It's a windy spring day, the rain is gone and the sun is out. These are the kind of days that should make one thankful to be alive.

Regardless of whether you've been following the Michael Jackson trial or not, Debbie Rowe's testimony is certainly intriguing. Convinced that she would testify that she was forced to read from a script and praise Jackson during a tv special, the prosecutors got a surprise when she did a 180 and said she wasn't coached and did not look at the script. There's got to be more to this than meets the eye. She's currently trying to get more visitation for her children and I'm wondering if there wasn't some sort of deal brokered between her and Jackson. However one looks at it, Jackson's life is a mess.

Jaw dropper of the day: Fahrenheit 451 comes to......Alabama. Gerald Allen, a Republican lawmaker in Alabama is trying to get a bill passed that would ban certain books in public school libraries. No new books or plays that feature gay characters or are written by gay authors can be bought and current books would have to go. Some such books include The Color Purple, anything by Gore Vidal, Tennessee Williams, Truman Capote. Shakespeare can stay but just barely.

Public and college libraries will be able to keep these books that would just prove to be so detrimental to our children. Their young, innocent eyes should never have to read such stuff. I think Allen should just get a group together, go out into the middle of the street with the above books (and others) and just start a huge bonfire.

That's all for now.

paul