SinInTheCamp

Are those...giant cowboy boots on that infant? What on earth...? No, just no.

He probably bumbles his way through sex too. Probably constantly consulting Song of Solomon that he keeps bookmarked for this very purpose.

Bless you for finding the archived pages, trashTV!!! Those are weird anecdotes to post about oneself, although "I am one of a kind" is definitely indisputable.

Even the guy dressed as ye olde court jester is staring aghast at ME-chelle, like, "Lady, you look the fool for going out in public dressed like that!"

During that scene, I said to my spouse, "Since when are guts located in the sternum?" The zombies are pulling out long sausage-like links from just below Glenn's collarbone. As Dawn from TM2 would say, that don't make no sense. I may be grasping at straws (or poor stage effects), but Glenn's my favorite character on this show, and I need him to stay on my television screen.

Ah, yes! He could have *Bin* a star! He would have played a leading role as the hand-love interest in the Gothard-approved vehicle Never Bin Kissed, which would have exhorted the virtues of courtship and waiting until marriage for that first kiss. No doubt audiences would be flocking to the cinema in droves!

Load BARING walls will also compromise the integrity of young, innocent Duggars. Walls that are getting naked must certainly be doing so with an intent to defraud. "Now quickly gaze down at God's fabulous parquet floor! NIKE!!!" Just like John of Patmos, the Duggars are foretelling a dark and ominous future that will resemble nothing more than the film Idiocracy. Hmm, I'm attending a UC for a graduate degree, and a limited amount of courses taken at another UC are accepted toward my degree. And many moons ago, as a community college student, while my general ed classes just provided transfer credits, as you say, the specific courses for my major that I took at the CC did apply toward my eventual BA in that field (that was also in CA). I do find it strange that U of A would only require--what--24 units in order to transfer. For a full-time student, that's less than 2 semesters/quarters worth of community college attendance. Bizarre.

Would that, perchance, be Joe...Smithson?

http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/pictures/farrah-abraham-through-the-years-2015285/45823 What the HECK is going on here? Why does Catelynn dress like my 78-year-old MeeMaw on seniors' night at the local piano bar? I wouldn't have been caught dead in this Dynasty drag in my early 20s (or even now, for that matter).

And I could never have dreamed when I chose this moniker (years ago, on TWoP), that the Sin in the Camp was THIS! I always thought Josh and another teenager at a Gothard conference or something had been caught in the act of "inappropriate hand-holding" or something. Never this! I feel bad now for all the times I snickered at Jim Boob for coining that phrase. I had no idea what it really meant.

Talk about word soup! I didn't realize that Jessa's as bad as Farrah from Teen Mom when it comes to stringing a bunch of random words together that often contradict each other or jump to other topics even within the SAME sentence.

Front-hugging! DEFRAUDING!!!

Once a police department determines that a report is eligible for release under their Public Records Act, it cannot be considered "leaked." It is then public record, which means that every member of the public has an equal right to view it.

For what it's worth, I used to work as a "Custodian of Records" for a police department in another state for six years. It was my job to determine which reports were releaseable under the law and to redact accordingly. This wasn't in Arkansas, and each state has its own codified rules, but I'd venture to say that they all operate under similar premises. First, as others here have mentioned, a juvenile record refers to a record held by the court. The police department is a completely separate agency from the court. PD reports are generally not classified as "juvenile" v. "adult"; they are crime reports (with or without an arrest) or they are incident reports (not qualifying as a crime at the time the report was written). Crime reports without a suspect were always releaseable in my agency. Those that did have a suspect who had not been arrested were also releaseable, but certain personal info had to be redacted (like name, DOB, DL #, social, etc.). One weird exception was that addresses were considered public information. To me, that seemed personal as well, so I always took the extra step (on my own best judgment) to redact street addresses and release only the city name and zip code. However, if I'd ever been called out on it, I would likely have been forced to reveal full addresses--unless I could prove that releasing them would put someone in clear danger. I'm figuring that Arkansas has a similar mandate, since I read the Duggar report and saw that Josh and the victims' names were redacted, but not their addresses. Now, witness names in my state do not require redaction. Again, it seems their public information act allows this, since Jim Boob and Michelle's names are there. Unfortunately for this case, that gives away the identity of the suspect and victims. If it were me, I probably would have again taken the extra step of redacting their names as well because they all live at the same address, but it's certainly not illegal to include them. Since this case did not result in an arrest, it becomes eligible for public release. The law says that the public has a right to view these types of police records (again, these are not court records). The last step I would take in releasing such a report would be to check with a detective/involved officer/supervisor to ensure that the investigation into the alleged crime had ended. Ongoing investigations are ineligible for release. If the case had been passed on to the DA's office, I would call and check with them as well. Since there were no arrests made in the Duggar case, it wouldn't be necessary to call the DA/court. If the case was of an unusual nature (perhaps involving a well-known citizen, as in this case), my department did have an attorney that I could contact just to get an extra "okay" to protect myself. But I normally made these decisions myself and, as a non-arrest report with no ongoing investigation, I would have personally felt it necessary to release it in compliance with the law.

I know The Ashley personally, and she's definitely not Farrah's sister! She's got way more going on the attractiveness and personality departments than anyone related to Farrah could ever have (in my opinion)! She's a wonderful person. She also lives in Southern California, and I don't think Farrah has any close relatives there. *Raises hand.* It took me almost 12 years to get my bachelors degree, and about 8 of those years were spent in community colleges before transferring to a 4-year university. I was working full-time for all of those years in a very stressful field that often demanded overtime work. I usually took two classes per semester, but there were a couple of semesters where my employer asked me not to attend school, and I also changed majors (twice!), which resulted in me taking extra classes that I ultimately didn't need. Also, colleges often make transfer students take more classes in general than terminal AA/AS students in order to fulfill the transfer requirements. I feel like I kind of redeemed myself, because I went on to obtain a masters and am currently working on a PhD, all in "normative" time. Please know that not every "late bloomer" is lazy or without valid reasons to prolong their educations! In my case, I also just really enjoy being a student, and the time element didn't matter so much. I always said I'd make a professional career out of being a student if I could...and now I finally am (since my program essentially pays me to be a grad student)! That said, Maci may indeed be genuinely lazy, but I also know that there are many good reasons for people to spend many years in community college. And I didn't even have to go through the remedial or other preparatory classes that many other students have to complete.

I don't know about this first paragraph...I took piano lessons as a kid, and while I went to formal, structured lessons once or twice a week, I was also expected to practice at home. And lots of times, my folks demanded that I practice at (seemingly) arbitrary times, depending on their mood or if they remembered that I needed to practice, or something. I don't think there's anything wrong with parental demands trumping what the child is doing or feels like doing, either. I do agree with your comments about Amber and Kristina. On my daughter's first day of kindergarten, her stepmother and I both went to the school to see her off. I've always been friendly with her and grateful that she loves and cares about my daughter. That's always the best way to approach the issue of step-parenting.

I still love this exchange in "Second Spring": Harriet: He is my son too, more so! Nels: How do you figure? Harriet: I bore him! Nels: Well, you bore me too, but that doesn't make you my mother. Ahahahaha...Oh, Nels!

Ha! I always want to call it "Magnavox."

Jason reminds me so much of Kip from Napoleon Dynamite. The way his mouth is always turned down at the corners into a pout, his odd, almost prissy mannerisms, his Asperger's-like demeanor, his ability to convince himself that he's a cool dude desired by every woman he meets online, despite being an actual dweeb. I see Kip every time he's on screen. And why was Cassia's dress cut down to her vagina? I have to say, however, that I thought all of the weddings (this week) were very touching and everyone looked great. They were positively glowing with happiness.

This cracked me up! Or even better, to pull a Carol Burnett and just wear the entire draperies, pole and all!

YES, YES, YES. All of this. I start to shake every time I watch Justin and his family. It hits close to home, because my in-laws are exactly like this. Even creepier, they hail from the same city and my SIL's name is the same as heinous Darth Vader's! Without going too deeply into my own story, which doesn't belong here, I recognize that pitiful look of martyrdom on Justin's mom's face. She's the type that constantly "plays the mom card" in order to manipulate her children into staying close. Playing the mom card was how my MIL roped my husband into inviting her and my own Darth Vader SIL to our wedding (like Justin and Evelin, we were going to elope--but then my excited husband-to-be spilled the beans ahead of time). Then the same scenario was repeated when SIL got married. Every family event turns into "I don't know how many years I have left to see my children together...*sniff, sniff*." Like Justin, my husband can't stand his sibling, but she and the MIL always act like their lives together were straight out of a Rockwell painting. Justin's mom gives off so many signals that point to this same type of manipulation that I've seen so often in my MIL. Her children are special snowflakes whose relationships must be preserved at all costs. She knows that tears will ensure sympathy for the plight of motherhood, and she pleads "...but the FAMILY!" more than Charlie Manson ever did. To these types of women, their family is superior to all others and, like Justin's mom says, they're a team! *massive eyeroll* The most aggressively hateful family member (Darth Jen) must be coddled and never told that she's rude or wrong. The "outsider"/fiance, on the other hand, is placed under immediate suspicion and scrutiny (in my case, I was a native Californian and college student who'd been earning my own way since the age of 15, and an all-around upstanding citizen, but I received the same suspicion that Evelin has been subjected to, because the son/brother is considered such a catch in his mother's and sister's eyes!). Justin and, especially, Evelin, need to run far away. The thing is, the manipulation and brave motherly tears and supplications won't stop with the wedding. If they have kids, the MIL/BIL/SIL will be butting in constantly. Any time that anything happens in that family, Evelin will be expected to cater to her MIL and be the problem-solver, just as she is now. Justin's mother is an emotional vampire who will suck her family dry. In my own case, I stay as far away as possible, but my SIL did manage to ruin my wedding that my MIL invited her to (that's right; I had no say, despite being the bride). That day still represents such a nightmarish scenario to me that I don't even display my wedding photos; I don't want to remember it. I fear a similar outcome for these two. So Evelin, listen to Justin (this one time only)!

Thanks for the article link, escapetoreality! I couldn't help laughing at this part: Seeing him referred to as a "zesty beauty" would have been the only thing that could have made this even better.

I've always thought of Mary and Adam Kendall's baby--the one they left behind as the Mline School burnt to the ground--as 'Little Adam Kindling, Jr.' I know, I'm horrible!

I was always fascinated by how Mary's hair transformed over the years from long, straight, and blonde to a short and frizzy brown bob. I was even more fascinated by her extraordinarily long pinkie nails (I called them her 'coke nails' when I was younger). I absolutely hated Mary in the books; I don't think she ever had a redeeming moment in my eyes. The worst for me was when she told Laura that "yellow" hair was prettier than brown. But I actually liked Mary on TV--that is, in the earliest episodes. I thought she was a beautiful little girl, and she wasn't as mean as Mary from the books. However, when she started to get older (around the time she was "engaged" to John Jr.), I could no longer stand her. I didn't even feel sorry for her during her MLINE?MLINE?MLINE?MLINE?MLINE? and MYBABYMYBABYMYBABYMYBABYMYBABY and John-Jr-cheating-on-her moments. No pity for Mary.

Other dark moments I remember: Some happy-go-lucky tertiary character decides to go up on the roof to repair it while wife is like 8 months pregnant. Tertiary character falls off roof and then, later that day, develops horribly painful abdominal pain before dying a few hours later. I always felt so sad watching that as a kid, because they seemed so in love. Also, the death of boring John Jr.'s mother. And to add to the overall depressing atmosphere, it was pouring rain. The scene where the children gather on her deathbed, and little Alicia brings her puppy along...*sniff* And then the verse they read at her funeral (and, later, ML's funeral)! Still brings a tear to my eye. But the mline school fire really got to me as a kid. I had no idea what was coming in that episode, and I was pretty young. I remember crying and my grandparents being sort of outraged (there were a lot of "What in the Sam-hill are they showing on television these days!" being tossed around), and I couldn't bring myself to watch LHotP for several months afterwards. Major trauma in my house...all thanks to drip-lip Albert!