I thought the previous painkiller addiction was from when his hair caught fire while filming the Pepsi commercial.

Maybe previous previous. I imagine he'd been fairly fucked up on various things for a very long time.

The link to the stoned wallabies article is still worth clicking, because of the comments. One time you really do want to read the comments!

After my recent first hand experience with various opiates and my mom, that stuff is no joke. The liquid morphine knocked her out, after months of pain that vicodin barely touched. I could see how easy it would be to OD.

in 1993 he entered rehab for addition to painkillers.

in 2005 he was in and out of hospitals during his trial because of back pain.

Was he dressed as a priest, or would that be too much of a good thing for you?

Quite definitely more than I could have handled.

Ouise, no, I haven't read that.

I used to be on daily morphine. It was no fun, and I was very glad to get off it.

Two Lumps has a rather strange tribute to Michael Jackson (if you want to call it that).

but MIB already established that Elvis, himself, was an alien.

Except that Bubba Ho-Tep established Elvis exchanged identities with an impersonator and fought aliens with JFK.

yeah, that's just odd.

This Wonkette post cracked me up:

Wait, here's some background on the praying thing:

“I just want to say that first and foremost publicly that I am a child of God,” she said. “And that all these things that are going on right now that I believe in my heart that God will deliver me from them. And so I say to all of the people out there if you’re not praying for me, then you’re just adding to the problem. And I would just respectfully ask that you keep your comments to yourselves and if you’re going to speak about someone, speak the truth. If you don’t have the truth to say, then keep your comments to yourself. You can’t comment on me, my husband or my family because you don’t know us. And for those of you who do know us, you know how to speak appropriately about us. And so I just say for all of you who have kept me in your prayers, who continue to lift me up in Jesus’ name every day, I just want to say thank you.”

OK, here's the post:

Beloved Detroit Icon Monica Conyers Faces 5 Years For Crooked Sludge Deal

Well, people of Detroit, it appears you did not pray hard enough for Monica Conyers, and now she may have to go to jail for a while. The Detroit City Council President Pro Tem and completely insane violent creep Mrs. Conyers, wife of US Representative John Conyers, pleaded guilty to conspiracy this morning in connection with a glamorous case involving the disposal of sludge. She’s accused of taking a bribe from the sludge people in exchange for voting in favor of their contract.

Everything this woman does is an outrage. To wit:

The document does not cite the specific amount of the bribes, but previous court documents have said that Conyers, identified by the feds as Council Member A, took at least two bribes of $3,000 each, among other bribes.

Jesus christ, let’s hope she got more than $6,000 out of the deal! Conyers cast the deciding vote in the award of a contract worth ONE POINT TWO BILLION DOLLARS. Taking a mere 6K for that kind of work undercuts other hard-working politicians who just want fair market value for their bribes.

Jesus christ, let’s hope she got more than $6,000 out of the deal! Conyers cast the deciding vote in the award of a contract worth ONE POINT TWO BILLION DOLLARS. Taking a mere 6K for that kind of work undercuts other hard-working politicians who just want fair market value for their bribes.

Well, the Michigan economy is pretty borked. She probably figured she could buy a couple dozen city blocks in Detroit for that.