A guy - let's call him Dave

An interesting conversation occurred today -- I thought I was an equal participant in the conversation but as it went on it dawned on me that I was being treated as a second-class citizen. I find it funny how that can happen and I was perplexed and challenged -- but there really was not much that I could do. The person I was having the conversation with has power over me. Silly power really, but power nevertheless.

You see, the conversation was about basketball. More specifically about the ability to get tickets to see the pre-season favorite North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team. This season. The season where they return their top six scorers, the consensus 2007 Player of the Year Tyler Hansbrough and three potential NBA drafted players who decided to withdraw from the draft to return to school. The so called good friend whom I was having the conversation with now has (he did not always) a contact who is offering him tickets to see UNC live. And as I learned in the conversation -- he is not taking me.

Power sucks. At least when he watches the team I cheer for destroy some sacrificial opponent he will remember that the Tar Heels have power over his team - the Duke Bluedevils.

Small consolation.