It seemed to me that, in context, she was essentially paraphrasing JFK’s “ich bin ein Berliner” statement. We’re all Berliners, we’re all Africans.

I think it’s more that we don’t take the Facebook approach to friends and still have that intermediate stage called ‘acquaintances’. I’m sure it’ll change with all the Californians moving here, though. :-)

Conversely, no adult owes any other adult anything based on birth. Children don’t have to talk to parents and parents don’t have to serve as silent ATMs for their adult children. If you want something from someone, basic civility is a good idea on either side.

Bats are clever, adorable, and useful, so I want to remind folks about bat adoption (I just found out I am getting a vampire bat for Christmas). The two places I know of are Bat Conservation Intl. and the Organization for Bat Conservation, but I welcome hearing about others. Tiny puppies with wings, you guys!

Dangerous Liaisons and Valmont, and also Infamous and Capote.

I’ve found two books of the collected experiences of people who survived serial killers / mass murderers. These are Delivered from Evil: True Stories of Ordinary People Who Faced Monstrous Mass Killers and Survived by Ron Franscell and There But For the Grace of God: Survivors of the 20th Century’s Infamous Serial…

I started listening to this today because of your rec, and I like it a lot. Reminds me of Nate DiMeo’s “Memory Palace”, but more disturbing. In a good way. Thanks!

The series version of Hannibal made me want to improve my penmanship; his recipe cards were beautiful.

My anecdote: When I went in for my regular pelvic exam, my sole symptom was the belief that my last period was a little heavier than usual. Turns out, all the time I’d been lectured about getting fat, it was actually a fibroid about the size of a small honeydew melon. It was the two-hand pelvic exam that caught it, so…

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The Dragnet episode that adapted this case for both radio and tv is “The Big Imposter”.

It also keeps chocolate cookies brown (or black). I frequently make black bat sugar cookies and they come out looking much better with cocoa powder instead of flour.

If you don’t want carbonated coffee, Torani’s has a Spicy Kola fountain drink syrup. You could try a couple of pumps of it in coffee like you would a regular caramel or vanilla coffee syrup, but you can control the sweetness more easily.

Of course not; I gleefully accept your claims of disinterest because it makes you more entertaining to poke at.

I went on a Green River Killer sites visit once. It was intensely creepy and not exactly fun, but interesting nonetheless.

We accept you, one of us!

Didn’t Liza ask? I remember her saying something about her son at the truck, and the doctor said, “You can come back for your son!”while trying to hurry Liza’s decision. I can’t rewatch, so maybe someone else can verify/correct?

There are plenty of male-on-male serial killers that kill for sexual reasons, not just race and religion.

I love Frailty. I’m still surprised it’s not more well-known.