If It's Summer It Must Be Time For A Patrick McDermott Sighting

I think at this point most people probably don't even remember who Patrick McDermott was and they probably care even less whether he is found or not. Unfortunately for us we don't make television and so once a year in the summer we have to have a Patrick McDermott sighting. Last year it was Dateline who generated a bunch of publicity so we would watch their show about him and this year it is probably some network somewhere in the world who is trying to get summer viewers to watch their program.

For those who don't remember, Patrick was the lover of Olivia Newton John when he disappeared on a fishing trip. He owed child support to his ex-wife and really that is about it. There really wasn't much reason for him to go missing unless he was tired of hearing Hopelessly Devoted To You being sung every day by Olivia.

Anyway, logically everyone thinks he was killed at sea back in 2005. The conspiracy theorists have him alive and well and living in Mexico where he has been spotted about 16 times since 2005. He works as a waiter at a fishing resort. Well, back in April investigators say they received a fax from Mexico from a person who was faxing it on behalf of Patrick. Sure, because everyone knows you need a 3rd party to fax something.

The fax basically says that Patrick wants to be left alone and to stop looking for him and that he just wants to live in peace. Well, he can't live in peace because then television shows can't make money and tabloids can't sell extra copies. It doesn't matter if none of this makes any sense because the only thing that matters is trying to keep us interested enough once a year to buy something or watch something. Next year I think they should have him involved in a shootout with a Mexican drug cartel. That would be cool. (Thanks Rebecca)