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.

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John Houghtaling, an inventor whose best-known product shook postwar America, or at least those Americans who stayed overnight in midprice motels, died on Wednesday at his home in Fort Pierce, Fla. Mr. Houghtaling, the inventor of the Magic Fingers Vibrating Bed, was 92.

I am so sleepy. And I do not want to work.

I am trying to decide if I can go home early. My boss is off today and there is really no one else to tell. But I did get here and hour and a half early, so I feel like I could leave at three if my boss were here.

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Actually, Ed McMahon died earlier this week, didn't he?

That would make Mr. Magic Fingers t moment of silence #4.

You should totally leave early! Unless there's some "coverage" issue... I have worked in places that believed it was important to have certain bodies in certain seats at certain times, even when it was bullshit. Like in an office where everyone had a direct phone line, so even if someone did call my boss when I was in and he wasn't, it really didn't matter. And yet! He wanted me there. Meh.

I was sure I read about the Magic Fingers guy earlier in the week. Maybe it was yesterday morning. The whole day did feel a week long.

ETA: He died last Wednesday. The date on the attached in June 20th [link]

I can't leave early - Tom Jones On Happiness Island is playing on the big TVs, and I can't look away. At least not until the speedo boat scene.

[And hey, here's 30 seconds of it on YouTube so you can all see what I'm seeing: [link] ]

my boss is gone and I can probably leave as soon as I want, but I really need to get like 5 more things done. WAH!

I've done some email cleanup and misc., and I have a small project I should really just get done, but I don't want to! I have until the end of the day Monday, so it just feels non-urgent for sure.