What are you reading in 2025?

[littlebittybobby]

okay---when i read a book, it hasta be read and like a text book. Also, i find it necessary to do some outside reading pertinent to the book i'm on. Why? because mosta these writers of a 300-page book coulda had a 1000-page book--if they even adequately research it. I'm not talking about these journalism-school wonders who "research" what some other journalism-school wonder already wrote, and echo what they said. See? So, yeah---I been going xtra slow on my latest read. Yup.

[littlebittybobby]

I was furious with Jeff for ruining his life and her life.

Jeff is black, Ellie his wife was white and this stirred up the usual race bullshit endemic to St. Louis. It split our neighborhood with friends no longer speaking to friends. Things were not the same for ten years afterwards. So I was furous with him for doing that, too and this was a big deal because we had a very large and close circle of friends, I would say probably 30 people in the core party group.

He shot her on the day their divorce was final. The judge had awarded the house to her and she told him he had to leave. Ridiculously, they both still occupied the house out of a stupid idea that if one of them left that person had less claim on the house.

TNB. Avoid them, no matter how nice they seem, and it will greatly avoid drama. seeeewhatumsayin'?

[Tybee]

I was furious with Jeff for ruining his life and her life.

Jeff is black, Ellie his wife was white and this stirred up the usual race bullshit endemic to St. Louis. It split our neighborhood with friends no longer speaking to friends. Things were not the same for ten years afterwards. So I was furous with him for doing that, too and this was a big deal because we had a very large and close circle of friends, I would say probably 30 people in the core party group.

He shot her on the day their divorce was final. The judge had awarded the house to her and she told him he had to leave. Ridiculously, they both still occupied the house out of a stupid idea that if one of them left that person had less claim on the house.

That is what our lawyers had us doing and it was horrible! Finally he started stalking me away from the house and I got a protective order. The judge gave me the house but he was extremely angry, like Jeff, and I thought I would end up like Ellie if I kept the house so I gave it to him to avoid him murdering me. (He had already told me he was thinking about having his first wife killed, he knew people who could do it as a favor. He was a lawyer.) So I lost my house. I still have a recurrent dream where I get the house back.

[iris lilies]

That is what our lawyers had us doing and it was horrible! Finally he started stalking me away from the house and I got a protective order. The judge gave me the house but he was extremely angry, like Jeff, and I thought I would end up like Ellie if I kept the house so I gave it to him to avoid him murdering me. (He had already told me he was thinking about having his first wife killed, he knew people who could do it as a favor. He was a lawyer.) So I lost my house. I still have a recurrent dream where I get the house back.

Wow. is this your ex?

[Tybee]

Wow. is this your ex?

Oh, yes.

[littlebittybobby]

okay----so yeah---look at this----it really happened at Nine-Eleven Missippissi one night. (see photo). But, anyway---it was the result o' too much a that fine wine. Yup. Edited to add: I cant find the photo i was going to post. So, as an alternative, I'm posting a photo of the very first Pizza Hut, located in Wichita, Ks. Yup.

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[iris lilies]

okay----so yeah---look at this----it really happened at Nine-Eleven Missippissi one night. (see photo). But, anyway---it was the result o' too much a that fine wine. Yup. Edited to add: I cant find the photo i was going to post. So, as an alternative, I'm posting a photo of the very first Pizza Hut, located in Wichita, Ks. Yup.

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You talkin about the fire that shuttered the sister restaurant to 1111 Mississippi? Some asshole put out their cigarette in a hanging basket and later that night a full fledged fire burned. The owner who own several restaurant in that complex had to pull out of our neighborhood’s development plan. Tragic for them. Insurance wouldn’t cover cost of rebuild.

[littlebittybobby]

okay---i did not know about that one, faux. but yeah---cigarrrettes are a nuisance. what was the victim's name, in that murder in your hood? just curious. Or, maybe tell me the exes' name, so i can look on MODOC to see his current status.

[iris lilies]

okay---i did not know about that one, faux. but yeah---cigarrrettes are a nuisance. what was the victim's name, in that murder in your hood? just curious. Or, maybe tell me the exes' name, so i can look on MODOC to see his current status.

He got out of prison a few years ago.He has a very common name so you won’t be able to ID him: ’ Jeff Harris.

There are ways to read about the murder but you are not a good enough sleuth to find those sources.

[Alan]

There are ways to read about the murder but you are not a good enough sleuth to find those sources.

Uh Oh! I suspect PacMan won't get much sleep tonight after that challenge.