And the award goes to...

Man, if I hear something like this one more time...

(excerpt from an AP article about Steve Carrell's Golden Globes win):
"Later, when he collected his award, he said he hadn't bothered to write an acceptance speech. Instead, he read one he claimed was written by his wife, Nancy. It ignored his career and instead praised his wife, noting that she had put aside her career for his."

Funny gag aside, this is what half the male award winners always say. "This is for my wife, who sacrificed so much for me."

I wrote a little song once called "I won't make you better", and I even had a little speech prepared, as to what I would say to introduce the song, in my imaginary concert. (do I have a rich imagination or am I hopelessly delusional? You decide) Here's how the speech went:

"There's this guy I used to date, who is destined for great things. He is kind, articulate, and brave. Ladies and gentlemen, this man is going to change the world. He will be a senator, a diplomat, or some kind of leader. Not the corrupt, power-driven kind though. No, no. He will be the sort of leader that inspires devotion as well as respect. He will not lose his values through his rise to power, and will continue to fight for "the little people" till the end.

Ladies and gentlemen, this man will have a great woman by his side. She will be strong, smart and brave. She will support him when the going gets tough, take care of the details of daily living when they're more than he can handle, and chastise him when he gets too haughty for his own good.

They will work as a team, and her husband will receive a Nobel Peace Prize, his Journalism Award, his election to a higher position, or his Academy award. And as he stands on that stage to accept, he will look to her first and say, "This is for you." She will smile and her eyes will fill with tears, and she will know in that moment that all the strife, all the hard work, all the sacrifice has been worth it. She has made the world a better place, by making him a better man.

Ladies and gentlemen, this woman will be a great woman, a worthy woman, a person of honor.

But it's not gonna be me."