i'm on the top floor. eric is in the basement.

so, if i have a question i have to go down these stairs:



here i am:



so, if either one of us is feeling lazy, or has a quick question,
this is how we communicate:

OK, so no one wants to discuss homicide, justice or the lack thereof...so here's some critter pictures instead:


A young starling challenging an older one. He was very bossy, chasing all the other birds away.


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This has been big news around here:
Doctor who killed her husband reinstated

If you're interested in the full story, which began (well the public events, anyway)  on April 8, 2007, you can go here, which contains links to every article published by the Cape Cod Times and other papers. A warning, however: trying to find a completely objective piece of writing amongst all the sensationalism is challenging.

I take a personal interest of sorts in this event, because the doctor, Ann Gryboski, was/is my mother's physician.

The first odd thing was the Grand Jury hearing at which she was not even indicted (thus didn't even go to trial). Whatever the extenuating circumstances, homicide is homicide and the person should be brought to trial. Turns out she's friends with the DA. She's also well-to-do with a large practice on the Cape. These are facts. There are other facts, however, that were not released to the public. For example there's a great deal of speculation as to how many bullets were found in her husband's body. The coroner's report lists 4 wounds; most of the reporting says 2 bullets. To me the only relevance there is why is there no official statement? And why were the husbands relatives not allowed to testify at the inquest?

Then, there's the latest development (see first link). As of August 1, she is free to practice medicine again. Now, as far as this is concerned, I don't think the extenuating circumstances are relevant. Fact: she killed someone. Therefore, in my opinion (and I'm not alone), she should not be allowed to practice medicine. She's not psychologically stable. End of story. (You could get into the whole Hippocratic Oath thing, too...)

I'm interested in hearing what you, dear readers, think about all this. The consenus on the Cape is somewhat divided, but there are many who believe that her connections allowed her to "get away with murder." There are others who are happy about the outcome.

Come on, the rest of you guys, you non-commenters--express your opinions!

I got this from drocera .

Rules of the meme:

A) People who have been tagged must write their answers on their blogs & replace any question that they dislike with a new question formulated by themselves.

B) Tag 8 people to do this quiz & those who are tagged cannot refuse. These people must state who they were tagged by & cannot tag the person whom they were tagged by. Continue this game by sending it to other people.

I tag: castleisland, helquinartifex, marstokyo, venialblur, view_from_here, voodoukween, nymphette987 and jilrani. If I tagged anyone who doesn't want to play, that's OK. If I didn't tag you, it's most likely because I think you don't do memes.

EDITED TO ADD: I got rid of a few questions.

Remember the baby wildflowers?