Was Michael Jackson a great father to those children? MY DAD IS A GREAT FATHER!

Let me tell you about my father.

My father still loves me unconditionally and perhaps Michael Jackson did love those children just the same.

But here is where they differ.

My father never spent a day in a courtroom.

My dad never had to hire or fire an attorney.

My dad never paid a family $20 Million to remain silent about molesting their child.

My father has to be pushed to swallow an aspirin. My dad was not narcotic abuser.

His veins are clean from needle marks.

He never required a doctor to live in his house to illegally administer drugs and supervise him to see that he keeps breathing.

My did have an unusual skin color from working construction and the driving a cab with his left arm out the window.

He took me to museums, sporting events, auto shows, taught me right from wrong… and so much more.

So read MJ’s autopsy and tell me how was he was being a wonderful father.

The skeleton of a man was in a fucking drug induced coma. Drugs to go up and drugs to come down.

So I dare anyone to challenge me on this one.

How can I speak of a dead pop star so poorly. I guess if you came home to find your child in the bedroom of a forty year old man

who had cameras and alarms outside his bedroom. Don’t say to me “I’m Childlike” and “It’s innocent”.

You died a fifty year old demented creep. Who was once a talented entertainer.

You became an sick child abuser just like your father, Michael. Your kids sadly express love to a man who at best was ‘altered’

in so many ways. I love my dad.

Art Gallery: A Collaborative Piece (unnamed)

In May of 2009 two artists Thomas and Nick Yagoda traveled to Las Vegas to complete a project with famed painter Adrian Dietz. The finished piece is currently being viewed in Las Vegas before touring galleries around the world. Adrian Dietz began painting at the of two he now has a full year of experience. Being self taught Adrian brought in the Yagoda brothers for inspiration to complete his vision. This award nominated piece is expected to be a first in a series of collaborative works between these brilliant artists.

Happy Mothers Day

Silhouette of Adrian (in) Mothers Day Greeting

What I’ve been up too…

Took Adrian to discover Tule Springs las Monday. It sort of a protected wildlife and fishing area. A couple weeks ago I took Adrian and Bryant to the 51’s baseball game.

SWINE FLU

How do you get it?

Don’t take Risks…

Easter Day

The Family spent the day together – except for me (work work work). The traditional egg hunt took place with some help from our dog. The fam visited (Gg) Adrians Great Grandma as well as Adrians Great Great Aunt Milly. Then they had fun at a new indoor miniature golf place that recently opened. Adrian got lots of Candy, DVD’s and toys. FUN FUN FUN.

The Embarrassment of Your Past

I have had a photo from my Class of 1977 yearbook that has recently resurfaced on Facebook. A former classmate has obviously scanned and posted this photo of me. I remember when this photo was captured. I was at a swim meet at Riverside-Brookfield High School. Now swimming for some reason was a winter sport. So during a lull in the swim meet I went out to the cold drafty hallway. I grabbed my jacket and was followed by fellow swimmer William Frampton who happened to be a school photographer. So when I graduated that spring and received my yearbook this photo surfaced. You remember back in the 1970’s streaking was a big thing. So the assumption that I am au natural under jacket is sadly incorrect. I would only be exposing you to my electric blue ‘Speedo’. It’s a fun picture though and my Swim Coach Ken Brown signed my yearbook next to the photo claiming full responsibility for the swimmers body I had at that time. The son-of-a-bitch was more correct than he knew. I haven’t look or been in that good of shape since.

Coloring Easter Eggs

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Bobby and I first met when I was flooring at the MGM a while back. Bobby had just taken the dealing position there after many years at the now since imploded Desert Inn. Not long after we opened the Palms in 2001 Bobby and I  were working side by side once again. When I was growing up in Illinois and had no inkling of ever moving to Las Vegas I loved watching college basketball and I always followed University of Nevada Las Vegas. Thats when I first became aware of Bobby. Bobby was a proficient scorer and is a UNLV Hall of Famer. What makes Bobby stand out is that he also got his degree while fulfilling his athletic scholarship.

Due to a recent health setback Bobby quickly focussed on his real passion – EDUCATION. Promoting a central message of staying in school. Bobby also combined two of his loves and penned a book “College What Every Athlete Needs to Know“. Now Bobby who still frequents his favorite restaurant that I turned him on to called Pasta Mia. Bobby has developed a program for all children and the importance of an education. Bobby has worked hard and getting his message out to the children. I believe Bobby strikes me as the kind of person who could have accomplished any goal he set his mind to. He could have been a great basketball player. That would have been a good life. He could have been a dealer in Las Vegas. Did I mention that he also created a game himself called “ROYAL 20′S“. That would have been a good life. So the setbacks were not really setbacks at all. Focussing on keeping the youth in school and helping young athletes to take advantage of  an education can really open one up to a great life. I am proud to have got to know you Bobby and I am grateful for the work you are doing.

Where have I been?

I will confess two this. I have been drawn into the world of FACEBOOK for starters. I have made contact with co-workers and some childhood neighbors as well as some high school classmates. Some of my former classmates date back to elementary school. As of this post I have friended 68 people which isn’t a lot but for me I find it addicting, fun, and interesting . There are many downsides to FB as well. I have no interest in the ‘games’ or certainly  no interest in a virtual drink -WTF! I have tried to drive some interest in posting bizarre or interesting photos that I have absconded off the internet and asked friends to leave creative comments/captions for each photo. I do have some very loyal participants for that and I find it much more interesting than receiving a picture of a unicorn or a shamrock for ‘luck’?

I as stated in my previous post am now using my brand new Apple iMac. It’s a beautiful machine. It’s like comparing a to of the line Lexus to say a Ford Taurus when comparing the iMac to a (any brand) PC. My brother in law first handed me down his old Apple IIe many years ago. I then moved back to a PC with a Gateway and made it work but as I recall was often giving me trouble. I tried upgrading it to little or no avail. So I went back to look at Apple about five maybe six years ago. I bought my first all-in one iMac. A 800 MHz Power PC G4 iMac. In all this time I never had to deal with a crash, a re-install, a virus, a trojan horse, or make some kluge work around. Since taking up photography along with photoshop as hobbies I just wanted the horsepower. The demand for hard drive space and ram and graphic speed also increased. I have so much now I am almost overwhelmed. I have finally finished  transferring all my data from my old computer to this new one.