Lazy August, Phelps-mania

I haven't posted for a few days, yet I've been nagging my friends to check out my blog. Sorry. I've actually been busy with the job search, spending three days each week, more or less, in New York City doing meetings, enjoying my outplacement perks, eating Korean buffet lunches, etc. The rest of the week is spent at the beach here at the Jersey Shore. Poor me.

Here's something - where the hell is Michael Phelps' father? Every night on NBC we see Michael, we see Michael's sister the Middle School Principal, and we see Michael's mother. Where is Phelps the Elder? A quick Google search yielded the following:

• There was a divorce when Michael was seven - or eight - or eleven years old.
• Phelps the Elder is a State Trooper (note for non-US readers: State Troopers are highway, or "motorway," or "autobahn" enforcers). Speed and you're dead. Or out $300.00.
• OK, this is interesting: Phelps the Elder is in Beijing (allegedly), but Phelps Mere (allegedly) has manipulated the media to excude Officer Phelps (the Elder) from the ubiquitous television coverage.

Why is this important? It's not. I was just curious.

DB