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How did that Rumpelstiltskin get a movie star AND. a billionaire?


She's rich and connected.
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Was thinking the same thing. To be able to officiate the termination of one's alimony must be a real treat.


She was the one with the money in the relationship. Her dad is super rich and connected. He founded the biggest talent agency in Hollywood and was president of Universal Studios.
I loved her as Howard on the Big Bang Theory.

Edit: MMauler beat me to it!

re: Would you buy used clothes?

Posted by SpaceCamp on 10/5/26 at 5:57 pm to
A good chunk of my wardrobe is from Goodwill. It's an easy way to save a ton of money. I get compliments on my clothes all the time.

We went to Goodwill because my daughter needed scrubs for a class. We found two brand new sets for $15. And they were the fancy, expensive scrubs. We also found a new, formal dress for her for $8. It still had the $175 tag on it.
I was talking to a friend of mine whose family member was one of the American Airline pilots for the plane that crashed into the Pentagon. She said his widow has never remarried and has never been the same. There were so many lives destroyed that day.
I worked in a mental health facility previously, and at least two male patients were there because they were each found not guilty by reason of insanity for killing male family members.

It happens, but their cases weren't national news stories.

re: Death at Plaza Tower

Posted by SpaceCamp on 8/31/26 at 7:28 pm to
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That is someone's child, grandchild, nephew (mines) I assume you were perfect and never made a mistake.I pray it never happens to anybody else's family.


I am so sorry for your family's loss. Don't listen to the nasty folks. I did dumb stuff as a kid and I'm sure everyone else here did, too. No one one deserves to die for it.
She was never in consideration for that show. She and Harry keep trying to manifest stuff, and it keeps blowing up on their faces.

re: The kids are growing up.

Posted by SpaceCamp on 8/16/26 at 7:58 pm to
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Boys 18 and 20.


I have two girls the same age. The oldest is already back at school and the youngest moves next week. It is just so bittersweet. I keep saying I would love to have one more day when they were 4 and 6 just so I could appreciate it in a way that I couldn't at the time.

My husband has stage IV pancreatic cancer so it just feels particularly hard right now.
I think people look at her the same way they look at Andrea Yates. They were both mentally ill and really do appear to be suffering from psychosis. Not guilty by reason of insanity also isn't a get out of jail free card. Most do end up living the rest of their lives in a mental institution.

I haven't really followed this case, but that's what I hear from people at work who are following it.
He also claimed he didn't speak until he was 11 and couldn't read or write until he was 18. And that he had cancer, a stroke, locked in syndrome, and a few other insane medical issues.

It's just scary that no one questioned this at all.
A lot of prayer and just taking things day-by-day. My husband currently has stage 4 pancreatic cancer. There are a lot of smaller things we are dealing with as well, but terminal cancer is the looming shadow over our lives at the moment.

I also find just being open with people helps. No one wants to be vulnerable, but I have found that when I open up, others do the same. There are a lot of hurting people around us and we can draw a lot of strength and courage from others.

Also, people want to help. I have had to swallow my pride a lot on the last few months and ask for help because I couldn't be three places at once.


Does the student loan industry suck? Absolutely! The industry and colleges prey on vulnerable people.

At the same time, a college student should be smart to do basic math. If they aren't, college isn't for them.

I came from a poor family and was a first generation college student. My parents basically kicked me out at 18 so I had no choice but to live in student housing. I remember my mom telling me to just borrow money because I would be able to pay it off after college. I told her that was stupid because I wasn't guaranteed a good job. I went to the school that gave me the most money, worked multiple jobs, and was dirt poor through school. I managed to graduate with only 8k in loans that I paid off as quickly as possible.

College doesn't have to cost 100k! I live in TN and community college is free for students. The unfashionable state schools (which are great schools) have tuition of about 11k a year without financial aid. There are so many options!
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She’s gonna dash away with that inheritance in a few years


And she'll have earned every penny of it the hard way.
An attorney I used to be acquainted with loved to tell about his encounter with David Allen Coe. He was hired for a collections case against him. Said DAC was a huge a-hole to deal with and claimed to be broke and couldn't pay the judgment. He was getting ready for work one and his secretary called him to say that one of DAC's song just hit the top ten list. He said he took off to the ASCAP office with the judgment to place a lien against the proceeds. He swears that DAC called him being as nice as pie trying to get him to remove it, and he told him to F- off just like DAC had told him so many times.

No idea if it's true, but I do know he was involved in a lot of high dollar collection cases.
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Notre Dame (just amazing how work that intricate was done with the tools they had)


Notre Dame was so crowded when we visited that it was hard really take in. I was disappointed that I didn't get to truly soak it in.
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The Badlands. Seems so out of place in South Dakota.


This is my answer as well. I guess I expected the Grand Canyon to be as vast as it was so I didn't feel overwhelmed by the size. I did get freaked out when I got close to the edge.

The Badlands is just otherworldly. I felt like I was visiting a different planet.

I would also add Normandy. We visited last July and just seeing row after row after row of graves was just overwhelming. I felt so many emotions during that visit - sadness, pride, awe, sorrow, grief.
I used to know an older gentleman nicknamed Hershey who was an orphan raised in one of the homes started by Milton Hershey. He spoke very highly of his experience and how it shaped him.

We visited Hersheypark and the Hershey museum several years ago, and it was worth the visit. After hearing his story and visiting the museum, I walked away with a tremendous amount of respect for Milton Hershey.
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Thh, I didn’t think it would even clear $100 million.


That's worldwide box office so it's basically tanked in every country in the world.
Not, but I'm old. My daughters went to a private school where the two main history teachers they had were men who not only taught them history and government but also how to think and question things.

My youngest daughter competed in a scholarship competition where part of what they were evaluated on was debating a current event topic. She was shocked that most of the students she was grouped with argued based on emotions, and she was laying out an argument based on the constitution. She was offered a really good scholarship.