Smoking Ban for Military?

Let's just see what our good friends Jackie and Dunlap have to say about that!!!

It's Been A While

Sorry for the lack of "blogging" but there's really not been much happening. Just the normal stuff. My friend Jason is moving to Louisville, which I think kinda sux. For us, it's good for him I guess. So I'll be helping him move, we went out last weekend and had a blast since that was one of his last weekends in town.

The Oak Ridge Boys have been on a media blitz the past two weeks for their new "The Boys Are Back" cd, which is doing really well on the charts, by the way.

I'm thinking that I may try to take a trip out of town this weekend. I'm so over my life right now that it's not even funny and a trip away might do me good.

Anyhow, that's all for now. As things develop, I'll post!

In the meantime, enjoy this classic by, who else, The Oak Ridge Boys!!

With all that's went on the past 2 weeks...

Listen to this song by the Oaks. It puts everything in perspective for me.

Dolly on MJ

Michael Jackson

I've deliberately waited to post anything about the death of Michael Jackson. For the past week, I've been processing all the news stories, all the rumors, all opinions and all the B.S. that surrounded this man in life, and now in death. Honestly, I'm not really sure what I feel about the King of Pop's passing. I know he has an unbreakable link to my childhood, in that the first record I remember owning (besides The Oak Ridge Boys of course) was Thriller, and I had the glove, and a Michael Jackson jacket. I remember being scared pissless the first time I saw the Thriller video. I remember when he did the moonwalk on the Motown 25th Anniversary celebration, I remember the Pepsi Commercial, I remember when the Black or White video first premiered. Then I remember the first allegations of improper behaviour, the kiss with Lisa Marie, the bizarre stunts, the trial, and now I remember exactly where I was when I heard he died.

Michael Jackson was a genius; a phenomenal talent in every sense of the word, a consummate performer. I have no way of knowing what went on in Michael Jackson's private life. It's obvious that the man was troubled, but most ultra-talented people are. So, as I stated in the beginning, I'm not really sure what I feel. I think blogger Emily Sutherland best summed up exactly what I think I feel about Michael Jackson by saying:

For the man who dared to be over-the-top remarkable on-stage, I applaud. But for the human being behind those dark glasses who spent his off-stage time trying to find that guy everyone loved so much, I grieve

Read the entire blog post here