I know it's World AIDS Day and I hope everyone is continuing to educate themselves world wide on the issues facing this pandemic. I know today was Tom Brokaw's last day on the NBC Nightly News and I wish him well in his future pursuits. I know that Ken Jennings finally bit the dust on Jeopardy last night. I'm sure he'll spend is 2.5 mil carefully. I also know that Jessica and Nick aren't having marital problems and I wish them well, too. However, there is a much more important issue at hand. Dust.

It has come to my attention on more then one occasion that dust is impossible to eradicate. I have spent years trying to figure out how rid my house of these fragments. I think they multiply secretly and implant themselves on every flat surface in my house just to annoy me. Each weekend I spend a great deal of time trying to eliminate this film from my horizontal expanses. Within a few hours or sometimes a day the dust has returned. How can a single man who doesn't move around all that much in 1200 square feet of space produce so much dust? I can sit on my couch watching TV and glance over to the credenza where my TV sits and see a light layer of dust covering the surface. I just dusted my house 3 days ago. Do I have to get the Swiffer Duster out every 3 days to clean every surface in my house? It's impossible to keep up with this stuff! I know there are people who never dust but I just can't live that way. Anyone who knows me well, knows that I keep my house very neat and tidy. I have no problem keeping up with laundry, dishes, and the like. And I never have piles of things sitting around that need attention. The only thing I am unable to keep up with is the dust! I can't stand it. I'm ready to throw in the duster and give up. If you come to my house you won't have to worry about stepping over piles of crap sitting around, or getting a clean glass for a drink, or even see my bed unmade but you will have to put up with a thin layer of dust on all the flat surfaces. Especially if it's been 3 days since the last time the Swiffer has been doing it's job.

I think we need to sink some money into studying this issue. There have got to be journals written and scientific experiments being conducted to combat this problem. I think the issue of dealing with dust should be right up there with gay rights, the deficit, and the war in Iraq. Who's with me on this? We need the experts to speak up and tell us how to deal with daily dust!