Thankfully I can speak about the return of Monday Night Football on the same day that I can speak about Oprah's new season beginning.

My wife is just as excited about the return of the latter as I am about the return of the former.

That being said I must admit that I do on occasion watch Oprah. If I were to be honest many of her shows are interesting, have interesting guests, and have an educational and informative message.

There is a phenomenon among males that I like to refer to as Oprahphobia. Essentially many males are scared to admit that on occasion they are guilty of watching an episode of Oprah. It is even more heinous if that male were to admit that they enjoyed watching Oprah on occasion.

Enjoying an episode of Oprah should not necessitate a 12 step program.

One day last season I was relaying the details of an episode that I had watched when one of my friends looked at me and said, "You were watching Oprah?"

The implication was obvious. What kind of sissy boy watches Oprah Winfrey. I felt compelled to save myself. "Well my wife was watching it."

He said nothing but looked at me with his eyebrows raised. "What was I going to do?"

Still no response. "I had just got done mowing the lawn and I sat down on the couch to relax. She was really into it and I did not have the heart to change it to Sports Center."

This is another symptom of Oprahphobia. If one has let it slip that they watched even a portion of an episode it must have occurred before, during, or after some manly chore.

This same scenario is played out all across America every day. I have seen multiple times where a man is called out for watching Oprah.

It is possible for a man, yes a real man to watch Monday Night Football and Oprah on the same day.

I do not seek out Oprah. I do not DVR Oprah. I do not run into the living room at 4:00 when Oprah is on. I do not race home from my pilates class to watch Oprah.

If me and my wife are home at the same time and she is watching Oprah I will sit down and watch with her. It is okay. I do not wear any more pink than I used to, and I am still trying to figure out why all women think Johnny Depp is cute.

The next time someone calls me out for watching Oprah I am just going to look at him and ask, "Do you have a problem with it? Because I will kick your butt..."

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Yes I am one of those parents who allows my children to watch cartoons at certain times of the day. Sometimes I feel like it is a better alternative for them than CNN or Fox News.

I sat down with them to watch Whats New Scooby Doo the other day. I was surprised to find out exactly what was new. The Mystery Machine has GPS navigation. My first thought was that this probably takes most of the mystery out of their road trips. The next thing I thought was that I do not know if I like this much.

Does everything really need to change? Do my favorite cartoon characters that I watch growing up really need cell phones, ipods, and Facebook pages? Apparently they do.

I thought of other changes that I might find if the updated versions of other cartoons I used to watch were currently in production.

Wonder Woman would probably not be allowed to fly in her invisible airplane because of post 911 restrictions. Now she must at least place reflective stickers at random locations around her plane.

In order to save on fuel costs Speed Racer now creeps to his next adventure on an electric scooter.

Casper the Friendly Ghost now suffers from teen angst and would like to be referred to as Casper the Cranky Ghost.

Richie Rich has fallen on hard times, lives on the streets, eats out of dumpsters, and is an avid supporter of Barak Obama.

The Tasmanian Devil has undergone anger management therapy and was recently seen helping an old lady across the road.

Wile Coyote lost interest in the Acme Corporation and the Road Runner when he bought Microsoft cheap, cheap and now lives on his own private island in the Caribbean.

Daffy Duck is no longer Daffy but just a little quirky.

Bugs Bunny only eats organically grown carrots which are certified by the USDA.

These scenarios are all a little bit of fun. It really does not matter to me that the new version of Scooby Doo has new technology such as GPS. It was just amusing to me when I first saw it.

There is one scenario that will cause me to block The Cartoon Network permanently from my television. That is if they bring out a new Popeye where he has lost interest in Olive Oyl and instead he and Bluto will be the first gay cartoon characters to be married in California.

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