What do you think?

The mayor of Los Angeles has said that the city of LA will pay for the funeral expenses of Michael Jackson.

This is bogus, in my opinion. The Jackson family is rich enough, they should put some money forward as a goodwill gesture if nothing else.

I don't have much to say about this other than I disagree with what the mayor's doing.

What do you think of this? Should the city of LA pay for MJ's funeral, or should the family pay for it?

Note your answers in the comments, please...

So what did our fair heroine do on the 4th of July weekend?

Not a hell of a lot, really.


D and I went to see fireworks, and went to church on Sunday like good little Episcopalians.


It's funny...since I started blogging again, I am still having trouble coming up with topics. You'd think, after I removed myself from exile, that the topics would flow like water, but NOPE NOPE NOPE. Still stuck.


This whole Michael Jackson funeral thing is pretty intense. I'm surprised they're not making it a national day of mourning. I'll be at work, of course, with no way of watching the memorial service on TV. Bummer...I really want to see who comes out for it.

Planning on going back home to IA in October, and kind of excited about it. I'm going out for Mom's 70th birthday, and my sister and I are trying to figure out what to do to celebrate it. Not sure if we'll do just a family thing, or have an open house, or what we'll do. Should be interesting to see how all this long distance planning will turn out. If Ruth and I can keep from killing each other, things should turn out just fine. I know...I know...I was very vehement about not going back to IA but I guess "old age" (as in 40) has mellowed me to some extent. I'm not going to LIVE there, it's just for a VISIT. It'll be fine.

Today, it's deader than Elvis in this department, so that's why I'm blogging...just to pass the time if nothing else. It's skeleton crew time around here, but tomorrow it should be back to "normal"...whatever THAT is.

As I mentioned, I like this department. I like the people, and the environment is so much better than where I was. I liked my co-workers, but I had lots of issues with the boss (as you can read a couple of entries below). It amazes me that someone that lousy at people management can be a manager, but I guess that's what happens in this crazy world. As for me, I don't have any goals that manifest themselves in management so I'm cool. I just want to work and leave my troubles at the door when I'm done for the day. I couldn't do that in the previous job, but I can with this one. It's a good thing, as ol' Martha Stewart would say.

What else can I tell ya? Not a whole lot, really, other than I called it that MJ overdosed, and it looks like I'm right based on the evidence presented thus far. I really wish that hadn't been the case, but that's what we're looking at, methinks.

Bye for now...

That's the way, uh-huh, uh-huh, I like it...

This place is so much mellower than where I worked before. People are nice and helpful, and it's a good place to be so far.

More news as events warrant.

PS: One question I have...I noticed that Diana Ross hasn't spoken out about Michael's death. Does anyone else think that's strange, considering the friendship they shared?

RIP Michael Jackson

Didn't want to include a pic on here as it would make me feel too sad.

Is it just me or has Michael Jackson's passing touched a nerve with Generation X'ers as far as mortality is concerned? I mean, he was only 10 years older than me.

Wow...scary stuff.

Will be happier over the weekend, I promise.

RIP, Farrah

I admit, I was never a "Charlie's Angels" fan, but Farrah is an icon and will be missed. Whenever they come around again, watch "The Burning Bed" and "Small Sacrifices" so you can see how good an actress she really is.

The Hollyweirdness continues...

Surrogate makes Parker, Broderick parents again

(Uh, weren't they parents before?)

Phil Spector is hoping to get a few comforts of home in his new prison cell, and a television, iPod and computer access are at the top of his list.

(Gee, maybe he should have thought of that before he killed Ms. Clarkson?)

Here I spent all this time being depressed, and so many celebrity issues went right past me. What was I thinking? (this is a joke...I couldn't really help being depressed...)

Tell me more, tell me more...

So I have this evil boss, right?

She's worse than any other boss I've ever had save one, and they were both comparable in terms of nastiness.

She would YELL down the hall for me if she needed me to come to her office.

She would badmouth me in front of my coworkers.

She would blame me for misplacing things when she actually misplaced them herself.

She called herself "honest" but my contracting bosses caught her in one lie after another.

The only saving grace at that job were my co-workers, three of whom went to my contracting boss to complain about my government boss's treatment of me.

So now, I'll be in a much better place than before, and with a pay raise to boot.

Miracles do happen...I'm living proof.

So where's she been?

To be honest, I've been fighting off a big beastie depression since I started this job. My boss is a scary woman, and I've been struggling with depression off and on since I started.

So basically, that doesn't make for interesting blogging.

But...dear friends...I will be leaving this position for bigger and better things effective Monday, June 29th when I start my new job (still at Walter Reed).

So I'm feeling better, and hopefully I'll be back and ready to annoy you all. That is, if you're still reading this.

Bye...