Daily Thoughts - 1

Well, the temperature goes up and the schools get out. I can’t even remember getting out of school because it was “too hot.” All we did was limit our exposure outside and remained inside in the shade. But then again most school kids are out of shape and overweight according to the experts so that would explain why we should pamper them even more than they are on a daily basis.

Well, whether I like it or not Michael Jackson is free to ply his lifestyle. He is innocent of the molestation charges even though he admitted he liked sleeping with young boys and now his lawyer says MJ will no longer allow young boys into his bed. Gee, it seems they are saying something is not right. Oh well, perhaps the Catholic Priests need to get the lawyer’s cell number to help them get out of their predicament.

I love where the jury said their first task was to deal with the celebrity status and deal with MJ as a common person. Hogwash. I have a close friend who faced the same allegations and it was his word versus the child’s word with no other witnesses. My friend could only afford a public defender. The judge stated that the court had an overriding responsibility to protect the innocence of the child so more leverage was attributed to the child’s words. As a result, my friend went to prison. If this same standard was applied to MJ he would not returned to Neverland last night. In California, stars are never guilty. Right, Michael, OJ and Robert? On a side note about my friend, 4 years later the child admitted he lied because he didn’t get his way (he wanted to drive the new car instead of his old car to which my friend said no) and wanted to hurt my friend. The Public Defender said no to doing anything to clear my friend’s record. So where does he get the money to clear his name since he isn’t a celebrity?

At first I thought I was done taking time off this summer but now I find out I am a must use situation with my leave and sick time. So, reluctantly, smiling all the time, I will take another week off the end of this month and probably another week in late august. Then I can start working on my comp time which is still over 150 hours. I will later this month go to my parents house in Florida and upgrade their computers and eat some fresh seafood.

With Father's day fast approaching, I may get to have both sons go to the dinner sponsored by my church. That hasn't happened in a long time for many reasons. I hope the building doesn't collapse or something like that.

It was nice last night to have my RP partner join in the fun. It has been a while and each time is special and time filled with memories. A simple reminder is that our characters are still developing and sometime things are simpler than they look, it is the smoke and mirrors that obscure the truth.