Heartbroken, sad, confused. These are some of the emotions I felt as I learned that our dear Michael Jackson had passed away at the young age of 50 years old. He was iconic, legendary, and of course, eccentric. Some are wondering why all the hoopla? Well, whether you are six, or sixty, Michael Jackson's music has touched your life. His musical legacy was all inclusive and left no one out. Last evening, MTV paid tribute to Michael Jackson, and took you way back to Michael's humble musical beginnings with his brothers, to his larger than life solo career, which has spanned several decades. Who does that? They say that imitation is the greatest form of flattery. Well, several decades later, musical artists like Neyo, Chris Brown, Justin Timberlake and many more give great accolades to Michael Jackson for being their inspiration. His music was the spoken word of our time. The man is gone, but the music is forever.
I know that silence is golden and I have really tried the whole silence thing, but now it's time to chime in. I've been hearing some pretty disturbing things about my favorite dysfunctional reality television couple, Jon and Kate. Well, it appears that all the tabloid stuff is true and they may be breaking up - WHAT! If you ask me, they are acting like two adolescents, or two adults having a major mid-life crisis on network television. It is reported that Kate is dating the bodyguard and Jon has his own little "Miss Thing." NOW, I hear of some child labor laws and the potential cancelling of the show. Uh, I think it's a little late for that. We are already several seasons in. Where were those laws when the smallest ones were tots? All jokes aside, there are 8 children involved in this debacle and no one seems to have their best interest at heart. When I made the last post on the couple, I really thought that there was nothing to it, but when TMZ says it's true, you better get out your pen and paper. Harvey checks his stuff and he was dead on with Jon and Kate. Personally, I am sad. Jon knew that Kate was fanatical type "A" when they married. He obviously liked it at the time and now that he's "grown up," he doesn't want to be Kate's whipping boy anymore. Jon, I get it, but not 8 kids later. Now that that there is paparrazi, mistresses and money involved, this makes for another two or three seasons. Yes, but we must ask, at what cost.
