Leslie Jordan's Bad Habit: Now You Know

One good thing about my life is that I do not know the actress Mayim Bialik personally. I hardly know who she is professionally, but I believe she acts in a TV sitcom that is currently quite popular, and has been in some others in the past. Anyway, she wrote a rather long entry on Instagram about the comedic actor Leslie Jordan who died yesterday in a car accident.

Mayim starts off with: "There aren't words to convey the loss we are experiencing as a cast," and then goes on to use many, many words to convey the loss they are experiencing. How odd. But odder still is the following accolade she attributes to him: "It is inconceivable to imagine a world without our Leslie, the man who would spit on his contact lenses before putting them in his eyes."

Certainly Mr. Jordan would not want to be remembered for such a disgusting and downright dangerous habit, nor should anyone find it endearing. Lest any of his young fans think it is something to emulate, they should know that eye care specialists warn against doing just that, since saliva carries a lot of oral bacteria which, when transferred to the eye, can cause infection and even blindness. "Licking contact lenses is pretty terrible,” said Jennifer Fogt, O.D., fellow of the American Academy of Optometry and an associate professor in the College of Optometry at The Ohio State University. 

Anyway, Mayim will not be writing my obituary, thank goodness. I hope whoever does write it won't broadcast to the world my worst personal habits. Actually, I hope nobody even knows what they are.