Yes, the sick fascination lingers. I still can't quite believe that the man with the triangle-nose and pallid complexion is the same man I worshiped in grade 2 when he was all golden and white-suited on the cover of my favorite record of all time. What happened to Michael Jackson?

He's in the news again, this time because his ex-wife Debbie Rowe is fighting for custodial rights of their two children, Michael Joseph Jackson Jr (Prince Michael) and Paris Michael Katherine Jackson.

At one point, Debbie Rowe had relinquished all rights to visitation of her children, declaring in court documents that "I want to forever give up any and all rights pertaining to the children because I believe that by doing so, it is in the children's best interest."

Now, she says she shouldn't have done that (duh?) especially in light of recent sexual abuse allegations involving Michael, and also in light of his association with the Nation of Islam, which Debbie says is anti-semitic.

No details of the agreement were released, but officials state that both parties are satisfied.

I am going to be up all night worried about Michael Jackson's children. I don't know if they have much of a chance to be normal. I sure hope they have an insider who loves them fiercely.