It reads like a line from a clever whodunnit:
The aspiring actress told an operator: “I can’t breathe. I’ve been stabbed. Please help me. I’m dying. He’s stabbed me to death.”
There’s something about the murder mystery that holds a unique place in our popular lore, from Hitchcock to Agatha Christie to CSI. Such mysteries are fun and intellectually diverting…
Drowning in clutter?
A new study finds that objects don’t bring you happiness, but buying experiences actually may:
“[E]xperiential purchases, such as a meal out or theater tickets, result in increased well-being because they satisfy higher order needs, specifically the need for social connectedness and vitality — a feeling of being alive.” According to psychology professor Ryan Howell,…
The St. Petersburg Times reports:
A woman has been arrested after accosting her live-in boyfriend with a pink sex toy.
Yes, it’s true. Intoxicated Kimberly Lynn Calvert of Treasure Island, Florida was charged with battery for poking her boyfriend John Anthony Gonzales several times in the groin.
Naturally, he called 911.
You might think this…
This is the second article in our series about King County Superior Court Schedules. Last week we briefly discussed what the Case Schedule is and the role it plays in your case. Today we’re discussing the first two events on your Case Schedule.
Funnily, your case schedule will tell…
A couple of months ago we wrote about a marriage calculator that calculates the odds of getting divorced.
Now some researchers from the Australian National University have studied almost 2500 couples to identify factors that tend to correlate to divorce. The report is titled “What’s Love Got To Do With It?”
Yes, but how…
Why must we cast Chris Brown as either a cynical villain or a wayward soul seeking heroic redemption? He is neither evil incarnate nor a paragon of virtue. He is, in fact, just an angry and confused young man trying to clean up his act.
Back in March, after Brown’s vicious beating of his then girlfriend Rihanna, I wrote about…
In our previous two series, we’ve gone over how to file for divorce, and how to file for temporary orders. Now for the Case Schedule.
If you’ve filed for divorce (or just about any lawsuit) in King County, one of the documents the clerk handed you was your Case Schedule. The Case Schedule sets out a…
There are plenty of ways to leave someone at the altar, but it’s hard to beat email for efficiency – or tackiness.
Basketball player Richard Jefferson of the San Antonio Spurs recently did the deed electronically with fiance Kesha Ni’Cole Nichols because, he explains:
Sometimes you might write an e-mail to get your thoughts down right.
He had the body of a porn star. He would disappear mysteriously for days a time. Jason Brake even had the name of a porn star.
But Haylie Hocking believed him when he said he was a personal trainer. She believed him when he said that his mysterious weekend trips were just to visit gyms with his trainer clients. And…
My wife and I always agreed that we would send our daughter to private school. Now that we’re splitting up, she says that she can’t afford it – even though she earns the same salary. Will the court make her stick to her promise?
Maybe.
An Order of Child support sets out the…
