SIDEBAR #49 - Arias/Alexander forum

[Niner]

Hey all! :wave: getting on here late - the Huz downloaded the Floyd Mayweather vs. Manny Pacquiao fight from last night! Boo!! I wanted Manny to win...
I was rooting for American Pharaoh!!!

May 2nd is the one hundred and twenty second day of this year.

1955 - Tennessee Williamns won the Pulitzer Prize in Drama for Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. And Paul Newman made it even better on the big screen.

1960 - American Bandstand with Dick Clark

1966 - The Mamas & The Papas's brings us Monday Monday"'

1970 - One hit wonder Norman Greenbaum was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Spirit In The Sky.'

Love Paul Newman!! Have a picture of him and Robert Redford in their outfits from Butch Cassidy and Sundance Kid movie. AND!! I met Robert Redford in an elevator at the law firm I worked for that he went to!! Gorgeous men!! :loveyou:

Rushed home to watch and dance with American Bandstand!!

My older brother and I went on the local Dance Party at the KPIX studios in San Francisco!!

Got Monday, Monday on my CD in the car!

and I'll have to add "Spirit In The Sky" - love that one too!

“What greater gift than the love of a cat?” ~Charles Dickens

Celebrate the love between you and your pet with a hug. It’s National Hug Your Cat Day!

I actually hug my cat everyday - but I'll give him an extra hug today!!

I think Momma Robin is in 'egg labor'! She has been sitting in the nest for about 45 mins now and doesn't move much. Would love getting a picture of her, but afraid I might scare her away. I did check the nest early this morning and no eggs, soooo maybe this is it! Will start using the front door now. Will keep you updated

WE HAVE AN EGG!!!

View attachment 74239

From all I've been reading, she will lay one a day; up to four eggs.

I'm :lol: and

on your "egg labor" !! Cute! Hopefully you get some more eggs and they'll turn into baby Robins!!

Okay - hope everyone is having a GREAT Sunday!! I am!! :summer:

 

[Spellbound]

ETA: I almost forgot Wheely! :floorlaugh::floorlaugh:

Link: http://www.thatcutesite.com/uploads/2011/01/hamster_flower_hat.jpg

SBM

i absolutely adore sweet Wheely! How did (s)he get to be a regular around here?

 

[jane the dood]

“What greater gift than the love of a cat?” ~Charles Dickens

Celebrate the love between you and your pet with a hug. It’s National Hug Your Cat Day!

I do believe every day is Hug Your Cat Day...as long as the cat is up for it, otherwise, too bad..."Paws off, human...and get me a gooshy nom while you're at it"...lol. I love dogs and cats equally and have been mama to both, but I like a cat's "to hell with ya" attitude...like they're in on some big cosmic joke and we silly people have no clue.

Popsicle is obviously people-oriented though; what a sweet creature...and love the name!

WE HAVE AN EGG!!!

View attachment 74239

From all I've been reading, she will lay one a day; up to four eggs.

WOW! It looks like a beautiful jewel...kind of a shame it has to hatch! Lucky cj! (And very glad you're feeling better!)

 

[neesaki]

Link: https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/f9/4f/3b/f94f3bcaf51d7c8c5590940d51fa51b1.jpg
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A glorious Sunday! Not much going on (and that's good )

Coffee- I'm glad your feeling better this AM. :blowkiss:
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14 Years After Andrea Yates Killed Her Children, Her Ex-Husband Is 'Hopeful' For Her Release (with clip)

"...Though she and Rusty have since divorced, he supports his ex-wife and strongly believes she should someday be a free woman....
...Rusty explains how he has forgiven Andrea for taking their children's lives and why he believes she is not a danger to society.
"As long as she's taking anti-psychotic medicine, she's no danger to anyone," he says...

"I'm hopeful," Rusty says. "Maybe in three to five years, maybe she'd have a chance of release."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/...n=naytev&utm_content=55404199e4b04c3729acc0b1
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Release!!!!! He's crazy too, IMO. What happens when she decides to stop taking her meds?
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Who are these people who are sending the murderer money? :thinking:

CAMPAIGN UPDATE
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THE CURRENT FUND TOTAL, AS OF MAY 1ST, 2015 IS:

$56,092.55

(Total is updated weekly. Full details listed below)

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Date $ Donated $ Matched Current Total
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April 24th $54,002.55
May 1st $1,045 $2,090 $56,092.55

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http://justice4jodi.com/jaa-appellate-fund-campaign-update/
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Something to make you smile this AM:

102 y/o Dancer Sees Herself on Film for the First Time

[video=youtube;bktozJWbLQg]https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=96&v=bktozJWbLQg[/video]

That is the sweetest video, made me smile.

 

[neesaki]

Ohhhhh- that Queen :floorlaugh::floorlaugh:

The Queen is not interested in other royalty. :dramaqueen:

Link: http://www.websleuths.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=52427&d=1370550902

(She doesn't look like this at this time because she needs to go see her groomer. She looks like a rag-a-muffin right now, but don't tell
her or she'll be highly insulted. :facepalm: )

What an adorable baby, we had a salt and pepper like that before we got our black one. They are great dogs.

 

[Bernina]

That is the sweetest video, made me smile.

It was really cool! Really, REALLY COOL!

Don't razz me, but honestly, white folks can't dance, lol! I wouldn't dance unless I had some liquid courage in me, and that's so, so long ago. Remember ol' Lawrence Welk? Those dancers were so...........cheesy..........lol!When I stayed with my grandparents, I always got stuck watching it with them on Sunday afternoons. "And a one, and a two...." my grandpa use to say when Lawrence got his band ready. Gramps was a clarinet player in a Big Band before he got married. Not too much I like that ol' gramps liked, except horses.

Dahmn, that Alice could cut a rug, couldn't she? What a treasure she is!

 

[Jinkasaurus]

I wasn't sure if I could post this on the other JA thread, so putting it here.

Curious if anyone here has read the book Confessions of a Sociopath. I just finished it and found myself reflecting on JA. One interesting element is that the author is from the Mormon community, and so some of those details added to my understanding of the Travis-Jodi relationship.

As would be expected with a book like this, there has been controversy. The author apparently appeared in disguise on the Dr Phil show at one point. And although she used a pseudonym to write the book, she has now been outed on the internet.

As someone who has been reading true crime and related subjects for the past 30 years, I found it quite interesting to read. Of course one has to wonder if everything is true, but even if you suspend your disbelief on that point a bit, the book helped me gain a deeper understanding of the things that differentiate a sociopath from other personality disorders (even though of course there is overlap among them and it would never be possible to fully isolate them as they describe patterns of human behavior/thinking/emotions).

The woman who wrote the book was officially diagnosed as a sociopath by a clinical psychologist and the report is in the book. In the book she explains why she prefers the term sociopath to psychopath for herself.

Taking the book simply on face value, and not getting too attached to the pure veracity of everything in it, I think many people who've followed this trial would enjoy it. I don't know if there is a place on WS to discuss books, but it would be fun to discuss with anyone who has read it. Feel free to PM me if there is such a spot.

 

[coffeejunkie]

DH and I walked around the house today checking things out. We found another robin's nest with just one egg in it, that egg had hatched and the poor little thing had died. This nest was just about 60 feet from the nest on our deck. I read that some robins will make many nest and just lay 1 egg in 3 or 4 different nests. Wondering if it's the same robin? Makes me also wonder if she has any more nest with just 1 egg in it? :thinking:

 

[YESorNO]

WE HAVE AN EGG!!!

View attachment 74239

From all I've been reading, she will lay one a day; up to four eggs.

OMG- what a beautiful egg. Never saw one so blue!

 

[YESorNO]

SBM

i absolutely adore sweet Wheely! How did (s)he get to be a regular around here?

Wheely is the mascot of The Sidebar. He pops up sometimes.

I posted this pic one day and everyone just loved him, so he was here to stay (and lamby named him because of the caption :floorlaugh: ) :

Link: http://loldamn.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/cute-hamster-in-cage.jpg


I just :heartbeat: him.

 

[YESorNO]

It was really cool! Really, REALLY COOL!

Don't razz me, but honestly, white folks can't dance, lol! I wouldn't dance unless I had some liquid courage in me, and that's so, so long ago. Remember ol' Lawrence Welk? Those dancers were so...........cheesy..........lol!When I stayed with my grandparents, I always got stuck watching it with them on Sunday afternoons. "And a one, and a two...." my grandpa use to say when Lawrence got his band ready. Gramps was a clarinet player in a Big Band before he got married. Not too much I like that ol' gramps liked, except horses.

Dahmn, that Alice could cut a rug, couldn't she? What a treasure she is!

My mother was a fanatic about The Lawrence Welk show - she knew everyone's business from that show (who married who, who had a baby, etc.)- you'd think it was her family she was talking about. :facepalm

Remember the bubbles: :floorlaugh:

Link: http://media.giphy.com/media/ZfktDxMNQuuIM/giphy.gif

 

[YESorNO]

I wasn't sure if I could post this on the other JA thread, so putting it here.

Curious if anyone here has read the book Confessions of a Sociopath. I just finished it and found myself reflecting on JA. One interesting element is that the author is from the Mormon community, and so some of those details added to my understanding of the Travis-Jodi relationship.

As would be expected with a book like this, there has been controversy. The author apparently appeared in disguise on the Dr Phil show at one point. And although she used a pseudonym to write the book, she has now been outed on the internet.

As someone who has been reading true crime and related subjects for the past 30 years, I found it quite interesting to read. Of course one has to wonder if everything is true, but even if you suspend your disbelief on that point a bit, the book helped me gain a deeper understanding of the things that differentiate a sociopath from other personality disorders (even though of course there is overlap among them and it would never be possible to fully isolate them as they describe patterns of human behavior/thinking/emotions).

The woman who wrote the book was officially diagnosed as a sociopath by a clinical psychologist and the report is in the book. In the book she explains why she prefers the term sociopath to psychopath for herself.

Taking the book simply on face value, and not getting too attached to the pure veracity of everything in it, I think many people who've followed this trial would enjoy it. I don't know if there is a place on WS to discuss books, but it would be fun to discuss with anyone who has read it. Feel free to PM me if there is such a spot.

WS has a book thread downstairs: http://www.websleuths.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?66-Websleuths-Book-Club

Haven't read the book, but it sounds interesting. I took a gander at the link provided by you and found this:

"Most of the time I don’t need to show any emotion at all, and I try to limit the times that I do by begging off attending funerals, weddings, etc. When I do show up to these functions, I try to mimic the other attendees. If I’m dealing with a person one-on-one, I just try to reflect their emotions; usually they’re distracted enough by their own overflowing emotions not to notice my lack of them."

Sounds just like the murderer, IMO.

 

[YESorNO]

DH and I walked around the house today checking things out. We found another robin's nest with just one egg in it, that egg had hatched and the poor little thing had died. This nest was just about 60 feet from the nest on our deck. I read that some robins will make many nest and just lay 1 egg in 3 or 4 different nests. Wondering if it's the same robin? Makes me also wonder if she has any more nest with just 1 egg in it? :thinking:

BBM: That's so sad.

 

[Spellbound]

Eg ads.... Lawrence Welk Show gets the credit for my parents making me take accordion lessons for 7+ years...... and an accordion polka band at my first wedding. Now, that was exciting for the 19-20 year old friends. :doorhide:

(I wanted to stick with the flute.... but at least the accordion gave me nimble fingers for transcription work for many years)

 

[Nore]

I went to moms today. She has a computer that we got her a few years ago. She only wanted a computer so she could have a facebook and connect with her friends. She does not really know how to use the computer. She does not post on facebook. She just keeps tabs on her friends. Anyway, her computer was not working right and she asked me to fix it. I am no guru. I only know a few things. Mom had about 25 tabs of her facebook page opened. I couldn't even close them down with out going to the task menu. So, I ended all her sessions and installed a C-cleaner. I looked at the analysis of the C-Cleaner and she had 2million temporary files. 2 million! No wonder her computer wasn't responding. I ran the C-Cleaner which got rid of all those files and now all is fine and she is back on her facebook page.
Anyway, I did what Spellbound told me to do yesterday with my computer and everything is fine. Looks normal. Hope it stays that way.

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Hi Ricki , I have a new HP 8. I had no problems because as you said with mom I really don't go too many places. Well while looking for a "puppy " I picked up this google "my way" front page. I don't want this! It directs my posts to the side and puts on something else. I cant get it off! between that and the change here I am going bananas. By the time I get where I'm going, I forget what I wanted!:laughing: people are complaining all over the place so its not just me ( for a change)..Tell your mom if she picks it up, get help. I have my nephew coming he will know how to delete it.

 

[Nore]

Eg ads.... Lawrence Welk Show gets the credit for my parents making me take accordion lessons for 7+ years...... and an accordion polka band at my first wedding. Now, that was exciting for the 19-20 year old friends. :doorhide:

(I wanted to stick with the flute.... but at least the accordion gave me nimble fingers for transcription work for many years)

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Oh Spellbound , a polka band for young ones! Don't feel bad. I had the MEASLES on my wedding Day!! Sickern' he((~ I had kolbassi at my wedding.:floorlaugh:

 

[neesaki]

I wasn't sure if I could post this on the other JA thread, so putting it here.

Curious if anyone here has read the book Confessions of a Sociopath. I just finished it and found myself reflecting on JA. One interesting element is that the author is from the Mormon community, and so some of those details added to my understanding of the Travis-Jodi relationship.

As would be expected with a book like this, there has been controversy. The author apparently appeared in disguise on the Dr Phil show at one point. And although she used a pseudonym to write the book, she has now been outed on the internet.

As someone who has been reading true crime and related subjects for the past 30 years, I found it quite interesting to read. Of course one has to wonder if everything is true, but even if you suspend your disbelief on that point a bit, the book helped me gain a deeper understanding of the things that differentiate a sociopath from other personality disorders (even though of course there is overlap among them and it would never be possible to fully isolate them as they describe patterns of human behavior/thinking/emotions).

The woman who wrote the book was officially diagnosed as a sociopath by a clinical psychologist and the report is in the book. In the book she explains why she prefers the term sociopath to psychopath for herself.

Taking the book simply on face value, and not getting too attached to the pure veracity of everything in it, I think many people who've followed this trial would enjoy it. I don't know if there is a place on WS to discuss books, but it would be fun to discuss with anyone who has read it. Feel free to PM me if there is such a spot.

I read that a while back, fascinating isn't it. Though I was thinking I had read it on a blog somewhere, but maybe not, maybe it was the excerpts from the book on Amazon. It's just hard to keep up with everything I read, but now considering getting the book. Idk, maybe I'll check out some more reviews first.

 

[neesaki]

DH and I walked around the house today checking things out. We found another robin's nest with just one egg in it, that egg had hatched and the poor little thing had died. This nest was just about 60 feet from the nest on our deck. I read that some robins will make many nest and just lay 1 egg in 3 or 4 different nests. Wondering if it's the same robin? Makes me also wonder if she has any more nest with just 1 egg in it? :thinking:

Poor baby Robin.

 

[neesaki]

Oh, and BTW, did everyone see this that was posted at the top of the page?

BBM:

Websleuths: Citizen detectives and professionals helping police solve crimes

http://www.smh.com.au/national/webs...ping-police-solve-crimes-20150503-1mutek.html

 

[ILikeToBendPages]

​Sunday . May 3rd has been a beautiful day. Almost done re potting my plants. I hate dirt under my nails, and I won't be wearing "I'm Not A Waitress" red anytime soon.​


1791 - The Constitution of May 3 (the first modern constitution in Europe) is proclaimed by the Sejm of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=7jG65DSP9aw


1915 - John McCrae writes the poem "In Flanders Fields"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=K6BlOkpdkg8


1937 - Margaret Mitchell won a Pulitzer Prize for "Gone With The Wind."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=0dTsfsr6-X8


1939 - The Andrews Sisters record the Beer Barrel Polka.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnGEX72AToU&feature=player_detailpage


1944 - Meet Me in St. Louis opens on Broadway

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=hmx1L8G25q4


1952 - Kitty Wells records "It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels" at the Castle Studio in Nashville during her first session for Decca Records

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JyGnX7J2pfE&feature=player_detailpage


1956 - Gene Vincent recorded the classic rock 'n roll song 'Be Bop-A-Lula', at Owen Bradley's studio in Nashville, Tennessee

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=vDU9FP5_B2M


1964 - Gerry ad the Pacemakers make their US television debut " Don't Let The Sun Catch You Crying" on CBS' Ed Sullivan Show.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=LKta_gRc2gA


1966 - The game "Twister" was featured on the "Tonight Show" with Johnny Carson.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=8g2eEZu_0L4


1967 - The Young Rascals started a four week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Groovin.'

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=cKQG9-Tco3E


1980 - Bob Seger Silver Bullet band starts a six week run up the US charts with Against The Winds

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8x9oNZ7CcI&list=RDR8x9oNZ7CcI&feature=player_detailpage



1991 - Texas Governor Ann Richards officially declares ZZ Top day in the Lone Star State.


[video=youtube;0_EFdod4YDo]https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=0_EFdod4YDo[/video]






1999 - Oklahoma City, Oklahoma is slammed by an F5 tornado killing forty-two people, injuring 665, and causing $1 billion in damage. The tornado was one of 66 from the tornado outbreak. (My dh was attending two weeks of classes in Norman at the USPS when this hit. He said he didn't like it at all.)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=o1D-ZuC-Dc4


2007 - British girl Madeleine McCann disappears from her bed in a holiday apartment in Praia da Luz, Portugal.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=Ej3-xaTyTFI