Archive for September 19th, 2012

I’m not snickering. I’m experiencing schadenfreude.

Wednesday, September 19th, 2012

I would have sworn I had written about the Virginia Samuelson murder case last year, but I can’t find it. Maybe I sent it to Weer’d Beard for the “Gun Death” files instead.

Short version: Shaun Samuelson got into an argument with his mother, Virginia, and hit her several times. EMS was called, and while Mrs. Samuelson was on a stretcher, being loaded into the ambulance, Mr. Samuelson drove his pickup into the group (including Mrs. Samuelson, the EMTs, and an APD officer) killing her. (APD and the EMTs apparently ducked out of the way and avoided serious injury.)

The jury in Mr. Samuelson’s trial took 30 minutes to return a “guilty” verdict on capital murder charges.

Mr. Samuelson will serve a life sentence, as the prosecution did not seek the death penalty.

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SDC updates.

Wednesday, September 19th, 2012

Lawrence and I have been making efforts (around the other things we have going on) to reboot the Logbook of the Saturday Dining Conspiracy in blog format. As I’ve mentioned previously, mac.com hosting went away, and I’m not sure what’s going to happen with Real/Time hosting.

We have a first version of it here, or at least one I don’t mind sharing with people.

One of the big problems I’ve been running into is the need for a header image. I found one that sort of “works”, for some value of works, but I’d really like to find a distinctive header image (or a set of images) that I won’t mind looking at for the next twenty years or so. The recommended image is 940 pixels wide by 198 pixels high.

If anyone wants to take a cut at doing a header image, I’m willing to put something on the table; either cash (in the double digits) or dinner at an SDC if you’re in the area.

Contact me at the usual addresses if you’re interested in talking specifics.

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