As life rolls on

So many things to talk about! First, I want to acknowledge the devastation in Japan. When I first heart about the earthquake then tsunami, the death toll was at 69. This morning, it was at 7,800. There are still well over 1000 people missing. This doesn't take into account those hurt that will die, nor does it take into account anything to do with the difficulties that Japan is having with it's nuclear power plants. Terrible, awful stuff -- and my heart goes out to them.

The nuclear problems in Japan make me wonder about our own nuclear plants. Some are quite aged. Some are built near active fault lines. I am thinking that neither of these things are good, and perhaps that instead of any new nuclear power structures being approved (there are 4 that are nearing approval in Washington D.C.), that the focus should be on modernizing older plants -- and doing who knows what with those built near fault lines. (What kind of crazy allowed that to happen in the first place?)

Also heavy on my mind is that passing of Blackie Maize. I went to school with his children and am facebook friends with the two boys. Blackie was a well known and well respected member of the Viburnum community that I grew up in, and he will be missed. My sympathy goes out to his family.

Charlie Sheen -- I am wondering if this man is so much smarter than some of us (including me) gave him credit for. Tiger blood and all -- he seems to be making huge amounts of money these days. I wonder if the cost to his personal life (c'mon, no one wants their kids taken away from them) is worth it. Has he played us for fools and staged this? Certainly seems so to me. I guess time will tell on this one. In the meantime, I won't be shelling out the high dollars for his stage show based on his current brand of crazy.

For those of you who know me well enough to know my TV habits -- then you know I love me some Wendy Williams. We are friends in my head! I am an avid watcher of her talk show, love her on facebook, and even am a facebook friend to Shakeetha. Well, you should know that she is on Dancing with the Stars (another guilty pleasure) this season and the first episode aired tonight. I think Wendy did fab, and I used all of my votes for her! If you watched, obviously you see that I disagree with her judges' score -- I know her fans will pull her through to next time though. GO WENDY! (How you dancin'?)

Finally, to anyone who understands, but especially to Sheila -- namaste.