This is just a quick note to say my dog is feeling under the weather, and right now my mind is distracted because she is old — and I don’t know how serious this is. We have a vet appointment today. Wish us luck.
Once she gets back to a routine, I’ll write more.
Story suggestions always welcome — video links preferred.
I found some footage of Mary Winkler today on Dateline NBC’s website. They have video and audio files that are worth listening to if you have interest in case.
I found the following video files interesting:
Video: Describes ‘ugly’ part of relationshipVideo: Says she was afraid of husband after shooting
Audio: “My ugly came out”
Audio: “Winkler says kids her only concern”
Read moreIn the “My ugly came out” audio Mary talks about how she became confident after she got a job at the post office a couple of years ago, and how she got high self-esteem. She talks about how she had been battling this for years. It’s about half-way through the audio. Mary says, “…And it just came back out for some reason, and that’s the problem. I have nerve now and I have self-esteem now. And so my ugly came out.”
How does self-esteem and nerve fit into a victim of abuse scenario? Isn’t that when the woman normally gets enough nerve to walk away?
I thought about writing up a review, but this case is old news so unless I get an overwhelming response from my readers, this will be my last comment on the Winkler case.
NEWS: I had linked to a video of Mary during the testimony that showed Mary make an eerie smile when asked if she “intentionally” shot her husband (here). The link expired, but now I have found the video footage on another site: Court TV.
Click to see it full-sized.
I love photography. So, I was just playing around the other day with a photo of my eye. I like how this turned out to look metallic.
I’m taking holiday time starting today through September 12th. I’m taking a much needed break from two and a half years of blogging.
I’ll be parking my bum here! See you in mid-September.
I thought I would share with you that I am now a contributor over at Crimeblog.US. Come on over for a visit. CrimeBlog.US is written by multiple contributors and as you can guess, the focus is on crime.
Steve Huff is a writer, the site owner and editor at CrimeBlog. He is quite a fascinating person if I do say so myself, and he has generated quite a bit of media attention. He seems to have a knack at understanding people and behavior, but in a very different way than I do.
Here is an excerpt from USA TODAY talking about how Huff honed into the famous killer “BTK “:
…But some conjectures turned out to be too close for comfort.
Steve Huff, an operatic tenor from Atlanta who maintains a BTK page on his Web log, or blog, speculated in December that the killer would be a balding, stocky, mustachioed neat freak who wore glasses with heavy frames.
Rader is balding, stocky, has a mustache and wears glasses. Another code enforcement officer described him to the Eagle as a meticulous dresser who kept every pen in his day planner in perfect alignment.
“Initially, I felt vindicated,” Huff said. “I thought, ‘I scored on a couple of things.’ Then I felt chilled by it.”
Huff seems to have a great knack for sleuthing out perpetrators through wisdom, insight and a good foundation of understanding human psychology.
Here you can see Huff on Geraldo At Large:
You can also find Huff today on his own personal blog at Random Lunatic News.
I’m thrilled to be able write for Huff’s blog. I love to follow the story leads that are posted on his site – and I am fascinated to get to know him and the other writers over there!
