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What If?
“I can’t erase and I can’t rewind” – Skillet, “One Day Too Late”
What happens if the one you wrong is yourself? That’s the question I ask as I consider my fall, and subsequent hospitalization, a year ago. All I could think, at the time, was how much I missed Ethan—and how it was all my fault I wasn’t home with him.
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Reply #2421. Nov 18 11, 1:57 PM
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One Day Too Late
“Today, I’m gonna try a little harder/Gonna make every minute last longerGonna learn to forgive and forget/’Cause we don’t have long, gonna make the most of it.” – Skillet, “One Day Too Late”
I loved this song from the moment I heard it, and somehow it calmed me down if I was upset at the time. 90It reminds me that, no matter what, I have to live my life to the best of my ability—no room for anger or hard feelings here. ‘That just takes up energy you could be using for something else.’
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Reply #2422. Nov 18 11, 1:58 PM
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Haunted History
At two shows, there were two shows I wanted to see: “Criminal Pursuit” and “Haunted History”. But I couldn’t get into Investigation for some reason—so I changed over to History International and was drawn into the story of slaves whom, after being brutally tortured, haunted the areas in which they died. Most of the spooky incidents were harmless, but in at least one case the ghostly encounter proved lethal.
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Reply #2423. Nov 18 11, 1:59 PM
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Fire Alarm
It lasted approximately fifty m inutes, and began when I was still sleeping. I’m ashamed to say I started hyperventilating. At some point, though, I managed to calm down enough to do what I had to do:
1. Slip on no-tie sneakers
2. Grab robe from closet
3. Go to door of apartment and wait for instructions
At one point, standing at the door pressing my hand to the door, I thought: ‘this is what it feels like to die of sheer terror.’ But I did manage to do something productive: I stretched a little, allowing me to lean better against the wall.’That’s the longest drill we ever had—assuming it *was a drill.’
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Reply #2424. Nov 18 11, 1:59 PM
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I Shouldn't Be Alive
I started watching “World’s Dumbest,” but later switched to “I Shouldn’t Be Alive.” The story was that of a photographer—at least I think that’s what he was—lost on a volcano. Problems included severe thirst, lack of adequate shelter, absence of food—and infection.”He doesn’t think anyone’s looking for him;. He believes he’s going to die.”
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Reply #2425. Nov 18 11, 2:00 PM
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Nightmare
I just called Sue Downstairs:
Me: What was up with the fire alarm this morning?
Sue: Oh… we had an incident with one of the elevators. Everything’s all right.
Me: What kind of an “incident”?
Apparently, it was a burned out bulb that triggered the alarm—“and it needed to be fixed before the alarm could be shut off.”
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Reply #2426. Nov 18 11, 2:01 PM
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History's Mysteries
Nine PM saw “History’s Mysteries” come on History International. It was an episode about the truth (if any) behind mythical beasts including Dracula, Bigfoot, Nessie, the yeti and werewolves.
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Reply #2427. Nov 18 11, 2:02 PM
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New Plan
Georgette’s coming over Saturday morning around 8:30. I used to tell her not to come before 9, but lately—because of the TV—I’ve been getting up earlier. “As long as I set an alarm, I’ll wake up.”
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Reply #2428. Nov 18 11, 2:02 PM
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Occupy Wall Street
There was a segment on the news about the Occupy Movement and how there have been some recent protests. Never having heard of this group, I turned to the Internet to see what I could find.
According to Wikipedia—and I don’t normally click on that siteas their articles either have too much or too little information—the Occupy protests are an ongoing series of international protests which began in New York City on September 17, 2011, with Occupy Wall Street and are primarily directed against social and economic inequality.”
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Reply #2429. Nov 18 11, 2:03 PM
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Outdoor
“If you want an outdoor wedding, do it during the summer months.” – Grandma
On the phone this morning, she mentioned her brother called her last night to inform her Daryl and Lisa’s wedding was moved outdoors, as that’s her wish.
Grandma: What if it rains?
Charlie: Rain, hell, what if it snows?
“She decided she wants to get married on 11/11/11, and she wants an outdoor wedding… at night yet!”
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Reply #2430. Nov 18 11, 2:04 PM
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The Bungalow Mystery
‘That’s worthy of an episode of “Criminal Intent” or something,’ I said as I finished reading “Affair at the Bungalow.” Certainly, I couldn’t have foreseen the outcome.
The gist of the story is that a well-known actress makes up this story of a robbery and tells it to her closest friends to figure out if they’ll guess who the robber is. No one does—except another woman who keeps the knowledge to herself until she’s about to leave, and then she whispers a word of caution in her friend’s ear:
‘”I shouldn’t do itif I were you, dear. Never put yourself in another woman’s power, even if you think she’s your friend at the moment.”’
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Reply #2431. Nov 18 11, 2:04 PM
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Payment
“Thank you for your direct debit payment..” ‘Yeah, and I tried to make it last night—but the system wouldn’t let me. Not that it would have mattered—the bill was already late. As of 10/19.
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Reply #2432. Nov 18 11, 2:05 PM
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The Devil You Know
“The Devil You Know” was on Investigation Discovery at 10 PM—and, having heard reviews for the program but never having seen it yet, I was looking forward to it. But I’d already missed the beginning by the time I switched over from History International.
It was the story of a serial kioller lost in the Baton Ro uge area. Police make an arrest after three corpses are found, but unfortunately it’s not their guy. The killer, it just so happens, is unhappily married—andthough she’s oblivious of his crimes, police arrest them both.
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Reply #2433. Nov 18 11, 2:06 PM
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The Haunted
I had intended watching a program on History International, but due to the clean-up in the refrigerator I didn’t make it to the remote in time to change the channel. And so, that’s how I wound up watching “The Haunted” on Animal Planet, about two friends trapped in Alaskan bear country after their plane crashed. Right after impact, only one man retains consciousness: “Gary has a fractured skull; Dave, a broken collarbone and ribs… With 26 miles to cover before reaching the nearest settlement, their chances of survival are slim.”
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Reply #2434. Nov 18 11, 2:06 PM
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There It Is
‘There it is,’ I tho ught as my hand touched the dried, shriveled corn on the bottom shelf of the refrigerator. It had been in the container of chicken lasagna that upended—and I forgot until this afternoon at lunch.
When I took the trash can over to collect the corn, I noticed a lump of something lying under the fridge. My first thought? ‘I don’t want to know what that was.’ My second? ‘I have a sneaking suspicion I know *exactly what it is.’
Yesterday, the slice of lasagna I picked up felt like the top was missing or something, but I didn’t pay that much attention. ‘I really must be more careful, or “uninvited guests” will come , like a scene out of an episode of ‘Infested’ or something.”
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Reply #2435. Nov 18 11, 2:07 PM
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Wicked Attraction
The first episode involved a woman who was “taken to a warehouse shed and repeatedly raped” in November 1966. “Because he took Katie from California into Nevada,” police were able to charge him with both state and federal offenses. But the story makes a twist for, in prison, he meets a woman—who was visiting her father—and they begin a pen pal type relationship. “Eleven years after her harrowing ordeal, Katie comes face-to-face “with her worst nightmare.” But he doesn’t pursue her anymore—instead, he and his wife abduct an eleven-year-old named Jaycee. Tragically, she’s locked away—and, like Katherine, repeatedly raped. Unlike Katie, Jaycee becomes pregnant—ironically giving birth while her torturer is in prison; but too soon, he’s released. “Three years later, Jaycee gives birth again… five years later, he stops molesting her, and asks her to pick out a new name for herself.” So, from that point on, Jaycee—I forget what degrading name Philip gave her—was known as Melissa. And then, in an act of downright stupidity, “he takes his entire family” when he’s summoned before the parole board.
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Reply #2436. Nov 18 11, 2:08 PM
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Fatal Attractions
It’s even more mind-boggling to me than keeping a pet lion or tiger: attempting to tame a crocodile. What about “wild animal” don’t people understand?
Two things I’ll not soon forget is that these killer beasts (a) “hunt at niught” and (b) “are smarter than we think they are.”
One woman began “rescuing” animals that otherwise would have been killed “for the greater good”. At one time, she had two freshwater crocodiles and one saltwater croc. “As far as Vicki is concerned, her home is a crocodiole’s home, and they are here to stay.”
Then there’s Francis, who makes a home for his saltwater crocs in his shed. He played with them, and loved his animals as any pet owner loves their animals. Then, in 2001, “Francis was attacked by a crocodile he raised from birth.”
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Reply #2437. Nov 18 11, 2:09 PM
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Drawn to Murder
“Forty Eight Hours on ID” had a two-hour special, “Drawn to Commit Murder.” It told the story of a 15-year-old sentenced to life in prison for a crime he insisted he didn’t commit.”There was no evidence in this case.” But it turns out that authorities had “withheld important pieces of information from Tim’s lawyers.”
All the evidence against Tim was circumstantial, based on the “incriminating drawings” police found in his possession. The art, however, “spoke of a surgical skill” which may have been that of Dr. Hammond, a neighbor and known sex offender.. He was later arrested for videotaping women in his bathroom—but never was any connection between him and the sketches in Tim’s possession made. “I strongly believe this department framed Tim Masters.”
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Reply #2438. Nov 18 11, 2:10 PM
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Phone Call
“Do you still want me to come over tomorrow?” When dealing with Georgette, I’m learning to be careful lest I offend her. ‘It’s so easy for to misconstrue stuff.’
“We have two options available to us,” I explained”we could either wait till tomorrow, or postpone the visit.” And when she decided on waiting to see how much “weather” we get, I made one more suggestion: “Why don’t you call later?” That way, we’ll have an even better idea of “what we’re dealing with” than if she’d call first thing in the morning.
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Reply #2439. Nov 18 11, 2:10 PM
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Deadly Women
‘These are getting more and more like a scene from my stories. It’s spooky.’ Especially given I haven’t watched such programming again until recently.
“Deadly Women” is on three consecutive hours Friday night, and the first segment of the first episode took place “close to home” as it were: in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. The story is that of a teen who assaults another and, out of the fear of being arrested “convinces her friend to go along with ‘it,.” And she did because “she thought ‘it’ was going to be humiliation by cutting Laurie’s hair.” Hazel, the girl’s mother, “never left her alone because Lisa Michelle was such a threat.” But one day, she “steps out,” and the enraged teen gets her golden opportunity. (Unfortunately, I missed the end—and the beginning of the next one—because Mom called me for the second time. The first, I had the volume on loud—I’d told her to call my landline as my cell was charging.)
In the second segment, Daphne meets Christopher, “flirts with him, teases him, and then rejects him.” Her one and only passion? Drugs. ZIn 1997, the angry young woman threatens to stab someone, but “no one takes her seriously.” That night, Christopher and Daphne, who are heavily intoxicated, meet Michael and lure him down to the lake. “Daphne knocks Michael’s legs out from under him, allowing Christopher to sbab him.” When authorities found his remains, they were traumatized: “I don’t think there was a part of his body that wasn’t touched.”
The third story is about two Illinois classmates, one of whom “had to be the leader” the other “who’d do anything for her.” When sixteen-year-old Adrienne moved to town, “she just wanted to be accepted.” She joined Sarah’s group—and everything was fine until Corey dumped Sarah for Adrienne. “Sarah begins to spread vicious rumors about Adrienne.” But it didn’t stop there: “She wanted to see the spark of life leave Adrienne’s eyes.” Exactly how the 16-year-old died isn’t known. What’s certain is that the classmates had trouble disposing of the body: They try igniting herr, but it fails; after the second attempt, they move on to another idea.
The 8:00 hour was all about female “fortune hunters.” First up? The story of Jill and Jerry from Steamboat Springs. What he doesn’t know is she’s been married before—at least ten times—and each relationship ends in tragedy. Somehow, he does finally find out about her other husbands—and “annuls their marriage.” And that’s when she “snapped,” but he didn’t go without a fight: “He didn’t go easily… the man didn’t have to be tortured the way he was tortured.”
Second: a morbid tale from the Arizona desert . It’s the tale of a woman who tires of her husband after the birth of her son and brutally murders him: After delivering the fatal blow, “she puts his body in the freezer and reaches for her toolbox.” After sawing through his tissues, she “dumps his remains” in a chest and leaves them where police will find them.
And that’s when I turned the TV off. (Note: At first I though the earlier program had frightened me, but typing this story into the computer I realize it was really the last segment I watched.
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Reply #2440. Nov 18 11, 2:11 PM
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