Dominick Dunne
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Maggie McArdle
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08-27-2009 23:08
Dominick Dunne _____________________
There's, uh, probably a lot of things you didn't know about lindens. Another, another interesting, uh, lindenism, uh, there are only three jobs available to a linden. The first is making shoes at night while, you know, while the old cobbler sleeps.You can bake cookies in a tree. But the third job, some call it, uh, "the show" or "the big dance," it's the profession that every linden aspires to.
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Lias Leandros
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08-27-2009 23:17
Noooo, I loved that little blue blood. He was morbid fun.
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Maggie McArdle
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08-27-2009 23:18
Noooo, I loved that little blue blood. He was morbid fun. and wickedly witty! _____________________
There's, uh, probably a lot of things you didn't know about lindens. Another, another interesting, uh, lindenism, uh, there are only three jobs available to a linden. The first is making shoes at night while, you know, while the old cobbler sleeps.You can bake cookies in a tree. But the third job, some call it, uh, "the show" or "the big dance," it's the profession that every linden aspires to.
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Clarissa Lowell
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08-28-2009 09:41
Oh no way! Ohh, I always liked him.
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Scylla Rhiadra
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08-28-2009 09:46
Um. Forgive an ignorant Canadian who doesn't have cable . . . but who is this?
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Lula Svoboda
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08-28-2009 09:47
Dominick Dunne I have missed him so much in Vanity Fair. Loved his style. _____________________
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Clarissa Lowell
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08-28-2009 09:56
Um. Forgive an ignorant Canadian who doesn't have cable . . . but who is this? Dominick Dunne - author, father of Griffin Dunne and Dominique Dunne, actors. Dominique appeared in the film "Poltergeist" and tragically was murdered by her then-boyfriend. The light sentence led to a depression then a resolve to address such issues in the justice system by covering the stories. He was a correspondent for Vanity Fair magazine for the Menendez and O.J. Simpson trials. He wrote several compelling books as well. But many saw him as part of the national conscience. A gentle soul. He will be missed. _____________________
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Scylla Rhiadra
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08-28-2009 09:57
Dominick Dunne - author, father of Griffin Dunne and Dominique Dunne, actors. Dominique appeared in the film "Poltergeist" and tragically was murdered by her then-boyfriend. The light sentence led to a depression then a resolve to address such issues in the justice system by covering the stories. He was a correspondent for Vanity Fair magazine for the Menendez and O.J. Simpson trials. He wrote several compelling books as well. But many saw him as part of the national conscience. A gentle soul. He will be missed. Ah, ty. This is ringing a few bells now. _____________________
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Clarissa Lowell
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08-28-2009 09:58
You're welcome.
He also was courageous in the face of obvious yet quietly accepted b.s., a trait I really like. _____________________
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sable Valentine
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08-28-2009 09:59
I loved Dominick Dunne and his crime shows on cable. Hopefully he is reunited with his daughter in the afterlife.
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Clarissa Lowell
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08-28-2009 10:29
Yes - once that occured to me also, sable, I did get a bit misty eyed. Her death was a huge impact in his life. Can't imagine what the Dunne family went through.
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sable Valentine
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08-28-2009 10:45
Yes - once that occured to me also, sable, I did get a bit misty eyed. Her death was a huge impact in his life. Can't imagine what the Dunne family went through. Me neither. You know the guy that killed he I believe only did a short stunt in prison. Like less than 5 years. Now he's changed his name and works as a chef. Mr. Dunne rightfully so was outraged! _____________________
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Clarissa Lowell
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08-28-2009 10:49
Two years, and yes, Dominique's boyfriend was already a chef and found a job doing the same upon release from prison.
Mr. Dunne's official website has a nice eulogy up. http://www.dominickdunne.net _____________________
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Scylla Rhiadra
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08-28-2009 11:00
Two years, and yes, Dominique's boyfriend was already a chef and found a job doing the same upon release from prison. Mr. Dunne's official website has a nice eulogy up. http://www.dominickdunne.net Ok, I need to find out why he only got two years. That seems nuts. _____________________
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Clarissa Lowell
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08-28-2009 11:02
Unfortunately that's the legal system in America. And yes, it is an especially painful example.
I have noticed that if the crime consists of a man murdering his current or former lover, the sentence served is frequently 3 to 7 years. It's horrible. By contrast - a woman commiting a similar crime often gets life in prison, whether it was technically self defense or not (I say 'technically' because in such cases direct threat is called into doubt, vs. ongoing/implied, i.e. battered woman syndrome.) _____________________
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Scylla Rhiadra
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08-28-2009 11:09
Unfortunately that's the legal system in America. And yes, it is an especially painful example. I have noticed that if the crime consists of a man murdering his current or former lover, the sentence served is frequently 3 to 7 years. It's horrible. By contrast - a woman commiting a similar crime often gets life in prison, whether it was technically self defense or not (I say 'technically' because in such cases direct threat is called into doubt, vs. ongoing/implied, i.e. battered woman syndrome.) Not just in America, I'm afraid. A friend of mine (and the OP of a certain necro thread that is currently hanging here on the front page of the forum) does a lot of work with rape and violence against women in Scotland. She's often pointed out that the conviction rate for rape in that country is about 6%. Which would seem to suggest that 94% of the women who are claiming to have been sexually assaulted are "lying."  The system, as they say, sucks. _____________________
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Clarissa Lowell
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08-28-2009 11:10
Yes it does.
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