I decided to make a "warts and all" post on Craigslist for my white Aerostar that Andi and i are selling to a junkyard tomorrow morning.

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I wonder if we'll get any bites?

And I can't agree with this, Trudes:

Time will tell on this. Time WILL tell. Even when actively covered up the dam eventually breaks.

I don't agree that this is true in normal circumstances, and in this particular case, we're talking about one of the biggest celebrities in the history of the world. I see no reason at all to think the Jackson's death would suddenly loosen the lips of those who stayed silent while he was alive. His death would be meaningless to someone who was keeping it quiet. Jackson's family, lawyers and fans all continue to live, and his actual living presence is utterly irrelevant to whatever feelings of shame they might feel.

I also saw my doctor today for my diabetes checkup. She said I was doing well and I don't have to see her for six months.

My total Cholesterol is now 113. (61 for ldl, 39 for hdl.)and my A1c dropped to 7.2. not as good as I'd like, but a couple of points better than it was.

I baffled another new nurse with my weight and yet having a pulse of 63. Sorry Nurse, not every fat person fits the stereotype.

I kind of do agree with her, if for no other reason that if the Catholic Church couldn't keep a lid on for as long as they would have liked, then MJ's estate might not be able to, either.

Let me put it this way, there's no disputation about the fact that MJ did sleep with minor boys. He got into bed with them and snuggled.

Now, the tendency is to think this is the lesser transgression, compared to having sexual contact with the boys. Which is true. However, the fact that he would initiate intimate physical contact with them is a huge marker on the profile of a pedophile. Because he's already leapt over the the clearly marked cultural boundary which forbids adult men from snuggling with young boys that aren't their children.

So, he had no restraint on this boundary of physical intimacy and we know he wanted to initiate contact with young boys and we have multiple allegations from a variety of credible sources that he went even further.

That's the profile of somebody with pedophile tendencies.

For what it's worth, Sean, I also have personal experience with false accusations and recovered memories. Not directed at me, but EM's father was accused by EM's sister, based entirely on recovered memories (even though the false memories were contradicted by provable fact and records). It was devastating to the whole family, and I read up on the subject a lot. There's a devastating TAL piece on it ("Ask the Experts" I think).

On a totally different topic, somewhat interesting article: [link]

Pop’s parents [see footnote], both 24, made a decision when their baby was born to keep Pop’s sex a secret. Aside from a select few – those who have changed the child’s diaper – nobody knows Pop’s gender; if anyone enquires, Pop’s parents simply say they don’t disclose this information.

Well, that will be an interesting little sociology experiment, I guess.

Yeah. I'm not sure it's fair to make a kid into a sociology experiment, though.

I think he did it. Either way, though, "Thriller's" kind of ruined for me by published accounts of "Jesus juice" and what-have-you. Which makes me sad, not that I would expect to still love my preteen tunes the same. ETA: And I'm not sure where he fits on the moral spectrum

I'm not sure it's fair to make a kid into a sociology experiment, though.

Look how Jilli turned out.