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9 hours ago @ Crasstalk - New Week Open Thread · 0 replies · +4 points

I'm guessing 10 not guilty and 2 guilty holdouts. I just don't see how the state proved their case beyond reasonable doubt.

9 hours ago @ Crasstalk - New Week Open Thread · 1 reply · +2 points

I read somewhere that in Massachusetts a judge is obligated to send them back up to two times, but can only tell them to keep working on it and keep an open mind. But after the third "we're deadlocked," he has to declare a mistrial.

So I'm guessing we'll get a mistrial in a couple of days.

I just wonder if the state will want to retry the case considering what happened with Karen Reid. Maybe one huge embarrassment is enough. Or maybe not.

4 days ago @ Crasstalk - Weekend Open Thread · 1 reply · +4 points

By the way, I missed it yesterday but I hope it's ok to say congratulations on 14 years! That's amazing.

4 days ago @ Crasstalk - Weekend Open Thread · 4 replies · +11 points

With all the wrong people dying lately, I didn't notice if we talked about Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama who died earlier this month. Apparently she started hallucinating at a very early age and began drawing what she saw, which started her on a lifelong path of polka dots. All of her dots trace back to a portrait of her mother she drew at age 10. She spent most of her life self-institutionalized.

4 days ago @ Crasstalk - Weekend Open Thread · 3 replies · +3 points

Her lawyer did a phenomenal job. The prosecutors, not so much.

4 days ago @ Crasstalk - Weekend Open Thread · 0 replies · +8 points

Damn. Our vet is three doors down from us. Or was. He's moving out of the neighborhood tomorrow. He was always super sweet with Curly and she tolerated him. And grooming was always easy. He said he'd make house calls for consultations, but I think I have to find a new groomer AND I HATE COMPLICATIONS. Damn.

She's totally dirty and he said he'd groom her at 1 today but our elevator is down for repair and we're not about to walk down and up 12 flights. Damnit!

6 days ago @ Crasstalk - Midweek Tribute Open T... · 0 replies · +9 points

After the Goldrush. The harmonies with Linda Ronstadt and Emmylou Harris are absolute perfection. https://youtu.be/o2XcBL6kWn8?si=nzqV8GrRrtLcdOBm

6 days ago @ Crasstalk - Midweek Tribute Open T... · 0 replies · +5 points

Catherine O'Hara was difficult enough, but every time I see a Dolly clip or tribute or another building lit in pink for her, I just start bawling. This one is really hard.

6 days ago @ Crasstalk - Midweek Tribute Open T... · 5 replies · +19 points

The other Mr turns 89 today. So far he's been putting on a good front but under it all he's having a very hard time with it. And honestly so am I. Good God it's difficult to go through this part of life. His health is good and every morning he walks to the market on his own, but I watch him worry and ponder all the time.

Dolly and Tim's departures aren't making it any easier. But I'm going to put on my "everything is fine" face and see if he wants to go sit in the park.

1 week ago @ Crasstalk - Be Cool Weekend Open T... · 0 replies · +5 points

This was decades ago, but I do remember seeing a horse butcher shop in Paris once. But never on a menu. I did order veal venison once, which I later realized meant I ate Bambi.

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