Taboo Tuesday

 

Welcome again one and all to this little blog that I call the Two Minute Drill. See, I really am trying to update everyday when I can. If the AOL would just cooperate it would SSOO much easier. Oh well. Lets get it started..

Testimony by the alleged victim in the Micheal Jackson trial resumed Monday. And much to the chagrin of the prosecution, the defense was once again able to punch holes in his story and not only that, brought up the fact that he was a troublemaker in school. The defense so far has been doing a great job at painting the victim and his family as a family of liars and gold diggers. Which, if its true, is really just sad. Of course not all the facts have come through, but the prosecution has to be really worried about the direction the case is going in. Testimony is scheduled to continute tommorrow.

Major League Baseball officials have decided they will testify in front of Congress this coming Thursday to discuss steroid use in baseball. However, of the seven players asked to appear, only Boston pitcher Curt Schilling as agreed. Congress has stated that any player refusing to appear will be held in contempt and could face a fine or jail time. As I said earlier, they really need to just go and get this over with. There delays and refusal to show are only further damaging the credibility of the sport. Baseball needs to clean up its act and redeem itself. This would be a great start. We may hear more as the day draws nearer about which players are going and which are staying away. Stay tuned...

Following up on my Disney CEO story last night, it seems Wall Street has reacted favorably to the announcement of Bob Iger replacing Michael Eisner in September. However many are wondering why they would make this, lets face it, pretty big decision on a Saturday night. This move was so sudden that several board members had to vote by telephone in a hastily put together conference call. The critcs of this move are already regrouping and former board members Stanley Gold and Roy E. Disney are going to be rallying the troops. The board may have thought this fight was over, but in all honestly according to savedisney.com, the war has just begun.

DISNEYLAND UPDATE: Not all Disney news is bad news. Over @ Disneyland, work continues at near breakneck speed as the May 5th kickoff date draws closer and closer. This Thursday will see the grand opening of Buzz Lightyears Astro Blasters in Tommorrowland. Having seen in ride photos and reading ride reviews in the various msg boards, the word is this ride rocks. One cool feature is that at the end of the ride you will be able to email the picture that they take of you inside to your email address for FREE. Yes, Disney is actually giving something of free! This Thursday will also mark the return of "Walt Disney's Enchanted Tiki Room" in Adventureland. While the popularity of this attraction has dropped considerably as of late, its nice to see that they spent the millions of dollars it took to renovate it and make it look brand new. According to reports, the ride has been restored to its original glory with a remastered soundtrack and ALL the animatronic effects have been repaired. And finally, a press release went out late last week announcing what I had reported here earlier. "Space Mountain" WILL relaunch on July 15. Two days ahead of schedule and two days before the "official" 50th Anniversary of Disneyland. I am planning a week long project on Disneyland here on this blog in the not so distant future. So if you're interested stay tuned for that. And if not, then you can always skip it! ;-)

The Lakers are 2-1 on their current trip that will make or break their season. They are fighting for their playoff lives now. Can Kobe and Co. keep it together til April? And its Kobe vs Shaq III on Thursday in Miami. We'll see if any sparks fly that day.

Well, that will do it for now. Hope I havent wasted your time ;-) Til the next drill...

DQ