I say yes, you say no, OR People are Strange

TGIF!!!!!

Is the bar open yet?????

Lets all drink to a good weekend, Barbara's interview, healing up for Bren and a toast to the new baby!!

YUP..............I'll have a chocolate Martini pleeeeeeeease!

Lots to toast to - oh,

....and a toast to a wish for "no surprises" in a pelvic MRI I have scheduled for Sept 27 by the very thorough Johns Hopkins doctor I saw today. May it be the most boooooring imagery with absolutely nothing to report.

Here's to uneventful scans, Athena. Thanks all for the interview good wishes. I NEED a new job. Heading to Tulsa Tues. -Fri. Ack.

Ha, ha!!

Well, how about some intersting reading, then...I was intrigued by the first San Francisco case mentioned (my bold):

"Many of the seminal cases in defamation law have arisen out of articles published in newspapers.  However, in today's world of Web 2.0, where websites such as Yelp.com ("Yelp"), have turned the average person into an online publisher, the law of defamation may be changing.  In the past year, Yelp's online reviews have spawned at least three lawsuits alleging defamation.  One San Francisco lawsuit filed by a chiropractor who was negatively reviewed, settled in mediation earlier this year.  A second suit, filed in Santa Clara County by a pediatric dentist is pending on appeal after the judge denied defendants' (the patient's parents) anti-SLAPP (Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation)[1] motion because the dentist demonstrated a probability of success on the merits, which allowed the case to continue.  The third San Francisco lawsuit also involved a dentist and settled last year after the judge granted the defendant's anti-SLAPP motion.

Overcoming the anti-SLAPP hurdle by demonstrating the probability of success on the merits of a defamation case at the outset of the litigation is often difficult because not all negative comments about a business or service are actionable.  In Milkovich v. Lorain Journal Co. (1990) 497 U.S. 1, the United States Supreme Court clarified the law of defamation as it pertains to opinion statements.  The Court ruled that opinion statements based on false facts are actionable, but specifically excepted statements of opinion based on true and disclosed facts.  See Milkovich, 497 U.S. 1, 11-23.  After Milkovich, the relevant question is not merely whether the published statement is fact or opinion, but whether a reasonable fact finder could conclude that the published statement declares or implies a false assertion of fact.  See Franklin v. Dynamic Details, Inc. (2004) 116 Cal.App.4th 375, 385."

For more:   http://www.fablaw.com/publications/recent-defamation-lawsuits-resulting-from-internet-reviews-options-when-your-business-is-negatively-reviewed.html

There is only ONE thing that Karl Rove and I can agree on: "You can run but you can't hide." It pertains to both civil and criminal law. Nothing in cyberspace really gets lost.

Wow the review site is blowing up today. I was even mentioned this time and I hardly ever post.

Sick.

Mary 

"Nothing in cyberspace really gets lost".  Absolutely correct, Athena.  There is no hiding -- behind whatever nom de plume (or nom de "net"!).  I attended a HS reunion last week and had a MOST interesting conversation with a classmate who has just retired from RIM (Blackberry maker) but still consults for the company.  What he told me about internet privacy ( there is NONE, if you know where to look) shocked me silly!

Good morning and good night ladies!!!!

Been a busy day - housecleaning for my trainer, working my horse, coming home and totally cleaning the interior of my car, housesitting.....the list goes on and on and on.  I started at 9 am this morning and didn't stop until 9:30 pm tonight.

Tomorrow will be another rough day so I won't be able to be around much.

Good news is that my tooth doesn't hurt.  I am about a pain level 3-4 with my hips which means it is a good day for me.

My border terrier (Abbey) is in bed waiting for me so I am going to jump off.  I already took my ambien for the night although I don't anticipate falling asleep for at least another 30 minutes or so and yet it is already midnight.

Have a great weekend everyone and I will pop in when I can.  Do know that I am at the least reading and trying to stay caught up.

Barbara - great news on your 2nd interview - I read where you actually have a day and time set up now.

 regarding the review site.  I can't believe the nastiness continues on and on.

Hey, Bren, I hope you celebrate big with those new boots! Happy Birthday, girl, and be careful!!

Bren - what are your plans for this special day? Whatever they are, I'm sure they include high heels! Hope your day is as wonderful as you are.

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Happy Birthday Bren!!! 

The weather has cooled off here too ... I love it!  We took the doggies for a long walk in the park yesterday and it was just beautiful outside.

Congratulations on new grandbabies and 2nd job interviews and fun trips and all the other good stuff going on in everybody's lives!

HAPPY, HAPPY, HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Bren.  You don't know how lucky you are I'm writing this and not singing.  Hope it's a wonderful day, careful in those girly shoes - ENJOY, ENJOY, ENJOY.

Jancie - so happy to hear your tooth is behaving.

Athena - fingers crossed for the most boring MRI.  Completely b-o-or-ring.

Think we may have had a dusting of frost last night - will know when I check the SunGold tomatoes still on the vines.

Hope everyone has a lovely day - kinda giggling to myself, as I'm writing something which would be read by SusieQ in my old London days home, looking out a window at Dairy cows munching their breakfast in a neighboring field.  Life is Good!

Happiest of birthdays, Bren!  No running in those heels, no matter how romantic it looks in those slo-mo commercials.  :-)  Hope you're doing something fun and NOT pruning trees!

Sunflowers - one of my most favourite memories of this trip will be the happy fat cows and sheep I've seen.

The hotel we are in is great. We did get to spend half of the day with the baby and Mark - DIL from hell stayed home. She texts him every f-ing 5 minutes - really creepy behaviour. He said  he was giving her the day off - talk about under the thumb. At least we didn't have to put up with her. I can tell she doesn't like me - she is obviously threatened by anyone close to our son. I've been doing the sookie mummy thing on him - works well - a few tears and lots of hugs:)

We have offered to mind the baby tonight so they can go to the movies. He is so cute and was no bother all afternoon. What pissed me off, was that we had to wait until lunchtime to get to see him. Sounds like we might get to see them again tomorrow - we'd better - we did come on this trip to spend time with him.

I've decided being a granny isn't so bad - he does smile at me - bless his little heart.

We both can't wait to go home - it's so crowded over here.

Sue