RIP Jacko

Yeah, let's be honest. You forgot about him until this evening. You forgot about his existence, or just mocked him. Now he's the biggest and greatest thing ever since he's gone. You can sort of compared this case to that of Judy Garland, in the fact she was playing in small clubs and gay bars up until her death and people came to her funeral in droves.

I never believed he was a child molester. It seemed everyone was just out for the lawsuit money and not to see justice brought. Finally after years, over ten years, he was charged, acquitted, everyone thought he got the OJ treatment, but I thought there were holes in the story of the family accusing him. I believed he was eccentric to the point of lunacy, but not a criminal.

But it was fun listening to cars on Yonge blast MJ tunes out their window today. Thriller was as big of a holiday hit as any Bing Crosby song, even if it was for a totally different holiday.

RIP

The Jays should just move

I've written about my love of the Toronto Blue Jays on here before. I was at the game tonight. Yes there are factors to take into account, such as they were playing the Cincinnati Reds, a sold out Major League Soccer game was happening across town, and the fact last night was a discount ticket night, but they only drew 15,409. They say the Phoenix Coyotes should move (different sport, I know) when they are perennial losers and play in the middle of nowhere. The Blue Jays play downtown and are currently in a playoff spot. Some might argue the 20 year-old Rogers Centre (formerly SkyDome), once an architectural and engineering marvel, is outdated. But it is far from a dump. Fifteen thousand on a hot, but bearable night with an open roof for a good team is horrible. And that was only the announced crowd. Early on, it looked like a crowd from an old Expos game.

I love the Jays, but they really don't get deserving support in this city.

This is Bloody Insulting

I wanted to write a letter to the poster of this ad to let them know how despicable their organization is in trying to take advantage of people in bad times. You must read the last line of the ad to understand just how disgusting these people are. Keep in mind, they are looking for someone with a degree in organic chemistry. One who's worked hard and likely paid a lot of money to get through school.

http://www.torontojobs.ca/en/jobs/view.php?job_id=18234&auth_sess=c58a19500eab2957a07c875cc1622aee

I could understand if this were a position for a summer student studying chemistry to give them some experience in an internship type of setup, but it is not. Toronto Research Chemicals should be ashamed of themselves. Unfortunately, they aren't the only ones trying to underpay people or get people to even work for free in these tough times. I'm seeing ads all over the place trying to grossly underpay people.