December 12, 2013 at 4:09 pm ·
Filed under General
Victims of the month:
Michelle Kane, 43, who was stabbed to death while trying to flee her estranged husband Michael Kane, 46, on a suburban street in the West San Fernando Valley, CA. While she was granted a restraining order a couple of months earlier, to an addict this is like poking a stick in the eye, which may cause him to react and lash out in much more destructive ways. Kane, a teacher at a Los Angeles Unified School District elementary school (in the process of protecting worthy members, unions enable the worst ones), had already committed a number of malicious acts and made numerous threats, including a promise to cut her throat. While she knew enough to describe her ...
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December 12, 2013 at 4:08 pm ·
Filed under 1 - Top Stories
Disenablers of the month:
Richard Stannell and his K9 named Joe, who work for RK Agency Investigations in Granbury, TX. Parents can call on Joe to sniff out heroin, marijuana, meth and cocaine to see if their kids (or spouses) have drugs stashed in and around the house. Some parents say they’ve found some drugs and want Joe to see if there are others in locations ordinary trusting humans wouldn’t think of—in air conditioning vents, under carpets, in linings of clothes and beds and anywhere else young addicts dream up to protect their perceived “right to use.”
Once Joe “locates” the drugs, it’s up to the parents to either turn in the kids or deal with it privately. Firms all over the ...
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December 12, 2013 at 4:01 pm ·
Filed under 1 - Top Stories
James Gandolfini, best known for his role as Tony Soprano, dead of a heart attack at age 51. Whenever someone dies so young, addiction should be suspected. I knew little about him and his alter-ego (I was not a fan of The Sopranos), but quickly found a history of substance addiction in the actor (not to mention the character). During a nasty divorce in the early 2000s, Gandolfini went public about his drug use. However, he was arguably in damage-control mode, deflecting accusations by his then-soon-to-be ex-wife, Marcy Gandolfini, that he was a cocaine and booze binger who had “kinky sex with multiple mistresses” during their brief marriage. His chief enabler and representative, Dan Klores, claimed that “to bring [up ...
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December 12, 2013 at 3:39 pm ·
Filed under 2 - Movie & Book Reviews
“Why She Drinks”
An article in The Wall Street Journal entitled “Why She Drinks,” which is an adaptation from the new book, Her Best Kept Secret by Gabrielle Glaser, begins by pointing out there is a profound difference between how men and women “abuse” alcohol and the purported reasons. While the ideas in the article may have been taken out of context, the myths they extol are dangerous for those looking for real reasons. That the genders are biologically different does not mean the common thread of abuse is any different between the sexes.
According to the article, women are the primary drinkers of wine. Additionally, the number of women arrested for DUI in the decade ending in 2007 rose 30%, but ...
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December 12, 2013 at 3:35 pm ·
Filed under 3 - Dear Doug...
Biological mom is no mom at all
Dear Doug:
I’ve been involved with a wonderful man who has three children from a previous marriage. I love these kids and don’t mind serving the role of their biological mother, who’s rarely around.
I have a problem with a mother who doesn’t act like one. She had her driver’s license pulled because of her refusal to pay court-ordered child support (the father has full custody). She has had no contact with the kids for nearly a year, while the kids are continually asking when they will see her.
If she ever calls should we tell her to leave us all alone?
Signed,
Concerned would-be step-mother
Dear Codependent,
Other columnists would tell you your role is to offer emotional attachment and ...
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December 12, 2013 at 3:34 pm ·
Filed under 4 - Alcoholic Myth of the Month
“Unchecked emotions can lead to irrational behavior.”
So said reporter Julian Kimble in a piece entitled, “Pennsylvania Man Tries to Shoot Wedding Ring Off After Argument with Wife,” in reporting how Alfredo Malespini III, a Federal Correctional Institution guard nearly severed his finger in his failed attempt to shoot off his wedding ring (the subject of TAR Lite # 25). This is yet another half-truth. While “unchecked emotions” can lead to irrational behavior, this doesn’t shed light on the causes of such emotions and, therefore, the source of irrational behavior. As readers of my books know and understand, such behavior is nearly always rooted in alcoholism.
Malespini had been “drinking heavily” the day of the shooting. “Drinking heavily” is a euphemism ...
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December 12, 2013 at 3:33 pm ·
Filed under 5 - Amazing Alcoholic Antics
Story from “This is True” by Randy Cassingham, with his “tagline:”
“A SOBER ASSESSMENT: When Tom Stilwell, 20, woke up in a hospital, the British man living in Auckland, New Zealand, was told what brought him there. He had arrived at his apartment after a night out with friends to discover he was locked out. Stilwell, who lives on the 14th floor of the building, knocked on the door of the woman who lived directly above him. Despite the hour — 2:00 a.m. — and despite him being ‘a little bit tipsy,’ Geraldine Bautista, 28, let him in. Stilwell's plan: ‘Can you please let me jump off from the balcony? I will not bother you just let me use your balcony.’ ...
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November 7, 2013 at 11:18 am ·
Filed under TAR Lite: What Would You Do?
Would you:
1. Turn off the ringer on your phone from 5 pm to 8 am?
2. Let the phone ring through to voice mail after hours?
3. Get a separate phone line and ignore the work phone after normal business hours?
4. Under the theory that your business requires you to get rest so you can better function and earn a living, deduct the travel costs required to "get away" from clients, including those for a Holiday Inn, a car rental service, and a stay at a casino?
Congratulations if you selected # 4, because that’s what Joyce A. Linzy did on her own tax return. Her clever-by-half idea was shot down by the IRS and, later, by the United States ...
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November 4, 2013 at 1:46 pm ·
Filed under TAR Lite: What Would You Do?
Would you...
1. Make sure no one is injured?
2. Call police to make a report?
3. Get the heck out of Dodge before someone sees you?
4. Walk away from the wreck and head to a nearby bar?
Congratulations if you selected # 4, because that’s what Rashad Williams, 38, did at about 3:30 a.m. one morning. Police, responding to a 911 call, found Rashad’s Chrysler sticking out of the building. A witness told police the driver had walked to the bar next door; officers found Rashad at the bar drinking a beer. Police apparently allowed him to pay the barkeep before arresting him for DUI.
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November 1, 2013 at 8:30 am ·
Filed under TAR Lite: What Would You Do?
Would you…
1. Wait until you can swim at a friend’s pool the next morning?
2. Find a late-night fitness center with a pool?
3. Head to another hotel that has a pool, pay for a night and figure that’s just the price of a much-needed swim?
4. As you’re passing by the hotel-casino’s fountain, you take your clothes off and hop in?
Congratulations if you selected # 4, because that’s what bodacious blonde Courtney Cox, 29, did one Sunday evening. She was found by casino security swimming naked in the Horseshoe Casino and Hotel fountain in Bossier City, LA. She had put her clothes back on by the time police arrived and was given “many opportunities” to contact a sober friend to take her home; instead, she yelled ...
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October 30, 2013 at 1:12 pm ·
Filed under TAR Lite: What Would You Do?
Would you...
1. Ask a good friend to drive you?
2. Take the bus?
3. Thumb a ride?
4. Put your small dog on your backpack, some beer and a pistol into your saddlebag, mount your horse and start riding?
Congratulations if you selected # 4, because that's what Patrick Schumacher, 45, did. After riding 100 miles from Larkspur to Boulder, Colorado, Schumacher was found wandering in and out of traffic, forcing pedestrians off the sidewalk and allegedly hitting his horse. He told officers called to the scene that he was traveling to Bryce, Utah to attend his brother’s wedding. When asked why he was traveling by horse, he responded that his driver’s license had been revoked (no need to ask ...
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July 1, 2013 at 9:32 am ·
Filed under TAR Lite: What Would You Do?
Would you...
1. Politely ask your neighbor to cut the grass?
2. Bring out your lawn mower and offer to lend it to your neighbor?
3. Get your lawn mower and start mowing the lawn yourself?
4. Set fire to the lawn?
Congratulations if you selected # 4, because that’s what Phillip Roger Bennett, 58, did. His neighbor, Marty Corbitt, was watching cartoons with his 3-year-old daughter when Bennett burst into the home after setting the lawn on fire. Gas can in one hand, lighter in the other, he poured gasoline all over the kitchen and, while pouring, lit the fuel. As flames erupted, Corbitt grabbed his daughter and escaped the conflagration, which destroyed the home that belonged to his grandmother.
After a bit of a ...
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June 25, 2013 at 11:32 am ·
Filed under TAR Lite: What Would You Do?
Would you...
1. Speak softly to the bear and slowly back off?
2. Figuring the bear has smelled your food, throw it as far as you can off to the side and, making sure he's heading for the food, ride off in the opposite direction?
3. Figuring the bear has smelled your food, throw it all at him and slowly ride away?
4. Taunt the bear by waving the meat in front of him and then toss small pieces to him a few times?
Congratulations if you selected # 4, because that's what an unnamed man did near a campground north of Anchorage, Alaska. After tossing the first piece, the man—who “had been drinking”—tossed a second—and that is, reportedly, when the bear ...
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June 20, 2013 at 1:43 pm ·
Filed under TAR Lite: What Would You Do?
Would you…
1. Blame the burglar?
2. Discuss security with your father (the homeowner) and vow to improve security?
3. Blame your father, because you believe he is Satan?
Congratulations if you selected # 3, because that’s what an unnamed 25-year-old did. By itself, you’d be hard-pressed to end up in jail by holding a belief. However, the man acted out on his belief by pulling his father down a street towards a church, where he could atone, while yelling obscenities and screaming, “I’m taking you to church because you are Satan!” The “pulling” was so violent he was charged with third-degree assault and harassment. Police say when they arrived at the scene, the 25-year-old was screaming, “I am God!” and was biting ...
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June 5, 2013 at 9:52 am ·
Filed under TAR Lite: What Would You Do?
Would you…
1. Lather up with plenty of soap and try again?
2. Try some butter or oil on the digit?
3. Realize the ring may not come off because you’re retaining excess water, wait until morning and try again?
4. Take your gun and attempt to shoot the ring off?
Congratulations if you selected # 4, which is exactly what Alfredo Fortunato Malespini III, 31, attempted, in an insane desire to get his wedding ring off. While his “shot” didn’t remove the ring, he suffered severe hand wounds and his finger was nearly severed. Malespini, a lieutenant at the Federal Correctional Institution-McKean, near Bradford, PA, is facing weapons charges for firing his gun within city limits (a summary offense), reckless endangerment of others and ...
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