RIP, Peter Pan of pop

Wasn’t ready for this.
“Thriller” was the first must-have album of my life. 
The man was a loon. 
The man was an incredible performer.
He never really grew up and I always had a hard time imagining him growing old.
He didn’t.
P.S.  For another less-than-common Michael Jackson video, check this out.  (Welcome back, UBM.)  Note a [...]

From my moving bicycle

 

My second mock NBA draft

Again, just the top 10 picks.  A recap of my predictions from last year:
1.  Derrick Rose to the Bulls.  Yup, and he had a rookie season befitting an eventual legend.
2.  Michael Beasley to the Heat.  Yup, though he didn”t go to the Bulls, and he showed promise but was inconsistent.  He put up decent numbers [...]

Equivalent to stupid

Pete Hoekstra got himself served when he compared Twitter use by Iranian street protestors now to that by U.S. House Republicans last fall.  My favorite line:
“My neighbor stopped me to talk today. Now I know what it is like to be questioned by the Basij!”

Iran so far away

Kudos to my clearinghouse, here, for coverage of protests that follow the elections stolen last week.

Face of a terrorist

Why wasn’t James Von Brunn in Guantanamo?