It usually has to do with kicking drugs.  "Bra, you gotta kick them drugs yeah?  You know that ice takes your love and steals your soul.....".  Then[and this always FLOORS me!!!]he offers them a cigarette.  "You need to get clean, and healthy and start making good decisions......."now, "do you want a cigarette"?!  Come on - are you kidding me Dog?!?!!  We all know that cigarettes are PROVEN to kill people.  It's a fact, if you smoke and smoke long enough, you will die before your time, guaranteed!!!  Then, he huddles everyone around, and prays.  He prays!!  He prays in the name of Jesus Christ!!  I'm not saying he doesn't love Jesus[and it's not my place to judge or point fingers at anyone, believe me]but can't you just kind of see God watching all of this and wincing a little when Dog Chapman closes w/prayer in Jesus name?!  Kinda like.....GOD: "um, Dog?  Maybe you could just do your thing and leave my Son's name out of this......?  I know you're trying to help and all, but we just don't really need press right now coming from a guy in a leather kimono who recently admitted guilt concerning his racist language and everyday use of the "N" word in reference to African-Americans?"  I don't know, maybe it's just me but I find the yin-yang of Duane "Dog" Chapman's life compelling, and at the very least, excellent television.  Aloha.