(nobody's saying, "Nice fella, kept to himself," they're all saying things like "Weird, angry man, gave me the creeps")

Actually, I think they quoted his next door neighbor as saying he seemed like a nice guy and that she's doubting the story or can't believe it or somesuch. Which left me seriously boggled as I read this. I mean, denial, much?

Yep, here it is: [link]

Next-door neighbor Helen Boyer, who Thursday described the Garridos as "nice people," told ABCNews.com today that she was "numb" after learning about the abuse allegedly at the hands of people she'd known for more than 10 years.

"I feel terrible," she said. "When they mentioned the house of horror, it upset us really bad."

Boyer said she had seen three young girls at the house, who she now believes to be Jaycee and her 11-and 15-year-old daughters, but never thought anything was amiss.

She had known for a long time that Garrido was a registered sex offender, but didn't think to call authorities "because it was supposedly Nancy's friend's kids."

It's that last bit that kills me-- she KNEW he was a sex offender, but the fact that she saw little kids over there didn't ping her at all because they were supposedly kids of the wife's friend? Really?

I think I'll stay away from that story for the sake of my blood pressure right now.

That's fuckery about the car breakin, bon. People will go after the slightest hint of tech. Nothing to lose.

I wish the new literacy involved more proper spelling.

ER visit was long, but I slept through most of it. Worked out how I bloody my knuckle! I cut it unlocking the front door (normally I get in through one of the back ones).

Man. It is hot up in here.

she's doubting the story or can't believe it

I wonder which part she is doubting.

Actually, I think they quoted his next door neighbor as saying he seemed like a nice guy and that she's doubting the story or can't believe it or somesuch.

She's definitely an outlier. Everyone else is saying, Yup, creep, weird, wrong, all the parents are saying they'd checked the same list Ginger did and they knew he was a sex offender, and all the neighborhood kids called him "Creepy Phil."

I can't even comprehend that story. It's freaking me right out.

When she checked in to follow up, they basically told her they didn't see anything and didn't have a warrant, so that was the end of it.

you know, it occurs to me that in some states, a parole officer has the right to search the premises of a parolee without a warrant. Where was his parole officer?

Apparently...

A warrant would not have been needed to search a paroled sex offender's property.

Also...

Police investigating the serial killings of 10 prostitutes in the 1990s near where Phillip Garrido lived and worked conducted a new search today of the home outside Antioch where police say he held Jaycee Lee Dugard captive for 18 years.

Vortex, I'm quite out of touch with how black America views hair politics these days. Is this article on point?

According to TMZ, DJ AM is your next celebrity decedent.

I think so. Basically, the article says that it's still a controversy. I've had women tell me that I was selling out for straightening my hair, whatever. I do wonder about this:

Oddly, Patricia Gaines, the founder of Nappturality.com, a pro-natural Web site, points out that dyeing one’s Afro puffs or double-strand twists blond isn’t viewed as conforming to a Euro-centric look.

I don't see why it's okay to be blond, but not to straighten your hair. Whatev.