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    S06.E03: Thank You

    in S06

     

    So, I'm definitely fully on board the "Glenn's not dead" train.  From the looks of it, all the guts we saw being pulled out were from right below Glenn's head and, since they looked a lot like a small intestine, I'm guessing they're Nicolas'.

     

    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.

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    Jessa, Ben and Their Brood: Making a (Diaper) Mountain out of a Mold House

    in Counting On

     

    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!

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    Jessa, Ben and Their Brood: Making a (Diaper) Mountain out of a Mold House

    in Counting On

    · Edited by SinInTheCamp

    Taking down load baring walls will compromise the integrity of the roof

     

    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!!!"

     

    I expect this kid to come home in a onesie with advertising all over it like a race car driver.

     

    Just like John of Patmos, the Duggars are foretelling a dark and ominous future that will resemble nothing more than the film Idiocracy.

     

    I'm confused. One school grants the degree. I have never seen another school's courses approved as accepted towards that degree, only as accumulated for transfer credit. I just don't see that as legit. I also work at a community college, albeit in CA.

     

    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.

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    Kelly File: Duggar Interview Part 2 2015.06.05

    in Duggar Specials, Appearances, and Cross-overs [V]

    · Edited by SinInTheCamp

     

    SinintheCamp...I was thinking of you when Megyn asked the girls if there was anything else that might come out. I knew it wouldnt come up but I was practically yelling at my TV..."What about the whole Sin in the Camp thing!"  While they are clearing things up, lets get those facts out on the table.

     

    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.

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    The Kelly File: Duggar Interview 2015.06.03

    in Duggar Specials, Appearances, and Cross-overs [V]

     

    Releasing the report was illegal. The law is crystal clear in Arkansas.  Sealed juvenile records are exempt from the FOIA without an order from a judge.  She did not have that.    It is claimed she consulted an attorney before she released it.  In that case the attorney should be disbarred.

     

    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.

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    S05.E06: The F Bomb

    in Teen Mom

     

     

    I did some research on this and the writer of the blog is Ashley Majeski, who said she got her start blogging for fun about the Bachelor and then decided to expand after some Teen Mom comments she made generated a lot of hits, and then she writes articles for some other publications regarding reality TV. Also, there is a picture of her on one of the websites and she doesn't look anything like Ashley, Farrah's sister that we've seen on the show. And when she mentions Farrah's sister, she refers to her as Farrah's sister, not "me" .

    Also, her own website says she has covered the nightlife and television industries for over 10 years. I think Farrah's sister is 27 now. I guess she could have been 17 when she started but I think it's two different people.

     

    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.

     

    6+ years for a 2 year degree is ridiculous, no matter what your circumstances.  It's not like she's working 60 hours a week to try and make her tuition payment not to mention the fact that Bentley has been in school for at least 2 years (I'm counting the daycare he was in previous to kindergarten.)  Come on, now.  She has no job and her child is at school every day, yet she hasn't completed in 12 semesters what is meant to be completed in 4. There is NO excuse for still not finishing a 2 year program over 6 years later.

     

    *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. 

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    S05.E02: Back To School

    in Teen Mom

     

     

    If they want Bentley to learn structured sports, then they can sign him up for a peewee league or rec center or something like that. Have a set time where Bentley can go, be supervised and learn how to interact with a team, basic techniques, safety, etc. in a structured environment. But Ryan is not a teacher and this wasn't structured practice time. This was a clearly bored Ryan who happened to go outside and sit in the lawn chair where his dad had been supervising Bentley doing another activity (riding his bike), and suddenly decided that Bentley should stop doing that and do what Ryan wanted him to do.

    As for Amber, she needs to realize how lucky she is. Most people who are just out of prison for abusing their kid and who've lost custody of their kid struggle for any contact with their child; they don't get said ex giving them basically carte blanche access to their kid. Kristina seems like a decent person and she's basically been Leah's stepmom, and Leah clearly likes her. Amber should have met and been gracious to her, especially as she's lucky Gary included her in things like school shopping and the first day of school at all.

     

    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.

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    Season 2 Discussion

    in 90 Day Fiancé

    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.

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    Season 2 Discussion

    in 90 Day Fiancé

     

    And Chelsea might have done better to pull a Scarlett and wrap a curtain panel around her waist instead of that ill-fitting sheer thing she had on.

     

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

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    Season 2 Discussion

    in 90 Day Fiancé

    · Edited by SinInTheCamp

     

     

    She did not express any disapproval of Darth Jennifer during the vicious attack, or when she met with Jason later.

    She guilted him for not involving his family in "emotions, in love, engagement, talking about marriage."

    She totally ignored his concerns, his feelings, by telling HIM that HE should "be fair to [his] family, especially Jake and Jenny."  That's right.  She made Justin the bad guy here.  He is the one that was unfair to his family.  ESPECIALLY Darth Jennifer and his arrogant brother.

    She made zero effort trying to understand Justin's point of view and reaching out to him.  Instead, she said "Can you understand their point of view?"  Again, she is making Justin the BAD GUY.  He is the one that must conform to the dysfunctional agenda that she set out for him.

    That idiot Evelin chimed in "I want Justin to spend more time with Jake" - really.  She can't see the intense discomfort Justin feels with his dysfunctional family, when it's painfully obvious?  I want to slap her until she does.

    Then we get into the high octane manipulation.  She turns into a weeping victim/waif.  "the most important thing that makes me cry (whimpers) is the relationship of my kids, cause you're all I have."  Yes.  Her golden child Jake and his golden bride Darth Jennifer.  Jason is the family scapegoat.  It's all his fault, but god forbid he tries to make a run for it and get away from the dysfunction, Marth Vader is going to reel him back with the tears and Jake-the-Enforcer, and Jennifer-the-Pitbull.

    Next thing you know she's using Evelin as a proxy in her war against Justin, conspiring with her to isolate and break Justin.

    Justin will have everybody in his world against him.  His manipula-mom, his bride, his smug brother, and his angry drunken wife.  I wouldn't want to be him.

     

    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)!

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    Social Media & Spoilery Speculation

    in The Couples (Spoilers)

    Thanks for the article link, escapetoreality! I couldn't help laughing at this part:

     

     

    Amy, a 21-year-old beauty from South Africa, met her fiance, Danny, a 23-year-old beauty from rural Pennsylvania

     

    Seeing him referred to as a "zesty beauty" would have been the only thing that could have made this even better. 

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    Mary Ingalls: Little Prisspot on the Prairie

    in Little House On The Prairie [V]

    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.

    The Mime That Raped Thylvia: Darkest Moments

    in Little House On The Prairie [V]

    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!

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