I had not heard they had separated. I hadn’t thought about her for a while until Christie Blatchford died recently. During the trial which she covered extensively, many of the male reporters were buying Karla’s abused woman act. It seemed, for a long time, that only women could see the real person.

She and her husband should have remained out of the country and perhaps then her kids could have had a small chance of not knowing the full horror of their mother’s crimes for longer than they would living in Quebec. I wonder if her remaining sister has anything to do with her? I remember her mother seemed to be very…

You can add Ireland to that list, shoes in the bedroom even! Unfortunately, studies show that 90 odd percent of shoe soles have faecal matter on them, and iirc 40% have E Coli, they are basically toilet seats when it comes to germs. I don't like those odds! 

The newspaper published a picture of Homolka outside a school; parents were outraged; she stepped down from the volunteer work and that was the end of it. There have only been two pics published of her since she returned to Canada and none of her children.

Here’s the thing I’ve always noticed about all these would be revolutionaries, new age philosophers, and people looking to “tell the truth” and/or “clear their name” who believe what they have to share is so important to the world. They’re never ones to put out their scribblings for free, even when they’re already…

I’m guessing Hachette thought they could weather the controversy and use it to promote the book. 

It’s infuriating that Allen has been able to go on working as if nothing is wrong for the past 25 years. Winning awards. Working with top actors. No more. Not a day too soon.

I’m going to be the contrarian here:

I’m definitely leaving your parties early, then. That is, if I’m ever fortunate enough to be invited!

I moved out a week after I found out. But yeah, I mean it almost broke me as a person, since it came during a time that was very difficult to begin with. Shortly beforehand the infidelity came to light, I found out that my business partner was using company funds to buy drugs and I had to address that. Then came the…

No, I left our apartment one week later. I am still reeling from it though, it was a couple of weeks before christmas and that shit made it so much worse.

I think it’s also a spectrum- having a dinner party? probably just expect to deep clean floors the next day and not bother with people removing them. Having a regular guest over for tea or a play date? Feel free to ask them to remove their shoes. We also keep cheap slippers around for anyone who then needs a temp.…

3 kids. She was volunteering at a school in Quebec for a while until someone recognized her and called a newspaper.

Wouldn’t having an affair only add to the stress or at least make life more complicated? 

Exactly my take on it too.  Fuck him.  I don’t care what his “reasons” for it were, it was wrong and he should be ashamed. End of story.

I’m sorry about your mom.  I lost my boss to pancreatic cancer.  She was my age - 38 at the time - and with none of the risk factors.  It’s a fucking devastating disease.  What I heard at the time was the location on the pancreas usually determines the outcome - there is a surgery that can be done for a very small…

OMG I forgot that she did. She even had a kid too.

Alex being here is not a good thing, it’s a GREAT thing. Having lost my mom to pancreatic cancer in ‘15 I know how big of a motherfucker it is, and I know that while the numbers are scary there are always outliers like RBG, who is over ten years beyond her diagnosis. Let’s hope Alex has the same fortune.  

I think people rallied around Katie Hill because her partner leaked photos to the press, nobody - or maybe only very few - defended her affair with a subordinate.

Saw this last night and broke down realllll quick. I had my cancer diagnosis a few months before Alex, so I have been there with him the whole time. The way he describes the sudden depression with a side of trying to pull it together for everyone around you is so spot on I felt exposed. He really is a treasure to the…