Aha, NOW I understand what the post about bombs and decoys was all about. I was afraid to ask, in case the whole matter had been explained a million pages back. I can just imagine the finger-pointing - middle, perhaps, but definitely index - over at Turner and the marketing agency. Forget the fingers, come watch the heads roll! (And it sounded like such a fabulous, groovy idea, ya know, around the burl-walnut conference table, after a dozen shots or so of Aquavit). I had to laugh that, in the American newspaper photograph, the offending finger has been cropped out! Oh, you Puritans are so adorable.

Naydi: The ex-Army RN mentor sounds perfect - stable, can-do, committed, loyal, direct. I'm confused about the other mother figures, but it seems that none were of much use, and possibly were more a drag on the chain than supportive when they tried to be maternal. Now, if you just stop betting on ponies from Cvl's tip sheet, you might be able to climb out of Filene's basement and move up to the pret a porter collections.

So am I... Just a matter of people stepping up into a position not offered to them out of their own sense of feeling incomplete. Now, I could see this happening if I was one of those woman who can't make up their mind on what to eat for lunch, let alone what she wants to do with her life, but No - I'm quite obviously the opposite. So, whyyyy, then, anyone would take it upon themselves to try to start directing traffic is beyond me. The last one -a nurse who used to call me at 2 in the morning over some stupid sh't she did to someone for which she was now wanted to play the victim (31 having to spend her energy yelling at an adolescent 46 yr old!! "see, you're a good balance...." gee - lucky me)- went as far as trying to push me out of pursuing nursing just because she managed to carve a career she hated out of it. Kept trying to push me out of it for months, LOUDLY; going even as far as 'Do you know how much they're offering to pay teachers in Connecticut?!?!'. People trying to rectify their lives through you after having gained your confidence under the guise of friendship. GAH!!! Take care of your own dead weight, Please - Thank you!

woulda been coulda been worse than you would ever know
dashboard melted but we still have the radio

Hey NS! Sorry I took so long to reply.

Soooooo, I'm going to a Hanson concert on March 1st.

And I still have no idea what's going on in this thread. I NEVER do.

That's probably for the best, jordan. The minute I start understanding the posts in this thread - including my own - I am checking myself into a facility with a nice locked ward.

ain't that the truth!? bygummit...

well, continuing to ignore my bed as i do everytime i find new music, i have been struck by the spirit inspiration (redundant?)
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Coming Soon to This Space:

BB'S REINTRODUCTION TO MUSIC APPRECIATION(whether she likes it or not) Vol. 1-1
Featuring:

The Raconteurs - Steady As She Goes
The White Stripes - Seven Nations Army
Tokyo Police Club - Citizens of Tomorrow
Editors - Munich
The Radio Department - Ewan
Modest Mouse - Dashboard
Modest Mouse - Ocean Breathes Salty
Peter Bjorn & John - Young Folks
The Dresden Dolls - Coin Operated Boy
Teagan and Sara - Walking With a Ghost
Lily Allen - Knock 'Em Out
DJ Shadow ft Mos Def - Six Days
Folk Implosion - Natural One
Gorillaz - Feel Good Inc.
Gorillaz - Dare
The Cure - Close to Me
The Cure - A Night Like This
Felt - Primative Painters
The Sugarcubes - Mama (Mark Saunders Mix)
Modest Mouse - Float On


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This copywrited program is to be delivered at a rate of two to three songs at a time over the space of one to two or how ever many weeks I d'mn well have time for. No rebroadcast or duplication of the program's contents will be made by those who don't like any of it or generally don't give a rat's a** about listening to anything possibly new. Any songs shared umpteen freakin' times already, ie., song #3, may skipped altogether in the broadcast, serving here only to indicate appropriate placement for all rat's a** givers. Restrictions may apply; results may vary.

Yeah, Jordanriver, this thread doesn't bear close inspection. Or distant inspection, for that matter. We should rename it The Bog

Oh this will be so delightful. So educational, too. Such a vibrant comtemporary sound experience should be shared by all. Here, let me just put the earphones in my suitcase so that the music may travel.

And just where do you think you're going, Missy? I don't remember giving you permission to leave...

We kill ourselves everyday trying so hard to reach the point where we have it like our dear friend, miss bwalter does.



the dazzlingly tanned, Catherine Deneuve-chiseled heifer....

Any one here Got snow in they're area ?

We've gotten atleast 3 inches here
then up north 6 inches plus accidents just out on the highway near our city .

Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

Speaking of NASA, what does everyone think of that wacky astro-love triangle in the news? Now THAT's obsession for ya... sheesh.

Haven't heard much about it but the lady's clearly got issues....anyone have any good space jokes? I was trying to think of a metaphor for space, which means crazy but...yeah...drawing a blank.

Very sad . Haven't read much about her husband. I feel very sorry for him. Imagine what the poor guy's going through.

There's no better one than Pluto's having been kicked to the curb! the little b'tch of a planet wannabe... Pluto - I LAUGH in your general direction: HUH-HAAAH!!!







(gorgeous again Peachy! gotta love daily educationals, too... )

for me and Cvl...




perfect, my friend, just perfect...

Thanks! I needed that this morning.

"Heavy sigh" I wish our salaries started at 6 figures here. $22.00 an hour to start. Yeck

I do have a girlfriend who works prn on movie sets down here (they do alot of filming here in the Sunshine State) She said it is 2 hours of excitement followed by unrelenting boredom for several weeks. You put band-aids on boo-boo and call 911 occasionaly. She did have a grip that had an MI once. She took vitals and called 911.

NBC is surely not promoting CI the way it needs to if it wants it to succeed. I think it has given up with House and The Unit facing it. Maybe they could move it somewhere out of the line of fire. Folks may not want back to back L&O on the same night. Wednesday at 10 (Medium is not doing all that well) or back to Sundays now that football is over might be a better spot for it.

Gotta agree the writing needs to improve if the show is to have any chance.

$22/hr is nothing to sneeze at. The EMTs who responded when your friend called 911 probably make about half that - and had to actually run the code.

The nurses on the set don't make that. It is the starting salary for staff nurses in the local community hospital. The nurse on the set could run the code (we all can in ICU) but needs to work under the hospital/physician umbrella which she does not have on a movie set, thereby necessitating the call to 911. Otherwise I think they call it practicing medicine without a license.

My bad. I wasn't considering the "off-duty" restrictions on the license. EMS laws vary from state to state as far as how much we can do while not under active medical control, and it's pretty free where I live - encouraged, even.

Per a recommendation from a fellow board member, I moved all the RN-related comments into Off-topic on the off chance that someone will read the link to the ratings thread that I provided. Don't want them to give up after reading a couple of OT posts (that are interesting to us, but not them LOL).

Actually - as a suggestion, you can put them in the "Congratulations" thread(?)... The RN ones asked for specifically and/or info blurbs just thrown out here are kind of woven into the Off Topic flow as this point -the latter slowing things down a bit for a day or so- these, being so specific, kind of slow it down again, too... Do you think?

Anna Nicole Smith just died. She was found unresponsive in her hotel room in Hollywood Florida at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino. They did CPR and intubated her in the field but she was pronounced at the hospital.

They already did an episode on her and the death of her son on Original recipe. I hope they leave this one alone.

REALLY????!!!!! Oh my God!!!!??? *one of the women at work just went through the office with the news, too* She was one sad, saaaaad figure of a woman, but I'm just shaking my head right now. The thought of her ending up dead so young never entered my mind.... No matter how it happened, unless it turns out that there was some unknown congenital thing going on, it'll all add up to suicide for me; be it either the slow one she's been committing all these years or a fast one she planned for today...

I hope CI skips this plotline when thinking of things to write.

...Anna did drugs b/4 didn't she? Maybe she had a heart attack.

I haven't heard what'll happen to her baby? Does she have other family? The poor thing...

From what i've heard she had a fever last night .and she did have pnemonia she I do'nt think ever really recovered from that plus the devastating los of her son .

along with all the sh*** legal crap she's had to endure cus that guy.
I think it may have just overwhelmed her body and soul to the point this happened.

I personally hope the baby stays with her companion he seems like a very lovely and caring man and I honestly feel that the only reason she was still here as long as she was was him he was her rock .

and i do'nt know if she has any other family .

just terrible what has happened.shockingly sad !

May she rest in piece now in the arms of her son ..
and May she and danny watch over dannilyn .


I have a terrible feeling that her companion is about to have his hands full .

I was channel surfing when I caught it .

terribly terribly saddened .

also I do hope too they skip this story .

it would be unclassy to do the story line

I'm betting it was cardiac, with the drugs and the weight loss stuff contributing.

I agree they should leave this one alone, though. Too boring and too tawdry for CI.

OH GOD PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE NBC, DO NOT DO THIS STORY!!!!!!!

Some friends of mine have a song that would be perfect for Goren this season (as well as for the majority of us at least some of the time):
The Young Dubliners - What Do You Want From Me? (live)
It's not the greatest recording, but it is a good song.

Lyrics (c Roberts/Woolford/BMI)

There's a clearin' in the rain/I hope it never rains again/
'Cause everything I care about has gotten wet inside and out/
I'm in pain again.

So if you see me on the street/and you're thinking we should meet/
It's better that you stand well clear, there's nothing that I want to hear/
That you might say.

I'm looking for that ray of sunshine/put a smile upon my face/
Instead of all this tension I can taste.

(Chorus):
Whoooooooah! What do you want from me?
Whoooooooah! What do you want from me?
Whoooooooah! What do you want from me?
Whoooooooah! What do you want from me?

Well get that look off your face/gimme back my space/
It's better that I run for home, I'm happier when I'm alone/
I'm in pain again.

It's not your spoken word I crave/(your) advice would send me to the grave/
Sorry that I think aloud, I'm trying to rise above the crowd/
That's in my brain.

I'm looking for that ray of sunshine/put a smile upon my face/
Instead of all this tension I can taste.

(Chorus):
Whoooooooah! What do you want from me?
Whoooooooah! What do you want from me?
Whoooooooah! What do you want from me?
Whoooooooah! What do you want from me?

Love it Cvl!!!

An astronomy picture that I hope will lift everyone's spirts.

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap070130.html

PeachyBC

thats funny, i was just thinking about that yesterday. i think it might be a good plot line just because of all the things i have heard about anna nicole. i thnk they shouldnt make it obvious at all (maybe do it it a couple of years) that it was about anna nicole, but i think all of the complications with her life would make it an exelent episode.

that picture is so amazing. its so pretty... mmm pretty colors.

That's just beautiful!!


EDIT: wait a minute - where's vurt?

EDIT II: Don't want to take up another post space (get kind of uncomfortable sometimes having my name at the top over and over), so: LOL, Peachy!!!!!

(ya'll will see what I mean in the next post...)

I haven't seen her in a while. Do you know who had her last? Maybe they remember where they put her.

(just when I held myself back from making another post by doing a back-edit instead....) !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Just wanted to pop in. Off to finish cleaning my dorm room (much more upkeep now that my roommate is gone from me ) and then I must get ready to go to a play (The Country Wife) with some friends from my acting class. Only thing that sucks is I gotta miss the Mothership L&O tonight. It looks like SUCH a good eppy tonight. I'm gonna try to buy a VCR from RadioShack before I leave to record it (Do they even sell VCRs anymore? ).

Jordan, Radio Shack sells VCR/DVD combinations.

Turned on my television just in time to hear "Chocolate Jimmy" in Stress Position utter the phrase, "I'm no Anna Nicole. I don't like to be made a spectacle of."

Weird they are showing this ep today, isn't it?

Thanks. Unfortunately I won't have time to go pick one up. It's already 6:30 and the show starts at 8 (I just got outta the shower). I guess I'll just have to catch a rerun.

Oh my gosh, had to write about this.

First off, any non-Canadians know who Karla Homolka is?

Well, she's one of Canada's most notorious murderers. Here's the gist: about 13 or 14 years ago, she and her boyfriend Paul Bernardo were arrested for a couple girls' murders. One of the girls was her sister. The girls were raped and cut up pretty badly.

apparently b/4 they were arrested, the police talked to Karla and she had no interest to whether or not her sister was alive. I remember hearing about how the police were questioning her and Karla didn't care about anything except for some jewellery that her sister borrowed. She asked the detectives about that while they were questioning her about her sister.

Karla's defense was that Paul Bernardo was abusive and that she was scared. She made a deal with the DA (or in Canadian Legal speak that's 'Crown Attorney'). So she got a deal for a 12 year prison term.

THEN they found the tapes. Um...yeah...Karla and Paul video taped them drugging, raping and killing the girls. Karla was the one to lure the girls to the building, and while Paul was raping them she was laughing. Everyone who made the deal for Karla to go away for 12 years felt horrible and wanted a longer prison term...even the lawyers but their hands were tied. Paul's away for life thankfully.

Anyways, Karla's out and about, free as a bird. Just after she was released, she did a live tv interview on the news. Even the reporters admitted to being freaked out later because karla was cold and her eyes were dead. she had no remorse even though she claimed to. I saw a couple minutes of it and it freaked me out. You could so tell she didn't care about any of it.

THEN we find out a couple months later that she was communing via snail mail, to a male prisoner in a prison in Montreal I think...he was a murderer too. apparently she's not supposed to do this but instead of being tossed back in prison, she agreed to end the 'relationship'...which she apparently did, and wasn't penalized for it.

And what leads me to this big rant?

Karla just had a baby! yes ladies and gentleman, the psycho-murderer just procreated...just what we need. I hope to god her baby is raised by someone else...someone i dunno...sane?


FYI - Law&Order (original) did an ep on this. It had Lennie (Orbach) in it and instead of using video tapes, they used photographs.

LOL we are now under a winter storm watch over here . but get this not supposed to start until tommorrow night .and this watch in is until tuesday. lol

we just had snow for petes sake.

which had delayed a funeral . Uncle died last saturday but we did'nt even know until sunday then with the enpending snow plus apparently very busy funeral home . we had to delay the service and burial until thursday which was mom's bday. .

and blister sister.
ok rant over. lol So sorry had to get that outta my system .

I'm sorry for your loss, Not Saying

Was this your mother's brother? That would make it especially hard, it being her birthday.

Lucky for her she has a sweet daughter to be there for her & console her.

I also went to a wake last evening. A dear friend of our family who was so popular, they held the wake in the church to accomodate the crowd.

Thank you and I don't usually do postings like this due to I like keeping privite privite but the dang %^&& snow again sent me . lol sum times you just gotta vent.


and it was her dad's brother.

We're doing pretty good considering . He had been sick for a long time he had a stroke a few years ago I think I think it was a few years ago hard to keep track of time. and was recently as last year very shortly after his brother my grandpa died of a massive stroke as well. diagnosed with terminal cancer. we think that maybe another stroke took him this time. not the cancer . so I think i n some ways we were prepared for this to happen just did'nt think it was gonna be this soon..

your friend sounds like me and mom .

and I'm very sorry for your loss too .

and any bets on how much snow we'll get lol

Hey, guys,

does anyone know what happened to Vincent-Kathryn fan?

Goodness, I can hardly keep up with what's happening here.

NS - I am so very,very sorry to hear of your uncle's passing. You have my deepest sympathies. Sounds trite, but is heartfelt. Please pass on my fondest wishes to your lovely mother.
Peachy - Another WOW from me. Also trite, but the triteness of me today cannot be denied. And now that you mention it, where IS V-K fan?

Oh yeah?? She's not been here for a loooong time, and neither has Sylvia, nor gorenfanbuncho'numbers, nor somebody else rather significant who's name I'm not remembering but I last remember seeing in the 1,000 Things We Learned thread and had some quality comments to share...

Mostly, though, (though I appreciate the others) - What up, Sylvia???? She was here from the beginning but has been gone for some time.

I'd seen a story on those bas'tards on either TLC or A&E. They found videos and yet no one's shot this woman in the head yet?? Hate to say it, but sometimes the higher level of street violence in America can end up leading to a good thing...

Is the Canadian legal system similar to US?

I don't know...I PM'd her last week, but I haven't heard back from her. Hope she's OK.