Boy Band Creator sentenced to 25 years

...no, not for being responsible for horrible music. No, not for exploiting young men. No, not for introducing Justin Timberlake to the world. Something much less....horrific, if you will.

Lou Pearlman, the man who created the Backstreet Boys and 'N Sync, was sentenced Wednesday to 25 years in federal prison for engineering a decades-long scam that bilked thousands of investors out of their life savings.

It was the maximum sentence the boy band mogul could receive for allegedly swindling some $300 million from investors and banks since the early 1980s.

Update

My coworker was released from jail after 11 days, and she will be back at work on monday. apparetly, she was there today talking to my boss, but this was before I got there. My boss said, "I can't talk about it. All I can say is that she was in the wrong place at the wrong time". I'm glad she is OK and emotionally not too scarred and all. I do not know if the charges are sticking, I'm assuming not b/c who comes back to work if that is the case? I hope to find out the whole story one day, but I'm not sure how that might happen. Unbelievable. I went on an online mission the other day to find a cuyahoga county site, which I did, and to my surprise and inapropriate disapointment, I could not find anyone I know on there. No Kroeger uncles OR any loser friends from high school - WTF? Oh well.
I called today to follwo up on my high end spa interview, and the guy I need to talk to is on vaca til the 20th. Of course he is, and of course he doesn't think to mention that when he tells me to call in a week if i've not heard anything. I do feel like I'll get the job, but the freaking clock is a ticking, we are planning to roll out of here come sept 1/ end of August, and I can't let the spa know that. It's shady, I know, but I really will benefit from the experience and the money, so I gotta do what I gotta do. Anyway, assuming I do get it and start towards the end of this month, come sometime in August, I'll have to drop it on them (unless I just don't say shit, but that's just wrong), SO , what might be the perfect excuse for leaving a job after 3 months or so when they've verbally stated that you need to stay for 6 so they are not wasting money training you?
Are any of you blogalish community members comfortable with my using your death as an initial excuse, and then I'd just " not come back" ?
I know, I'm getting ahead of myself but planning is good.
In other news, our former housemate who moved out and is now moving back in due to a failed attempt at haveing a house with her then, no more, boyfriend. While they were together, and renting this nice condo of theirs, they took the massive trip to Rhode Island where all of her very nice stuff that professional people with real jobs have was in storage, and brought it here. So now, it is slowly but surely being moved into OUR house, and let me tell you, it's a sweet deal. Just before our out of town family guests arrive, she'll be all moved back in and the house will be pimped out. Fabulous!
Shout out to my favorite state for embracing gay marriages, and good night for now -

Due to spiraling gas prices, an renewed interest in biking has taken over Merugu Mahal. Our bikes were swiped last summer by some bitches (tho we don't really know if the thieves were female, to be fair) anywho, the time came to replace them. We went to our good friend Mitch in Tremont. Oh yeah, you know who I'm talking about. Anyway, he sold me a sweet new ride, last year's model of course (he only deals with older models and I don't just mean bikes, folks). Anyway, I got a great deal on a bike that was destined for France but ended up in Mitch's shop en route. It kind of looks like this one, but with a woman's seat and different handle bars:

http://www.khsbicycles.com/hirez/07-hr-cx200.htm

I tried to copy the pic, but blogger wasn't having it.

Now, a trip to Mitch's is like no other. I originally went in on a Saturday. We chatted for awhile and he talked me out of the tandem I had my eye on. Well, Taj talked me out of it too. While we were there, Mitch had chinese food delivered. Ok. Flash forward to the following Thursday when I go to pick up my new wheels. The SAME chinese food is there, half eaten and he's going on in for the rest of it. This, in a nutshell, sums up Mitch's store. That and the "Mitch Paul for President" sticker he has hanging up, where he cut off the "Ron" and wrote in "Mitch".

So, bike patrols start this weekend, weather permitting of course. Which here in Cleveburg means probably not. We are signed up for Pedal to the Point in August though; so we must start training soon.

Horrifying. Fascinating.

Wednesday is technically a day off for me, but today was a crazy one. I'm pretty well over it, but earlier was quite preturbed by some alarming news involving someone who i work with and basically don't know at all. You know how it is when you work with someone and get a feel for their personality, but you have no relaionship with them at all outside of the work place. I called off of work on sunday due to pure exhaustion and, in my defense, some pretty bad cramps. When I called, I was thanked for calling (of course, wtf, i thought), and then it was mentioned that the woman I work with who works most of the opening shifts had pulled a no call/ no show the previous day, very unlike her, she's pretty dedicated and has worked there a while. While I'm at work on Monday, everyones a little worried about her b/c she has literally disappeared. Then, a call comes in, on her behalf, to inform the establishment that she is in jail, and will not be getting out until Friday.
There was some scrambling to change the sched. and naturally, some speculation. I made the comment to one of the chefs that that is kind of a long ass time, she must have done some shit, then again NM is pretty fucked with it's penal system so perhaps she just said the wrong thing to the cops or whatnot. I should add that the person who called for her said that she and her boyfriend were both in until friday on "trumped up criminal charges". So, she really doesn't seem like the drug type, but thats what I'm and I think most everyone else is guessing. Also, I have never met the boyfriend but have heard from everyone who has that he is an absolute bad vibe creep, you just have to glance at him and you're floored by the bad vibe ness, so there is that.
Perren's friend was over our house this afternoon and for some reason mentioned this website for the county where you can view anyone who's ever been arrested, etc. He starts mentioning mugshots of people we know, and I say "well shit, ___ is in jail right now", and he tells me I can scope her mugshot and see what she is charged with. So, curious about this, I check it out. I type in her name, it brings up the info and what's the first thing i see? - criminal sexual penetration WOAH!, followed by felony conspiracy and conributing to the delinquency of a minor. I was seriously floored. All's I could say was "Holy shit, do you SEE what that says"
Now, maybe this holds no interest or shock for any of you , at all. maybe, in fact i'm pretty solid on the fact that, i shouldn't be blogging about this. I figure better to not gossip at the workplace, and it's just you people far far away reading this AND, based the amount of non silk e activity, this is pretty much silk e's journal, so, here we are. This lady is definitely a little crazy, she's had her share of the kinds of things that make people crazy, but really she is a seemingly sweet lady. I don't even work with her much, but when I do, we make countless sandwiches for the masses, side by side, and I listen to her go on and on about either the customers we're waiting on or the prep we have to do or whatnot, so i guess this accounts for my shock. I have a hard time believing she is capable of anything harmful. i have a hunch that her boyfriend is responsible for any illegal happenings and she was unfortunate enought to be either aware of it, or present at the time, or something like that. Or maybe no one did anything and some minor is set on fucking with her/ their lives. Really pretty crazy either way. and what the fuck does felony conspiracy mean? that's vague as hell.
So, I' going to move on. Prior to my horrifying doscovery via the santa fe county website, I had a job interview at a high end spa. i think it went very well, and hope to hear from them in the affirmitive in the next week, as I'd be guaranteed $48 for each 50 min massage there, with 4-8 massages potentially per day of work. I just looked at the spa's site -shanahspa.com, and there is this intro with a song that is goddamn hilarious. there is scrolling text that mentions "...ancient wisodm..touched by angels...it may change your life..." woah there. someone got a little zealous with the angel talk, but it is an amazingly nice environment and spa, I'd welcome the transiton from slaving behind a deli counter with god knows who ( trust no one, people, that's all I've got for you).
I just finished dining while watching top chef on bravo. we had a steak and a beet salad with goat cheese, de-lish, and having no self control, i went for the ice cream on the last commercial break.
I think I am now going to go try to get the remainder of my itunes library, from artists starting with the letter T -Z, onto a DVD from the desktop to my new laptop here. Yes, these days i type to you from behind my sony vaio, which was on a seriously crazy sale at best buy, my friend bought one and told me it was $385 so I went for it. It is ok, but I cannot wait for the day, hopefully in about 6 months when i can sell this baby and afford me a macbook. The commercials, with the fat guy PC and younger attractive guy mac - so true.
I can't stop listening to the new Roots album, it is the shit. The Black Keys are playing a fucking FREE SHOW IN cleveland right now. i am not there. That is all, good night, blogalish.