tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post4325749596191747675..comments2024-03-28T12:00:47.858-04:00Comments on Jungle Red Writers: News of the WeekJungle Red Writershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16646429819267618412noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-90051059757823723712013-02-16T18:53:47.758-05:002013-02-16T18:53:47.758-05:00Oh Debs, I am o sorry that I will not be able to m...Oh Debs, I am o sorry that I will not be able to make the trip to Scottsdale. I'd read that you were going to be at the Poisoned Pen. I have no way to get there with my driver out of commission. Until I can get my own specialized wheelie van, I'm dependent on others to drive me.<br /><br />I'd hoped you might be at the Tucson Festival of Books this year. I haven't checked the updated list yet. Will you be here for that? It is huge--a great event for authors and readers!Maureen Harringtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03499876353651763590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-12738860547811878272013-02-16T17:12:06.415-05:002013-02-16T17:12:06.415-05:00I'm tickled to say that I was there at the Gar...I'm tickled to say that I was there at the Garden for Banana Joe's win. New York really rolls out the green carpet for the WKC Best in Show - he or she appears on all the morning news shows and enjoys steak at Sardi's (a real tradition). This year, Joe made a cameo in Edwin Drood on Broadway, and there's a photo on FB of him and his handler Ernesto palling around with Michael Kors. <br /><br />What asteroid? ... Kidding! :)Rhonda Lanehttp://www.thehorseyset.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-13963979021292480582013-02-16T15:17:24.256-05:002013-02-16T15:17:24.256-05:00I live in Austin, where Lance Armstrong was consid...I live in Austin, where Lance Armstrong was considered a hero. I watched the Olympics and considered Oscar a hero. I think that successful athletes start believing their publicity and figure the rules no longer apply to them. <br /><br />I think that at times people who believe they can kill someone who stands in their way think the same way. Why else would someone kill people who have rightful custody of a child? Or shoot people who discipline them for breaking a law? <br /><br />And I too am soooooo sick of hearing so called celebrity info. I do not care who is sleeping with whoever. I do not care where someone very wealthy buys their clothes or rents their jewels. I do not care that someone whose only claim to fame is nice hair but no acting talent has just gotten a zillion dollars to do another picture, tv show, or commercial for toilet bowl cleaner.<br /><br />I am now stepping off my soap box and returning to my dark cave.<br /><br />And I agree, if all this stuff were in a book, it would probably be considered too far out there.ANNETTEhttp://www.letterswhichbuildbridges.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-38416394514648924042013-02-16T13:40:31.257-05:002013-02-16T13:40:31.257-05:00Although I am riveted by the news, I know why I re...Although I am riveted by the news, I know why I read your books. What a relief!lil Glucksternhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09288522126331817172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-59282315618959801232013-02-16T12:59:45.534-05:002013-02-16T12:59:45.534-05:00Yikes! That makes a difference, Tammy. Thanks for ...Yikes! That makes a difference, Tammy. Thanks for the addendum. <br /><br />For the record, I think way too much attention is paid to the looks of public figures. If they are women. With the exception of John Boehner's oddly orange skin, hardly any attention is ever paid to male celebrities and their looks. As an example, Hilary Clinton. Karen in Ohionoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-79926583019939346832013-02-16T12:38:55.892-05:002013-02-16T12:38:55.892-05:00To amend the horse meat story, a friend in Europe ...To amend the horse meat story, a friend in Europe tells me that it's not the horse meat that is the problem, but the fact that it came from uncontrolled sources, was imported illegally, and contained horse pain killer, which is harmful to humans. While also being labeled and sold as "beef," of course.Tammyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01033264133869966636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-65968866093067202622013-02-16T12:28:47.760-05:002013-02-16T12:28:47.760-05:00When the story of the horse meat came on the news ...When the story of the horse meat came on the news I thought of being in Guangzhou, in southern China. Someone in our group ate "hamburger" that we later found out was most likely dog meat and had a severe case of food poisoning. <br /><br />As for Michelle Obama's bangs, I say any woman with arms like hers can style her hair any way she wants.Sofie Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16830230500527705589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-45057456029930628272013-02-16T12:11:36.674-05:002013-02-16T12:11:36.674-05:00Yay, Reine and Steve!!! So glad he's home, and...Yay, Reine and Steve!!! So glad he's home, and that you are getting to see Rhys.<br /><br />Any chance you can come to the PP to see me next week?Debhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11519514786198185277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-28243285478836925042013-02-16T11:44:58.880-05:002013-02-16T11:44:58.880-05:00Now they're saying the meteor had nothing to d...Now they're saying the meteor had nothing to do with the asteroid. Come ON.Hank Phillippi Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17420701704169428286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-43906233653514422272013-02-16T11:27:05.892-05:002013-02-16T11:27:05.892-05:00I love Michelle's bangs.
I wish "celebri...I love Michelle's bangs.<br /><br />I wish "celebrity news" would go away. I'd like it fine if it would live on a show like "Entertainment Tonight" only and not on what, I think, should be "real" news. It makes me grumpy (could you tell?).Kaye Wilkinson Barley - Meanderings and Museshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07486129009717476920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-1991867109904362522013-02-16T11:20:07.687-05:002013-02-16T11:20:07.687-05:00Lady Gaga? Who cares? While Steve, now safely out ...Lady Gaga? Who cares? While Steve, now safely out of rehab, settles in to a day of ESPN with Paul, Kendall and I are going to the SinC meeting in Tucson where Rhys is our very special speaker today! Maureen Harringtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03499876353651763590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-69415522201084275992013-02-16T10:53:45.723-05:002013-02-16T10:53:45.723-05:00Actually, horsemeat is not so bad, and a lot of co...Actually, horsemeat is not so bad, and a lot of countries have used it as part of their staple diet for a long time. We in the US are horrified, but I know I've had it many times. (A local diner used it in their very popular meatloaf, unbeknownst to their hoity-toity customers.)<br /><br />I've been thinking about the "hero" athletes a lot lately, since so many of them have come up as having feet of clay. Think about the attributes of top athletes, and physically beautiful people, and those who are powerful in some other way--money, fame, acting, etc. It all boils down to one thing: fitness for procreation. The strongest, healthiest, smartest, and most physically beautiful are more attractive to humans because of natural selection. The fittest get the best mates. <br /><br />So, it all boils down to sex. Karen in Ohiohttp://seetheusablog.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-11180579182482456942013-02-16T10:42:13.570-05:002013-02-16T10:42:13.570-05:00I can't believe that my comments disappeared y...I can't believe that my comments disappeared yet again. What evil force on the internet swallows them?<br />Now I just have to add "ditto to what they said."Rhys Bowennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-89015317741842571212013-02-16T10:40:44.082-05:002013-02-16T10:40:44.082-05:00Oh, Ramona - that story reminds us all of the real...Oh, Ramona - that story reminds us all of the real pain behind screaming headlines and makes us glad we all write fiction.Hallie Ephronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04759439029582054503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-47819092998950744252013-02-16T09:58:08.570-05:002013-02-16T09:58:08.570-05:00(Sorry, posted from the wrong account!)
It's ...(Sorry, posted from the wrong account!)<br /><br />It's tough to know where to start this week. Being here in Los Angeles, I was riveted by the live news updates to the Dorner story on Tuesday, as it all unfolded in Big Bear. I used to live in Torrance (where the two women in a pickup truck were shot at by mistake by cops) and we always used to joke that it was a very safe town because the cops where known to shoot first and ask questions later. Guess so?<br /><br />And Pistorius ... I've been trying not to read too much or dwell on his story too much because it's so unbelievably disappointing. Do we have any heroes left? <br /><br />And have you all heard about the horse meat scandal in Europe? A few beef-processing plants have apparently been slipping a little horse (and sometimes pig) meat into their "beef" and they're finding horse DNA in "beef" lasagne on the shelves in major markets, as well as in school lunches, in a variety of countries. Yuck. <br /><br />I think we're due a slow news week where all we have to talk about Beyonce lip-synching or not. Yeah, let's go back to that and take a break!Tammyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01033264133869966636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-25096457230245175882013-02-16T09:56:36.972-05:002013-02-16T09:56:36.972-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Two for the Roadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07380431227599672836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-49901099401428460582013-02-16T09:08:08.178-05:002013-02-16T09:08:08.178-05:00@Karen, this was in the lobby, between the doors a...@Karen, this was in the lobby, between the doors and the metal detectors. There's an area where people filter through, because it's a huge building and, on Monday morning in particular, scads of people show up for jury duty, ticket payments, court dates, etc. There are armed security officers, but there is a gap between the doors from the street and the elevator doors, and the metal detectors. He was waiting in that area. He had to know he'd never make it out that building. The two officers he shot are okay, but ironically, the shooter died by his own bullet. They shot him a couple times, and then he shot himself in the head.<br /><br />Okay, I'm letting this go now, I promise.Ramonahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00627775403015684868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-17699960529281551412013-02-16T08:45:49.358-05:002013-02-16T08:45:49.358-05:00And, did you hear that, after finally getting off ...And, did you hear that, after finally getting off the disabled Triumph cruise ship and onto buses, one of them broke down? <br /><br />Adding insult to injury...Karen in Ohiohttp://seetheusablog.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-79840252979512274662013-02-16T08:42:13.614-05:002013-02-16T08:42:13.614-05:00The rogue cop story frightened because I have rela...The rogue cop story frightened because I have relatives who are/were in law enforcement. It's been a couple of days since I've seen anything about it in the newspapers, and I feel like the story isn't over yet. It certainly isn't for the families involved. From the beginning it sounded like something out of fiction. It was hard to know if the radio reports I heard were book reviews of a suspense novel or were actually news.<br /><br />The meteor in Russia is almost too frightening to think about. Not only can meteors not be controlled - there is no way to be prepared for one to hit YOUR area. At least we in the northeast knew that a blizzard was coming.<br /><br />I didn't know there was controversy about Mrs Obama's bangs. There are more important things for bangs critics to be concerned with! (I have bangs. Some people think that women "of a certain age " shouldn't have them. Too bad!)<br />Deb Romanonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-64077363772324046922013-02-16T08:42:10.345-05:002013-02-16T08:42:10.345-05:00There was so much woe to woe-rry about this week -...There was so much woe to woe-rry about this week - I loved the comments on Daniel Kurtzman's About Political Humor on .. Rubio's watergate... the " gulp heard round the world!" Read it, folks, and giggle... that Kurtzman - he makes my day - daily!! Thelma in ManhattanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-32445767376261653922013-02-16T08:38:16.063-05:002013-02-16T08:38:16.063-05:00Hmmm, if this was a thriller or PI novel, all of t...Hmmm, if this was a thriller or PI novel, all of these threads would tie neatly into one plotline by the end of the book, but for the life of me, I can't get that affenpinscher into the story. <br /><br />I'm thrilled by the news in IL. Along with Iowa, I'm seeing marriage equality take hold in the Midwest, so I have high hopes. Plus the huge story of 2013 is likely to be the Supreme Court decisions on Prop 8 and DOMA, which could drastically change rights (or not.)<br /><br /> Jeffrey Markshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08422459407138331707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-50466884475200560022013-02-16T08:35:10.105-05:002013-02-16T08:35:10.105-05:00How horrific, Ramona. I wonder how the grandfather...How horrific, Ramona. I wonder how the grandfather got a gun into the courthouse? There is usually very tight security. <br /><br />Two other recent stories: <br /><br />The famous Navy SEAL, the "best sniper in US history", who wrote a book about his experience taking out targets in Iraq and Afghanistan, was shot on a gun range by another soldier, a man with PTSD who the sniper had been helping. I mean, if you are armed to the teeth and still shot, how does having more guns help? <br /><br />And the unprecedented use of a filibuster for the nomination of a cabinet member, for Chuck Hagel as Secretary of Defense. Which makes me better understand why someone could be super angry at public officials. Karen in Ohiohttp://seetheusablog.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-79711902701579914532013-02-16T08:35:00.968-05:002013-02-16T08:35:00.968-05:00So sad and so wrong, Ramona.So sad and so wrong, Ramona.Edith Maxwellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01388006370860482509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-40137972325787933222013-02-16T08:18:23.377-05:002013-02-16T08:18:23.377-05:00Oh Ramona, what a tragic story!
Oh Ramona, what a tragic story!<br /><br />Lucy Burdette aka Roberta Isleibhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04660402177299546055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-65622374320626657712013-02-16T08:06:07.663-05:002013-02-16T08:06:07.663-05:00News in my week was the real thing: a shooting at ...News in my week was the real thing: a shooting at the county courthouse that left two women dead, and six young girls without mothers. A really tragic story that has been in and out of the news for years. A local optometrist, with the help of his mother, kidnapped his three young daughters after convincing his ex-wife to let him take them on a trip to Disney. They were missing for 19 months, finally found in Costa Rica, after appearing on America's Most Wanted. He'd told the girls their mother had committed suicide. He went to jail, as did his mother. <br /><br />That was 5-6 years ago. This past year, he was released from jail and supposedly living in a halfway house in Texas. On Monday, he had a hearing at the courthouse about child support, although his parental rights were severed after the federal kidnapping conviction. He wanted to regain parental rights. So his ex-wife, whose home apparently was like Fort Knox with so much security, and her best friend went to the courthouse on Monday morning. The courthouse should be a safe place, considering it is crawling with cops all the time. In the lobby, they were both shot by the ex-husband's father, who also died and who shot two officers as well. Rumor has it the shooter had a brain tumor, so why not take out the mother of your grandchildren since you're going to die anyway?<br /><br />This story bothered me so much, not only because it happened a few miles away and I've been in that courthouse many times, and know people who work there. I keep thinking about these three little girls, who attended the school on my street, who were told once that their mother was dead. It was a lie, but they believed it. This time, they were told she was dead again, only this time it was the truth. And their mother's friend? She'd gone to the courthouse to provide moral support. <br /><br />I've seen the story referred to as "a nasty custody battle" which I think is an almost flip description, although it is accurate. Six girls with no moms because one selfish man wanted revenge. That sounds like a tragedy to me.<br /><br />I'm sorry this is so long. It's been bothering me, so thank you for a place to get it off my chest.Ramonahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00627775403015684868noreply@blogger.com