Comments for cathy scott ... true crime author & journalist http://cathyscott.wordpress.com thoughts from the keyboard ... Fri, 18 Sep 2009 09:29:54 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on Crimes and Misdemeanors by Author Cathy Scott http://cathyscott.wordpress.com/2009/09/16/crimes-and-misdemeanors/#comment-125 Author Cathy Scott Fri, 18 Sep 2009 09:29:54 +0000 http://cathyscott.wordpress.com/2009/09/16/crimes-and-misdemeanors#comment-125 Thanks, Gina. It was odd, and it certainly did make it more difficult. We had just been asked graphic -- and embarrassing -- questions by the police. Looking back on it, though, and knowing what I know now, it was probably far easier for police to have a victim make a citizen's arrest right then and there than having to get an arrest warrant later -- a smart thing for the cops to do, albeit awkward for us. :-) Thanks, Gina. It was odd, and it certainly did make it more difficult. We had just been asked graphic — and embarrassing — questions by the police. Looking back on it, though, and knowing what I know now, it was probably far easier for police to have a victim make a citizen's arrest right then and there than having to get an arrest warrant later — a smart thing for the cops to do, albeit awkward for us. :-)

]]> Comment on Crimes and Misdemeanors by Gina http://cathyscott.wordpress.com/2009/09/16/crimes-and-misdemeanors/#comment-124 Gina Fri, 18 Sep 2009 05:02:50 +0000 http://cathyscott.wordpress.com/2009/09/16/crimes-and-misdemeanors#comment-124 What a great story. So many girls get flashed and it feels strangely creepy but funny. It struck me as odd that the cop required one of you to identify the guy. They didn't make it easy for you. Now we know more extreme sex criminals often start out as "weanie waggers." What a great story. So many girls get flashed and it feels strangely creepy but funny. It struck me as odd that the cop required one of you to identify the guy. They didn't make it easy for you. Now we know more extreme sex criminals often start out as "weanie waggers."

]]> Comment on Crimes and Misdemeanors by Cordelia of Cottage Antiques http://cathyscott.wordpress.com/2009/09/16/crimes-and-misdemeanors/#comment-123 Cordelia of Cottage Antiques Thu, 17 Sep 2009 04:58:52 +0000 http://cathyscott.wordpress.com/2009/09/16/crimes-and-misdemeanors#comment-123 Little did we know how insulated we were in our neighborhood and the community where we hung out freely with no worries. Yes, Vickie, we were all so young.<br /><br />Great summary of that night, Cathy. <br /><br />Roy - and all that! Hah! Thanks for the memories! Little did we know how insulated we were in our neighborhood and the community where we hung out freely with no worries. Yes, Vickie, we were all so young.

Great summary of that night, Cathy.

Roy – and all that! Hah! Thanks for the memories!

]]> Comment on Crimes and Misdemeanors by Author Cathy Scott http://cathyscott.wordpress.com/2009/09/16/crimes-and-misdemeanors/#comment-122 Author Cathy Scott Wed, 16 Sep 2009 19:44:12 +0000 http://cathyscott.wordpress.com/2009/09/16/crimes-and-misdemeanors#comment-122 Well, thank you, Roy. Very kind! Yes, you were a witness, weren't you, and very much a part of our spring break in Palm Springs with you and your buddies -- including our next-door neighbor Brian -- bunking in our Travelodge hotel room. We got kicked out of the room the next morning because we had too many people in the room. We did see plenty of skinny dipping in the pool. Halcyon days. Well, thank you, Roy. Very kind! Yes, you were a witness, weren't you, and very much a part of our spring break in Palm Springs with you and your buddies — including our next-door neighbor Brian — bunking in our Travelodge hotel room. We got kicked out of the room the next morning because we had too many people in the room. We did see plenty of skinny dipping in the pool. Halcyon days.

]]> Comment on Crimes and Misdemeanors by solaroy http://cathyscott.wordpress.com/2009/09/16/crimes-and-misdemeanors/#comment-121 solaroy Wed, 16 Sep 2009 17:47:00 +0000 http://cathyscott.wordpress.com/2009/09/16/crimes-and-misdemeanors#comment-121 Two things from an eyewitness: (1) you certainly DID get swimsuit-ready for spring break and (2) the flashing likely did happen again in Palm Springs, only then, it was called "streaking" and "skinny-dipping" Two things from an eyewitness: (1) you certainly DID get swimsuit-ready for spring break and (2) the flashing likely did happen again in Palm Springs, only then, it was called "streaking" and "skinny-dipping"

]]> Comment on Crimes and Misdemeanors by Vickie Pynchon http://cathyscott.wordpress.com/2009/09/16/crimes-and-misdemeanors/#comment-120 Vickie Pynchon Wed, 16 Sep 2009 13:58:47 +0000 http://cathyscott.wordpress.com/2009/09/16/crimes-and-misdemeanors#comment-120 Even though the story is not a warm & fuzzy memory of our teen years (we were SO YOUNG!) the impressions of the neighborhood and the easy way in which we roamed it from childhood until we all eventually moved away, is spot on and makes me nostalgic for a time gone away forever when mothers didn't much worry about their kids running the neighborhood so long as they came back home by the time it turned dark! Even though the story is not a warm & fuzzy memory of our teen years (we were SO YOUNG!) the impressions of the neighborhood and the easy way in which we roamed it from childhood until we all eventually moved away, is spot on and makes me nostalgic for a time gone away forever when mothers didn't much worry about their kids running the neighborhood so long as they came back home by the time it turned dark!

]]> Comment on Crimes and Misdemeanors by Author Cathy Scott http://cathyscott.wordpress.com/2009/09/16/crimes-and-misdemeanors/#comment-119 Author Cathy Scott Wed, 16 Sep 2009 05:39:23 +0000 http://cathyscott.wordpress.com/2009/09/16/crimes-and-misdemeanors#comment-119 Thanks so much! Wish I could thank you by name. Thanks so much! Wish I could thank you by name.

]]> Comment on Crimes and Misdemeanors by Anonymous http://cathyscott.wordpress.com/2009/09/16/crimes-and-misdemeanors/#comment-118 Anonymous Wed, 16 Sep 2009 03:52:40 +0000 http://cathyscott.wordpress.com/2009/09/16/crimes-and-misdemeanors#comment-118 A humble, humorous (in retrospect) beginning to the career of one of our best crime writers. I love the touch with the old, formal photos. Good stuff. A humble, humorous (in retrospect) beginning to the career of one of our best crime writers. I love the touch with the old, formal photos. Good stuff.

]]> Comment on Twittering Fantasy Fiction by Ellen http://cathyscott.wordpress.com/2009/07/24/twittering-fantasy-fiction/#comment-117 Ellen Fri, 31 Jul 2009 21:03:30 +0000 http://cathyscott.wordpress.com/2009/07/24/twittering-fantasy-fiction#comment-117 While role-playing of fictional characters on Twitter and on blogs is not unusual (I enjoy following some of those role-plays), it's quite amusing when it is this difficult to tell the difference between the cartoon characters and the real lawyers! While role-playing of fictional characters on Twitter and on blogs is not unusual (I enjoy following some of those role-plays), it's quite amusing when it is this difficult to tell the difference between the cartoon characters and the real lawyers!

]]> Comment on Somalia — A World Away by Kevin http://cathyscott.wordpress.com/2009/04/15/somalia-a-world-away/#comment-116 Kevin Wed, 01 Jul 2009 21:00:42 +0000 http://cathyscott.wordpress.com/2009/04/15/somalia-a-world-away#comment-116 I was with the 3rd.batt/6th Marines out of Camp Lejeune. We were there for the last month and a half after the operational name changed to Operation Continue Hope. The country was still as mixed up when we left as when we first arrived. DID WE do any good there? I honestly don't know. I only have one hopeful observation to that question. When we left our posts at the airport for the last time to get to our choppers. I was climbing down the ladder of bulldog 1, the observation post, and I saw this Somalian boy running towards us waving and smiling. It was like he was saying goodbye to us. I waved back and climbed down the ladder and doubled timed it to the pick up point. Maybe in the end we gave him a chance for life he might never have had. I have thought about that kid everyday since 1994. I was with the 3rd.batt/6th Marines out of Camp Lejeune. We were there for the last month and a half after the operational name changed to Operation Continue Hope. The country was still as mixed up when we left as when we first arrived. DID WE do any good there? I honestly don't know. I only have one hopeful observation to that question. When we left our posts at the airport for the last time to get to our choppers. I was climbing down the ladder of bulldog 1, the observation post, and I saw this Somalian boy running towards us waving and smiling. It was like he was saying goodbye to us. I waved back and climbed down the ladder and doubled timed it to the pick up point. Maybe in the end we gave him a chance for life he might never have had. I have thought about that kid everyday since 1994.

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