From upthread:
Also, I've seen a lot of places that say "no security deposit." Huh. Is it because the supply of places is exceeding demand?
Definitely. A lot of people are turning their flip-houses/condos into renting property (last week, my next-door neighbors moved into a 2BR condo instead of another apartment complex), so apartments are getting creative to attract renters. For the first time since I moved here in 2006, my place didn't raise my rent when I renewed my lease. I've also heard that they are giving new tenants free satellite tv.
catching up ....
the whole MJ thing is making me almost glad I don't have TV these days (once I get my F2F bills paid off, I'm getting cable ... sigh). But I'm finding that I have trouble tracking which day of the week it is without my daily TV shows - oh dear.
and ...
DINAO: Rush Limbaugh, Bill O'Reilly, Karl Rove
I'd say chuck them all and take a vow of celibacy. ick
I managed to avoid MJ news for the most part.
As far as "nothing wrong with their Daddy" there were pretty constant critiques of him as a freak well before and after anyone alleged anything illegal. He was a fag, he spoke like a woman, he was trying to be white, he tried to buy the elephant man's bones, his children aren't his children, he and his sister are the same person, and on and on and on.
I remember in 1984 or so, when I was three years old, telling people that Michael Jackson sleeps in a tank. I'm not sure where I heard it or what I thought it meant, but it was a prevalent-enough attitude that nursery school kids were aware of it.
Yes, he slept in an oxygen chamber or something, as I recall.
My kid learned to ride her bike!
That's great!
We still can't get the training wheels off Leif's bike. We can't get him to stop leaning when he rides. Emaryn will be getting a geared bicycle for her birthday.
