Peachtree Road Race; MJ’s Funeral

What a great experience!  That is all I can say about the Peachtree Road Race on Saturday.  So what if we started in the 90000 group – the fact that Missus and I were out there running together in the crowd spending time together and enjoying the atmosphere of it all!  We finished at the 85 minute mark and I am so very happy and proud of Missus.  Despite a HUGE blister on her arch of one foot, she persevered and finished.  In fact, we were hand and hand crossing the line together.  A great experience that I not forget.  I cannot wait until the pictures to see how we looked.  And I cannot wait until next year – Missus has already said she wants to do it again!  And maybe we can include Sperm and dare I say?  Diva?  YEAH!  So, say hello to the 35,807th place finisher of the 2009 Peachtree Road Race!  It was a great day all the way around.  And I was not too sore afterwards – so a great bonus!

Now, switching gears to the MJ funeral tomorrow – what a mess.  Here we have a city having to host a memorial service for MJ at a cost approaching $2,000,000 when they are on the verge of bankruptcy.  Personally, I feel the MJ estate should pay some (if not all) of the costs.  I mean the police are saying 750,000 people could descend on the city tomorrow.  Great for hotel bookings but horrible for crowd control!  And Al “race pimp” Sharpton is saying the media is giving the death of MJ an unfair slant by focusing on the drug addiction (sorry, ALLEGED drug addiction) rather than the contributions to music.  Um, news flash Al, Heath Ledger – arguably a great actor who died of a drug overdose – was also the focus of drug-related stories in the media shortly after his death.  But as usual, Al needs to make it a “black” issue.  And I am STILL laughing outloud at the posturing and positioning Al and Jesse “BE SOMEBODY” Jackson are doing to “speak for the family”.  LOL!  I saw “Be Somebody” on Today this morning and he basically answered NONE of the questions posed to him.  What a pair of idiots.  I feel sorry that MJ’s legacy will include these two jokers who are only hanging around until the next racial-biased (or charged) even comes along.  Lay MJ to rest, watch out for the children, give his money to charity and let’s move on.