Friday Freebies

Over the last few years, Michael Jackson has become one of those people who it has become hip to hate. After all, his weirdness made it easy to do so. That being said, anyone my age who says they never were into the King of Pop is flat out lying. As children of the 80s, we all were in to MJ's music.

Point in case, my little brother. You see, growing up in Small Town, Texas, my little brother has always embraced his more redneck roots. However, on his 12th birthday, I got him a tape of Michael Jackson's "Thriller." I can still see him with his boots and cowboy hat grooving to the "King of Pop."

While his latter years may have tainted his legacy, I'll argue with anyone who doesn't list Billie Jean among the top songs of the 1980s.

• Amazing photos of Jackson.

• How fake Michael Jackson news scooped it all.

• While on the subject of admitting stuff, any man my age who claims not to have had a poster of Farrah Fawcett on the back of their bedroom door as teenager is flat out lying as well.

• Sounding a bit like a broken record, I've got another story for Friday's Tribune on our embattled district attorney.

• Gov. Perry has finally called a special session. I'm happy to see has decided to keep it simple.

• I don't agree with JJT from the DMN very often, but I do on this.