"EMPATHY"

Sorry I haven't posted in a while, it's just that I've been really busy empathizing with disabled reality TV stars and thinking about starting my own Little Person talent scouting agency.

I'll admit it: until recently, I thought that television was completely devoid of value. I thought that it was nothing more than sex, drugs, and rock & - excuse me, alternative country.

But upon flipping on the TV and seeing how there are Little People out there who train pit bulls, I realized that it's really me who's devoid of value.

Because shows like these actively defy the social order and invalidate many harmful stereotypes (except for the one that says that Little People are small, and that this makes it especially powerful to document their struggles with hard-to-reach items). They teach us that Little People often have the biggest hearts.

And as I'm sure you've caught on by now, MG's also got a big heart. So big, in fact, that it's almost worthy of its own reality TV show about sensitive bloggers with enlarged hearts.

Which only means that it's time to up the big-heart ante.

This is what I'm thinking: In my show, there's also a Little Person training pit bulls, but this is just a coincidence. Because in my show, all the pit bulls are walking with prosthetic legs.

And like most pit bulls, these guys didn't exactly come from the nice part of town. Oh no, no, no, no, no. Not only are their legs fake, but they're also made out of hastily-crafted, wooden chair legs.

And do you have ANY IDEA what this kind of programming could do for people? Just exactly how much this could help shape the way we think about, and treat, things that overcome other things!? It's positively confounding!

Oh, heavens above. In the words of popular singer-songwriter Leslie Feist - who's admittedly able-bodied, but also Canadian - "I feel it all."

My heart is heavy, my pit bulls are mobile, and there are at least 54 Little People lined up at my door right now, preparing themselves for the audition of their lives.