"The most selfless act imaginable"

Take it away, crazy-ass Barbara Lyons:

"In the most selfless act imaginable, numbers of Notre Dame seniors are boycotting their own commencement because of the appearance of President Obama and the university’s decision to give Obama an honorary degree."

Call me old fashioned, but I can image many other acts of selflessness that quiet honestly, put this small act of protest to shame. In fact, I have seen acts of selflessness profoundly more noble committed by wingmen at bars than what a few members of the ND student body and faculty are planning on doing next weekend.

Just off the top of my head, here are a few example of acts that I'm sure many folks would deem far more selfless:

• Actually going to a graduation ceremony. These things are interminable, boring, and basically not worth going to in the first place. Boycotting a graduation ceremony is essentially on par with boycotting a root canal without anesthesia.

• Cooking diner for a friend. Food tastes better when the special ingredient is love, bitches.

• Stopping to help a complete stranger change a tire in the rain. Major brownie points to all you awesome souls who've pulled this one off.

• Literally jumping on a grenade to save your friends.

• Which brings me to what is actually the most selfless act imaginable:

You'd think someone like Lyons would know better ... or, then again, probably not.