Michael Jackson

After MJ's death, I became fascinated (and enraged) at how the media covered everything, and what they were willing to say in the interest of ratings and money. I guess it's the former journalism major in me. I know the media twists things. Many times, they are far more interested in getting the viewer's attention than they are in telling the truth. The truth is hardly ever interesting.

I'm glad this guy, Charles Thomson, had the balls to step up and debunk a lot of the ridiculous myths that so many people consider to be truth. Myths that continue to be perpetuated, even after MJ's death.

http://charlesthomsonjournalist.blogspot.com/2009/11/evan-chandler-suicide-higlights-media.html

Anyone who believed in the allegations would have discovered for themselves that MJ was innocent all along, had they bothered to do their own research.

I was always skeptical that he was guilty of anything. And after his death, I did my own research and came to the conclusion that he was innocent. Even a prominent true crime author - Aphrodite Jones - was planning to write a book about the case that painted him to be some horrible monster. But after she researched the facts of the case, she wrote a book (which she published at her own expense - no publisher was interested in publishing a book that proved his innocence. Innocence doesn't sell books.) to try and clear his name.

So anyway, I thought I would link this, for all the people that still make comments that have no basis in fact. And because I'm so freaking sick of the media and their false reporting. It happens all the time, but this is probably one of the best examples of it.

Kudos to my husband

Just a couple days ago, my laptop was practically useless. It had a dead battery, so if the laptop accidentally came unplugged (and it very easily does, because the power cord isn't all one piece), it would automatically die.

Plus, I had Windows Vista. So it was crashing all the time. Internet Explorer was constantly freezing up. It was extremely difficult to get any work done. My computer wasn't functional.

Lance hijacked my laptop on Wednesday night. He installed a new battery (he ordered it from eBay) and installed Windows 7 on it. He also reinstalled Office 2007 and installed a new version of Norton Anti-Virus. It took all night, and I missed a night of schoolwork, but it was worth it.

My computer is completely functional now. I haven't had the issues with it that I had before. It's awesome. Although Windows 7 is different enough that it's taking some getting used to. But that's not a big deal.

So...thank you Lance, for finally giving me a laptop on which I can do some work. I don't have to worry about IE freezing up in the middle of my research. I don't have to worry about the computer crashing in the middle of an article. I'm so grateful to have a computer geek for a husband.

And on that note, I better get ready to start my writing for the day.