I can't ignore Michael Jackson's death. Of course, he was a musical genius and an amazing performer. BUT. Big but. Why, how - did he get to be in charge of three children who are clearly, genetically, not his? What were the US equivalent of Social Services thinking about, especially after he dangled that child out of a window? Cooing fans who keep on about how he spent every day with his children overlook the fact that maybe he wasn't the best influence, being mentally flawed.

I don't recall this fuss when Freddie Mercury died, and I'd take "Don't Stop Me Now" over "Thriller" any day.

Best laugh I had was reading the tributes by so-called celebrities. Chris Moyles (yeah - I know: a celebrity in his own mind), said: "Michael Jackson was to me what I imagine Elvis was to another generation". How old does fat old Chris think we imagine he is? The whole Jacko thing is surrounded by surrealism - and Chris Moyles bought into it by pretending to be young. Elvis was probably born in the same year as Moyles.

Thinking of the eldest son in Glastonbury this weekend, and hope he falls in love. I qualify that by hoping he falls in love with someone who is not an extremist. We've had the Buddhists, the feminists, the vegetarians (actually, one of my daughters in law is a wonderful, undemanding vegetarian, and a terrific cook - to my shame, I offered her tomato and cheese pizza every time she visited in the first two years we knew each other), the bohemians.

Rock on, Chris Moyles.

I actually found Farrah Fawcett's death far more moving than Jacko's. I don't even ask, "Is it just me?" I know it is. People love all this wailing and bansheeing. I mean, if Terry Wogan died, I would, literally, miss him. He is my friend every morning when I get ready for work, making me laugh. How can anyone miss a guy who lived his life as a recluse and made his chikdren wear masks? Well, unless he was popping in for tea with them occasionally, which I doubt.

It's like the Princess Di thing. Mass hysteria about someone the public didn't know at all. They probably show less emotion at their own mothers' funerals. Sickening.