LOTR has semblance in today's world

I had just put on my gloves when the cover of the WaPo magazine caught my eye. Instantly I was engrossed in a story worthy of a season on Jerry Springer or whatever talk show is on. I never actually thought that people on Jerry Springer's shows really existed or at least there were very few. This article however convinced me that there are some screwed up people out there in the boondocks, more so than any city soul around here. Of course all I really needed to believe in were those X-Files episodes. But one quote was quite telling:

"It was like the money was eating away at whatever was good in him," Misty says. "It reminds me, like, 'Lord of the Rings,' how that little guy -- what's his name? Gollum? -- was with his Precious. It just consumes you. You become the money. You are no longer a person."

And this is from the stripper who connived to rob him. I suppose you can steal anything if it's from gollum.

The article makes one wonder, 'What would I do if I won the Lotto jackpot?' Not having ever won a jackpot, I think the first thing I would do is hire a financial manager who would invest it for me and I would just live off the interest made. I would like to think that I would keep my job, pay off my mortgage and student loans ... and all the rest of that baloney like find some charity to give to.