Recent content by Jane Birch

Something I can relate to, both on the larger scale you speak of and also the totally mundane one. I want to lose ten pounds but I also really wanted pizza for dinner. (we all know how that one went....) Self-contradictory is part of being a complex human.

Though she did, according to her supoervisor, seem pretty reluctant to talk about it, which is also (obviously) what catatonic means. So while it's an extreme emotional reaction, it's not out of character in that sense. Her supervisor tried to get her to open up, didn't she? Maura may well have...

Minor correction--Maura was in good academic standing at Amherst: there was no indication that she was "flunking out," as you said.

Yeah, I think you are, sorry. To me it makes total sense. She didn't really think about the credit card fraud (or Maura, who she knew had done it because she saw the police go into her room, presumably meaning she didn't hold a grudge toward her or anything) after it happened, because the bank...

Again, the thought process of suicide victims is always guesswork. That said, I've never particularly leaned in the direction of Maura committing suicide. I don't know why. It just doesn't sit right with me. About school on Monday. Hadn't classes been canceled because of snow? I think I...

BBM. 1. Not always true. Some people are very meticulous about it. Sadly, I know this because someone close to me killed themselves last year. Every last detail was arranged. There were signs letting us know where his body was, that we should be careful because there were chemicals other than...

Actually, the officer isn't SUPPOSED to commit to that. That's why they say things that sound really dumb like "with what appears to be some sort of red liquid...." because it's the lab's job to analyze something and determine what it IS. The officer is just supposed to describe what it looks...

That is absolutely and patently untrue. Foot searches have been done and reported on in papers.

Well this certainly seems to be my night for confessing stupid things I've done with ingesting substances. I accidentally ODed on diphenhydramine once during a severe bout of anxiety-induced insomnia and I can report back to you all that it is possible to hallucinate to the point of psychosis...

I don't know about 2004, but these days four grand would probably cover about ten minutes in rehab, given the cost of health care.

It's not a great and wise plan for getting sleep, this mixing of alcohol and Tylenol PM/Benadryl/other minor painkillers, but I've done it too. And Sharon Rausch has said that Maura had trouble sleeping when she wasn't home, hasn't she?

See, and here's where the (well, A, not necessarily THE) dilemma is. On the one hand, so many people cry out for the family to set the record straight on somethings and say that it would help them understand the case so much better. On the otherh and, every time the family opens its mouth (or...

Scoops, what evidence do you have to this effect?

Oh--haha, sorry, hadn't seen this when I wrote that!

Oh Pontiacs are plastic by now too. Can you say "crumple zone" ? And I'm sorry if I wasn't clear--we're talking about the accident to her dad's Corolla. Since it was brand new, the parts are going to be more expensive. It does make an interesting point for Maura's own accident, though. Her...