Getting Off

* Looks like Michael Jackson "got off" (in more ways than one). Well, I ignored the whole thing until about 30 minutes until the verdict. I turned on the radio while driving and a local talk show was pre-empted by the Jackson Trial coverage. So I listened to the talking heads go over everything I needed to know in about 30 minutes. Then the verdicts were read: Not Guilty on all counts! Well, I hope that's the truth. But it still is weird for an adult male to hang out with boys. And it's weird for parents of boys to send them over for a pajama party and sleepover. It's all weird.

* It was female Inferno night on MTV's Inferno II, and Shavonda is out after wimping out on the Wheel vs Tonya. That was pretty bizarre. I wouldn't last that long being spun around on a wheel. The challenge this week was to get your heart rate below 100, while standing on a platform high above the ocean. When you and your partner got below 100, the platform was removed and you bungeed down. Shavonda and Jaime were taunting Tonya, and she was unable to get her heart rate down.

* The stock market... Hmm. It's options expiration week, where's the volatility? PPI came out with basically no inflation. Core rate at .1%. Retail sales weak. GM basically giving an ultimatum to the UAW to renogiate contracts. GM is losing $2331 per car rolling off the assembly line, with $1500 of that going to benefits. But the stock is up today, and that's keeping the DOW treading water.

* The local news is horrible, yet for some reason, I feel compelled to watch it. Why do news shows have a "first look" at the weather? This is where they come on and say, "Well, it sure was a windy/hot one today... blah blah blah... And we'll have specific forecasts later in the hour." Why not just GIVE THE DARN WEATHER? And then you go from the local gang shooting or car chase, to the story about the high school teacher who's nailing a student, to the person who went swimming in the river and drowned, and then finaly some feel good story to end the news about a pet adoption or some such thing. Night after night, it's the same news. And I watch. Egads.

* Spurs up 2-0. Can Detroit hold home court? I doubt it.

* Allergies kickin' my butt this year.