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The Brittany Murphy Debate
I'm not sure what to think about this death...she looks like the type who had a drug problem. Actually, less than a month ago, when Brittney and her husband were returning home from Puerto Rico (after she was fired from the film she was working on for being difficult), her husband became unresponsive and the paramedics were called to LAX and transported him to the hospital right off the plane. Then this happens. I would guess that drugs will be involved...not just prescription. From the list of drugs they found, I'm guessing that she was bipolar. They have very high addiction rates. But, maybe she will be the first celebrity casualty to H1N1.— December 22, 2009 12:02 p.m.
Police Shootings and Ninjas
I'm not familiar with this case in Fallbrook but recently there was a similar incident in Rancho Santa Fe. The son had just been released from the County Psychiatric Hospital and attacked his mom at her home, and dad had no choice but to kill him (not sure if he was an officer). It is sad that these mentally ill patients fall thru the cracks. If they were a threat to others or themselves, the law requires that they be kept safe. Many of them have been thru this enough to know what not to say or admit to. Health insurance needs to improve for those with mental illness. Hospital stays and office visits tend to be limited to so many days or visits per year. I think if someone needs it (due to a tragic event, ongoing mental illness, or addiction) they should have it available.— November 30, 2009 6 a.m.
Party Crashing with the President, Car Crashing with Tiger
Do they make you take an oath that you will tell the truth? If not, I would think that would be tough to prove that you lied with malice. That is why they do it in court, even though most people know that you can't lie in court (and they are typing everything you say verbatim) Besides, I think this couple did them a favor. They showed where the security was lacking. Good thing it was just a party crash, not a terrorist or assassin.— November 29, 2009 2:02 a.m.
At the Movies (long film titles, to go with all the long lines you'll see this weekend)
There are two schools, it appears with the top movies... 1. Movies with lines that you repeat in conversation, or even when you are watching the movie over and over. They may not be the "best picture" but are funny, creative, or unique. 2. Truly good movies which may lack those "punch lines" but are truly based on the value of the pic themselves. Some fit in both categories 1. Ferris Bueller 2. Breakfast Club 3. Fast Times at Ridgemont High 4. Best in Show 5. Office Space 6. Caddyshack 7. Wayne's World 8. Forrest Gump 9. Pulp Fiction 10. The Color Purple 11. Shindler's List 12. The Wizard of Oz 13. Sound of Music 14. Tootsie 15. The Sixth Sense 16. Green Mile 17. Pay It Forward 18. Almost any Disney movie (Aladdin, Toy Story, etc)— November 28, 2009 3:40 a.m.
Observations From the Drive-In
We try to go to the Santee drive in at least once a year with the kids. We figure that soon enough, these theatres will be gone and my kids will be telling their kids about this concept of watching a movie in your car al fresco. In our case, we bring our pickup, face the bed towards the screen and hang with our blankets, chairs, cooler, etc.— November 22, 2009 1:05 p.m.
Facebook and Food Fights in School
Well, in the case of facebook and myspace, this teacher could have set the privacy a little tighter. I have a couple of friends who have their privacy settings so high that you can't find their facebook page and when they comment on someone's page, you can't click on their name and get their page or request them as a friend. When you post pics, you can make them available for anyone to see or just your friends or friends of friends. I don't think that she should be reprimanded other than being told that she have her privacy set superhigh and that her students should not be her friends. Because, I have to say, if my daughter showed me pictures of her teacher when she was in high school on her drinking vacation thru Europe, I would be upset. Poor judgement on her part. And, regarding Fast Times...Although there is a certain amount of liberty in writing fiction based on research, the characters were based from Cameron Crowe going undercover at Clairemont High School. I would bet that UTC was the original location where the kids hung out. If you remember the rink area back in the 80's, everything in the movie was there. Down to the striped outfits that the girls wore which ironically is what the waitresses at Farrells used to wear (even though I think they were working in a pizza restaurant in the movie).— November 14, 2009 4:57 a.m.
Facebook and Food Fights in School
Actually, when I was in 11th grade, a classmate and I did successfully order a pizza to my history class. And, at what better high school than the one that Cameron Crowe originally graduated from (not the one he went undercover at to write the book)! Part of the fun of that movie is trying to figure out the places in the movie, since it was all local. I always suspected that the mall was UTC. Back then, Farrells was there on the edge of the food court and there was a movie theatre across the way. The arcade was there...it just all fit. Today's kid can't figure it out because nothing is there anymore. I guess I should read the book...maybe I can get better clues.— November 13, 2009 12:16 p.m.
Baby Einsteins, Dumb Pilots
I just wanted to add...to explain better. Does the child being adopted and no other situation have anything to do with the outcome, or is it other variables that cause you to come to that conclusion? Because if you took an adopted child who had everything, no drug exposure, great prenatal care, great preschool, the best of everything, would that child be in any way different from the kid next to them who had the same...I think not.— October 27, 2009 1:03 p.m.
Baby Einsteins, Dumb Pilots
But, what you are doing is taking different variables and somehow coming up with a single conclusion. It sounds like what you are trying to say is that a child who perhaps was exposed to drugs or alcohol or whose mother did not have proper prenatal care is more likely to be adopted, or that due to low socioeconomic status, the child did not receive everything that perhaps one of a higher socioeconomic status could provide, and that due to those variables, they may have a lower IQ. But, again, you can't make a generalization about adopted kids unless you compare them to children who aren't with the same situations (perhaps, drug exposure, low birth weight, etc). There is an old joke: Remember in math class the rule if A=B and B=C then A=C? Well, can't we then use that rule this way... If God is Love, and Love is Blind, then wouldn't God be Blind?— October 27, 2009 12:58 p.m.
Baby Einsteins, Dumb Pilots
It might not totally be related to them having the same IQ as their parents. With many of these kids who are given up for adoption, you don't know if these babies are being exposed to drugs or alcohol in utero, the type of prenatal care (which, lack of could cause a child to be premature). So, not sure how this study was set up, but unless you compare everything as the same, a generalization of adopted kids do not do as well as non-adopted kids can not be concluded. I personally think it is lame that Disney would refund Baby Einstein. Anything in excess is bad, and I would extend that to include plopping your kid in front of the TV with a bottle propped in its mouth.— October 27, 2009 10:01 a.m.