When I was in junior high, there was someone breaking into homes in the Joliet area and bashing teenage girls on the head. I don't think anyone died, but a friend of my brother's ended up with a metal plate in her head. The person sliced through her screen window to get into her room. Turns out the only thing all the victims had in common was that they had been at the local roller skating rink in the prior several months. I don't think they ever actually caught the guy.
This isn't a come-on. I'm in a very serious relationship with a landscape architect.
Oliver ,'Conviction (1)'
Natter 69: Practically names itself.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Kathy A - Nov 10, 2011 11:24:41 am PST #5889 of 30001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
le nubian - Nov 10, 2011 11:44:44 am PST #5890 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
re: penn state
I wonder if the details are as sketchy as Scola indicates. If two columnists are investigating this issue (including one who already reported a year ago on the Sandusky coverup) then I would like to believe this, but I'm preparing to hear the worst.
§ ita § - Nov 10, 2011 12:00:59 pm PST #5891 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
We had a mad hugger running around UCLA for a while. People want strange things.
Strega - Nov 10, 2011 12:08:40 pm PST #5892 of 30001
when something really shocking and unexpected happens, I sometimes freeze, and can't act immediately.
This. I can't imagine, but in much, much less fraught situations my reaction was "danger get away scary things happening go go go." And I wasn't the target -- I think I've actually reacted better when I was personally threatened than when I was a bystander.
This is part of the whisteblower's dilemma, where if you don't react instantly, you're stained too. I definitely wish McQuery had done more, immediately or even days later. But he didn't know about the other allegations, while Schultz did. It's possible he thought, "It's my word against Sandusky's. One of us is a beloved figure with powerful friends, and the other one is me."
It also seems like he must have approached someone else eventually, right? I don't know how this works... What led the investigation to him? It seems like nobody else who knew about that night would be inclined to bring it up.
Consuela - Nov 10, 2011 12:46:33 pm PST #5893 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Gotta say, this is blackly humorous: [link]
Sheryl - Nov 10, 2011 12:49:49 pm PST #5894 of 30001
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
Timelies all!
The whole Penn State thing is just...ugh.(sorry, I have no words for this)
Laura - Nov 10, 2011 12:51:40 pm PST #5895 of 30001
Our wings are not tired.
Consuela, yep, it is pretty much that simple a flow.
Jesse - Nov 10, 2011 1:00:20 pm PST #5896 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
It's possible he thought, "It's my word against Sandusky's. One of us is a beloved figure with powerful friends, and the other one is me."
...and I really want this career.
hippocampus - Nov 10, 2011 1:03:03 pm PST #5897 of 30001
not your mom's socks.
§ ita § - Nov 10, 2011 1:32:05 pm PST #5898 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Cutest thing I've seen this week: [link]