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Not too hard to understand--it's a stagecoach stop (not a haberdashery) in the middle of nowhere. Presumably, he got there by stagecoach. It's also the middle of winter, and a place to get in out of the cold. I would think that he would have a bigger problem with the interracial relationship between Minnie and Sweet Dave, but once again--middle of nowhere, middle of winter. Outside of Minnie and her employees, the only non-hateful member of the later group seemed to be O.B.

I was reading through the episode, so just sort of picked up on a few scenes--will have to rewatch later. However, I do think that if Red wanted to show some appreciation to Aram, he might have considered Aram's reaction to a clandestine meeting next to an open grave. Speaking of time and place... And this whole "I know you were framed" thing by Ressler--he does know that there were multiple witnesses to her murder of whatshisname, right?

Sebastian Koch--He's in Homeland this season. He played one of the main characters in The Lives of Others which is a truly great film. Sebastian Koch--He's in Homeland this season. He played one of the main characters in The Lives of Others which is a truly great film.

People who believe in the intruder scenario believe that the initial break-in came via the window in that basement room.

This was bugging me a bit so I looked it up. She did speak to the police, though her description of the kidnapper wasn't very accurate. It was the police who told the family not to try to pry memories out of the girl and to wait for them to come naturally. It must have been very difficult for the parents to follow those directions, but they did pay off in the end. Sorry to get off topic a bit, as Baba hasn't covered this case (yet?). I go back and forth on the Ramsey's. The true crime boards that I've been on have a strong contingent of folks who think that Burke accidentally injured his sister and that the parents covered it up to save him (since JonBenet was either dead or dying). But you'd think that if that was so, they'd call an ambulance and claim that the child slipped in the shower or something--not garotte her. There's a lot of really odd things that point towards the parents--the note, the food in JonBenet's stomach, their stonewalling of the cops, but none of it is definitive enough for me to 100% vote for a conviction in a trial. I believe that if the parents were involved, it was to cover up an accident and not some twisted serial sexual molestation, but what do I know. Interesting that they asked Kenda to look at the case. He was wise to keep out of it. Didn't know that about Chapman's wife. Bizarre, to say the least.

I could well be wrong on this, but I thought that the parents were told not to question her, as children that age have fungible memories, and that it would be better to let the little girl remember on her own without pushing her. Did the parent's not allow law enforcement to question her? That would be strange if true.

I can't watch the Chapman interview as I never see the guy without wanting to punch him.

I think that the Jim/Tony situation was realistic in a way. I think that she cared for Tony and loved him in a low key way, but I don't think that she was head over heels (he was more into her). The Jim relationship was a fantasy/running away from reality situation. What if she had decided to stay in Ireland? That would have meant a divorce, which was would have been pretty difficult back then. I simply can't imagine her committing bigamy. She was playing "let's pretend" with Jim, which, yeah, sucked for him and was pretty crappy on her part, but I think that it wasn't planned and she just sort of fell into it. I don't think that it was right, but it wasn't necessarily unrealistic, either.

You aren't the only one. I enjoy Howard's singing scenes.

Domestic, sure, but if you are one-bagging it in Europe or elsewhere, carry-on weight restrictions can vary between 10-18 pounds. For those types of flights, I thought that the built in scale was rather cool. That said, I'll take my semi-pricey soft luggage over that--much better organization, lighter, and easier to stuff in an overhead. The suitcase itself looked rather heavy and the wheels can sometime be a problem on those smaller airlines. As others have said--a luggage scale is very inexpensive as are portable rechargers.

Got a pair of the Bomba socks, and they are, indeed, incredibly comfy.

Thanks for the description of the Kimberly Mays interview--I totally forgot that it was on. I'm sorry that I missed it. She does sound like a wreck. She needed some real therapy when all of this went down and I suspect that she didn't get any. I think that her life simply fell apart after that. I really think that the Twigg family should have waited until she was older to contact her--they didn't seem to have any common sense about the situation at all and seemingly believed that she would just became a part of their family in an instant (from what I can remember). Hate to say it, but from your description, her oldest kid is probably better off without contact.

I've always wondered what happened to Kimberly Mays too, smittykins. On the topic of much mourned ID shows, my greatest loss is the Disappeared series. It introduced the viewers to all kinds of fascinating cases--that's where I first heard of the McStay and Jamison family disappearances. It also showcased many disappearances that may have been well known in their regional areas, but not across the whole U.S. Of the newer shows, I really like A Crime to Remember. Homicide Hunter is a big favorite too. I hate to admit that I don't mind the reruns, as I rarely catch the originals in prime time. My biggest complaint is that all of these shows cover the same cases, over and over again. There are a lot of weird/outrageous cases out there, but it is probably less work for the network to just go over the same old ground. Agree that she should have retired at least 15 years ago. Not being ageist here, as there are older journalists/entertainers that I don't mind, but she's been past her sell date for a while now. Much bitterness on my part, because if I had her money, I'd be traveling the world, catching all the new Broadway shows, and generally enjoying myself.

I'll take a CGI 20 foot rat over more royals phone calls any day.

Not sure that I buy into their whole abuse story, though it it certainly is possible. If the abuse story is true, they must have hated their mother for standing by their father and not protecting them. Even if the physical abuse didn't happen, she allowed her husband to bully the sons. She apparently tried to give them away to other relatives when they were quite young, so she may not have been all that enamored of parenthood. Which is still no excuse for shooting their parents. I have some sympathy for young teenagers who think that they have no way out of their situation, shooting an extremely abusive parent. However the brothers weren't 13 year olds--they were adults that could have walked away from the family and their father. Agree that Barbara was way too sympathetic.

I think that the family knew that there were problems between the girl and her parents. And her affect seemed very cold and quite off to me. I can see someone being bitterly angry at family members accusing them, but her whole affect screamed "sociopath" in my opinion. Which doesn't mean she is one or had anything to do with the murders, but I can see where her family was coming from. I'm enjoying, if you can use that word, "A Crime to Remember". They really make an effort to get actors that actually look like the perpetrators/victims. The Speck case, last night, had me wondering what I would do in that situation. I'm afraid that if I was in my early twenties, like those girls, I would have just gone with Speck, as they did, one by one. I would like to think, that as an older woman with more experience (and lots of ID channel watching under my belt), I would try screaming bloody murder--5-6 girls screaming at the top of their lungs would have gotten some attention. Maybe he would have fled. Maybe he would have gone back into the room and shot them all. No right or wrong answer (no victim blaming). So glad that the one woman hid and was able to finger him. I saw a documentary with Speck in it a few years ago. It showed him, middle aged, with a big gut, wearing nothing but small pink silky panties and women's breasts that he'd gotten from taking hormones. Talk about needing brain bleach.

I was knitting, so admittedly not paying attention 100%--I thought that he was referring to The Beatles, not beetles. Probably my age showing.... Really loving the show so far. Jessica owes Malcolm a drink. Or something.

Rollo Tomasi? Did she really say that? I couldn't understand what she was saying. If so, not only did they borrow the name/phrase, they followed the lead-up to the shooting "Does anyone else no about this? have you told anyone?" BOOM!

Jobs thought that he was going to be Time's Man of the Year, but lost out at the last minute due to the journalist's mention of the whole Lisa situation in an article. Instead, the computer itself became "Man" of the Year. His assistant pointed out, years later, that the computer shown on the cover was a sculpture. Sculptures take quite a while to create--Time had decided way in advance that the computer itself was getting that honor. Jobs was never in the running, and he couldn't blame it on the article or the Lisa situation. I really enjoyed the movie. It has inspired me to read the biography. I'd like to know if the engineer really paid for Lisa's first semester at Harvard. I thought that he hadn't worked for Apple for years at that point, but I'm probably wrong. I liked Kate Winslet too, though her Polish accent did go in and out.

Interesting re the Ramsey case. Thanks for posting that. I thought that both of tonight's episodes were rather obvious as regards the perpetrators/motive, but were covered due to the bizarre circumstances. People sometimes get very inventive with well-thought out suicides. I wondered about the photo of the train, though. In the reenactment, he was laying on the tracks, but, unless he had a very long photo trip cord (to cause the camera to take the photo), he probably took the picture and then got onto the tracks. Or maybe he had it on a timer? Weird thing to wonder about I know. He was so talented--such a shame. Once again irritated at a short sentence for murder. The guy only served half his sentence! And, as Kenda mentioned, it can take several minutes to strangle someone, so he had plenty of time to change his mind and call it off.

Aplologies to all for the "soundtrack" faux pas. I have my own grammar/terminology bugaboos, so I feel your pain. I stand corrected. Totally jealous of those in the metro area.

I saw Hamilton last Saturday and really enjoyed it. There were songs, however, where I could not understand a single word. It wasn't constant throughout the show, and there were plenty of songs that were perfectly clear, but still, it was a problem. I don't know what they can do about it (miking, maybe?). Despite that occasional glitch, I loved the show and would see it again if it had a longer run. Is it really ending in February? I have been obsessively listening to the soundtrack--lots of good songs there.

Just started watching the show. Re the horse--Soooo, they didn't have veterinarians back in 1919 Birmingham? He just took the word of some babbling stable man that the horse was permanently lame?

Finally saw this last night. I actually liked the film more than the book, as it made things much clearer and also because, unlike the novel . I don't remember the housekeeper being quite so hostile in the book. The acting by McKellan was marvelous. Agree that the kid who played Roger is very reminiscent of Thomas Sangster from Love, Actually. Holmes made me think of my grandfather, if only in the sense that he too lived into his early 90s, which meant that he was born when most vehicles in his part of the world were horse drawn carriages, but lived to see men walk on the moon. Holmes is so tied to the Victorian/Edwardian era--it is disconcerting to think of him in the 1920s and 1930s, or, as in this film, the late 1940s. Agree that the scene of real Holmes watching the movie Holmes was pretty amusing.

It's my second favorite too, though not because of it's heroine. Fanny and Edmond are my least favorite people in the book, really. It's all of the secondary characters that I find so enjoyable to read about. The courtship and philandering of Maria, both of the singularly awful aunts, the Crawfords, Fanny's ghastly return home to her birth family... I'm glad Fanny got her happy ending, but she isn't the reason why I enjoy the book so much. And though Edmond may have been kind, he was also a bit priggish (perfect fit for Fanny and perhaps natural in a clergyman) and was unable to even enjoy scenery unless it contained something that was productive and useful. Not much aesthetic feeling in that one.