We do not discuss it with outsiders.

REGARDLESS!!! 'Irregardless' is not a real word, regardless of how many times you have heard it.

Lack of evidence of malice aforethought, i.e. premeditation.

First degree murder generally requires premeditation which doesn't seem to be a factor here. Personally, I think it's way too early to predict what'll happen here.

Murder 1 = I've been sitting around planning for days/weeks to kill your ass
Murder 2 = I wanted to kill you, but I didn't pre plan it
Manslaughter = I didn't plan or mean to kill you, but something negligent or circumstances made me

Generally speaking (and I do not practice in Michigan), first-degree murder is most apprpriate when you have some evidence that the defendant planned the murder. In this case, I think the prosecutor is hedging his/her bets. They are going with the charge that has a higher possibility of conviction.

First degree murder usually involves some form of premeditation.

Absolutely! I've read Ulysses, which was rigorous, I think you have to have read some Joyce beforehand. I too loved Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, and reading Dubliners is an absolute must, because of Araby. The last line of Araby has pounded in my chest for years now, just amazing.

Team Napoli, represent! *waves flag*

Zzz...

I eagerly order it from the Science Fiction Book Club back in the 80s after several friends recommended it, but I was just never able to get that into it.

I was working as a PR assistant at my local playhouse when he was in town to do his one man show of a Christmas Carol. Behind the theater was a little grove of trees where I sometimes ate my lunch - it was quiet and nobody ever walked by. I had even borrowed an old unused prop table and a few chairs so I'd have a…

Y'ALL CRAY. Pizza just IS.

Milano! Milano! Milano!

gold star for use of Not Impressed Frank N Furter Face.

As if your taste in food could even be trusted!

Why do New Yorkers seem to think that the only way to make their pizza good is to trash other pizzas? Oh, it's because New York pizza is a floppy abomination of grease and crap that is less edible than the cardboard box it comes in.

Uhm, isn't that what the people in the produce section are there for? Asking about whether or not you have correctly picked a ripe pineapple or melon?

Here's yet another reason to love Patrick Stewart.

Ian McKellen was kinda Cumberbatchin' back then.