P-O-R-N

After watching my New York Jets wrap up an exciting overtime defeat of New England late last night, I flipped the channels around for a minute before I saw that HBO had on some special called "Thinking XXX."

There were less than five minutes left, and the close of the show included short soundbites from some of the more well-known actors in the genre. They were in various levels of undress as they tried to sound intelligent and witty in these interviews.

One quote in particular, from a typically whore-y and plastic-looking blonde woman, probably no older than 27 or 28, spoke critically of the younger actors who jump into porn but get out before accomplishing much.

"A lot of them don't survive in the industry," the girl said.

I thought it was kind of funny, because she said it in a way that sounded like she felt those actors should feel ashamed for not building a long-term career in porn.

Now if we we're talking about young folks right out of college not being able to hack the pressures of being, say, a stock broker, then, by all means, be judgmental and critical.

But to quote Jim Rome, one doesn't get into porn, one ends up in porn. I think if you can't make it in the adult industry, there's certainly the possibility that maybe you're just not cut out for spending your life being a whore with strangers on camera for money. And I think that's OK. You heard it here first.