Heh. You're right, Nora. Jack is very Peanuts-esque. His frequent death-bowl antics have only endeared me to him more. The little shit.

I don't think I would let my boss know if I got an interview. I do actually consider her a friend, but she's got to be so close with the DM right now, it's entirely possible I could be replaced without getting the job. It means that I'd really hear it in the event I DID get the job, but it'd be worth a couple weeks of pain. Plus, if they really bring in the ringers it sounds like they are going to, they'd probably be ok (or maybe even relieved) when I left. They are holding onto me right now because they think I've got potential, and know that they have dropped the ball big time on my development. If I left, they could bring in some other high performance type.

And now, I've got to go to work, natch. I packed a bag in case it doesn't look like I can get home. See y'all later!

Park Dietz used to have a good reputation. Hope that one case was worth using it as tissue paper.

Better not be me. Unless the recurring nightmare of my adolescence has come true at long last - getting preggers and having no idea how. Not that I forgot the facts of life in my dreams, more... wha? huh? how can... who? when? Darn, I musta missed the fun.

Park Dietz used to have a good reputation. Hope that one case was worth using it as tissue paper.

erika, are you familiar enough with him to know if there's a chance he consulted on a similar (but not the same) L&O storyline, or other series, and just made a mistake in recalling the particulars? I can't imagine having the chutzpah to lie *like that*. I keep thinking that confusing is more likely than intentional lying in a case like this.

Even if it was "confusion" on his part--it is EASILY checked and should have been double checked before he testified. I can't believe the prosecution wouldn't do that. It's insane. More insane than Andrea Yates, if that's possible.

and then Jon B. showed up, followed by JZ and Hec, and I introduced all 3 of them to my best friend as "those internet people."

JZ's not pregnant either.

But what about YOU? Have you become a Wonder Of Science(TM)?

But I'm glad we were hanging around in the funhouse which is your brain.

I don't know if you were Jon's entourage, or what.

Even if it was "confusion" on his part--it is EASILY checked and should have been double checked before he testified. I can't believe the prosecution wouldn't do that. It's insane.

Oh, yes. Absolutely. I just am trying to figure out the how on his part. That the prosecution didn't watch the frigging episode in question is unbelievable.

I don't know how to file Andrea Yates in my head, so I just don't. She lives in the pile of stuff I don't know how to process. It's a big pile, but she's always right near the top.

But what about YOU?

I am capable of a pregnant pause.

Have you become a Wonder Of Science(TM)?

I actually went with the cut-rate discount Blunder Of Science(TM).

As a matter of historical fact, however, my very existence is dependent on 20th century science.

I actually went with the cut-rate discount Blunder Of Science(TM).

Where, instead of exclaiming "Eureka!", you exclaim "Oh, SHIT!"?

Re: the mysterious Buffista pregnancy.

It is ever so very much not me, thank any God, Goddess, or Combination thereof that might be responsible. While my jeans are a tad tight I can lay that firmly at the door of Too Much Good Chocolate over the past month.