Wrod. This. Nilly, congrats, babe! I'm so impressed. Allyson, Jilli, if either of you get offered anything about Pablo Escobar, it's not worth it. Stay away. That's about all I know about being a public figure right now.

Wimbledon drinking game: [link]

Dangerous Drug Found in Jackson Home

Sources tell TMZ an extremely dangerous and potent drug used for surgical anesthesia was found at Michael Jackson's house after he died ... and this may well be the drug that killed him.

We're told the drug Propofol was discovered at the residence. The drug is used to put people under anesthesia before surgery. It is an extremely powerful drug that is only available to medical personnel. As one source said, "There is no conceivable way this drug can be properly prescribed for home use."

The drug can only be administered with an IV. Interestingly, Propofol burns and the drug Lidocaine is used to reduce the pain associated with the Propofol injection. As we first reported, Lidocaine was found near Jackson's body.

One of the major side-effects of Propofol is cardiac arrest if it's taken in combination with narcotic painkillers, however, Propofol is so powerful it can stop someone's heart on its own.

A registered nurse has come out and said Jackson begged her for the drug Diprivan -- the brand name for Propofol. She says he needed it for insomnia but she declined to supply it.

Sources say the drug is so inappropriate and reckless for home use, if a doctor facilitated it for Jackson and it caused his death, he or she could be prosecuted for manslaughter.

Doc Nilly!

Heh, I suddenly had visions of pulpish Nilly adventures...

Karl Malden was still alive? Well, now he's not: [link] He was 97!

97? Wow!

In Crazy Republicanland news, did you know that the Democratic Party can now steal elections at will? According to Michael Steele, it's all due to a conspiracy between Democratic secretaries of state, ACORN, and George Soros.

I must have missed the Diebold CEO promising to deliver states for Obama.

As is my custom, encouraged by my director, to make floral arrangements for new employees, I put together a bowl of roses and daylilies and brought it up to our new ED.

First thing out of her mouth:

"Oh, how beautiful!"

Second thing?

"You shouldn't have wasted your time."

Maybe she meant it as "Oh, dahling, really, you shouldn't have (minemineminemineyay!), but it came off more as "I already see that you are an employee who doesn't prioritize her time wisely" which led me down the path of "Great, now she's going to think I have an easy job with lots of downtime, and can stand to fetch a few extra sticks".

Then bossman comments, while I'm still fuming, that all my furniture at home should be where it's supposed to be and all the walls painted, with a sad shake of his head that it's not. I shouldn't be surprised, since he also authoritatively stated way back that if I needed to rent a u-haul truck to move, I owned too many things.

Juliebird, if you can't attribute it to an office-wide attack of asshattery, perhaps the new ED meant it in the spirit of "oh, you shouldn't have!" (with an unspoken "but I'm glad you did"). The other ... well, that's just dumb.

I shouldn't be surprised, since he also authoritatively stated way back that if I needed to rent a u-haul truck to move, I owned too many things.

Like a bed? couch? Seriously?