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Oh damn I could hear the dun dun dun at the end of that chapter. We know why Nana needs help, mommie dearest keeps her medicated up so she can handle the family money. Fun chapter.

School uniforms at private schools, at least in California, seem to be the province of parochial schools.

No one cares about baseball in the middle of college football. I'd be more focused on Mizzou and Bama.

Happy Birthday Dom wherever you are

Beatles bah! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-9iVzOftNA

Kid couldn't sing at all. He was completely flat, no tonal qualities. He looked like he was in a jr high talent show and not winning. There are so many other people with so much talent it is ridiculous.

Isn't Jeanine his nanny? I mean, yeah she raised him, but wasn't his mother was the crazy Shulter/Crampton lady who was doing a Persian guy? You really do not understand the water polo world especially the elite level and you really don't understand the world of elite prep schools or the Menlo School wp coach specifically. Water polo isn't like football, baseball, hockey, etc. The athletes are very different, the coaches are very different and the environment is very different. Given Will's size and athletic ability he would be an instant star in the sport, especially at the age group level. He would dominate his fellow 14 year olds. Beyond the differences of water polo to other sports, a lot of water polo is about the comraderie of the sport because of the amount of time you spend with each other (11 months of the year essentially). Will, looking for friends to replace Ryan and maybe John will like his team mates and want to please them and fit in.

Sorry to be a cynic, but I think Ella had more to do with his decision than altruism.

Cool chapter... can't wait for the sabbatical to end.

Seriously? If they banned every NBA player who used racial epithets during a game they'd have to cancel the season.

Yeah the game was horribly officiated and it is too bad the last horrible call cost the Packers the game, but there was a horrible pass interference call that sustained a drive that gave the Pack the go ahead touchdown. I am not sure the issues surrounding the refs lockout, but whatever it is, the cost to give the regular refs what they want can not possibly be worth more than the damage they are doing to their brand and the playoffs.

Patience? I've been waiting patiently for over two years to find out what happens when Nelson meets a young painter!

Tiffany, Britinany, Faith, etc is sociology, hot history. When a Tiffany, Britinany or Faith does something notable, then it besomes history.

Starting to get the DT's........

"Golden oldies" is the 50's - 70's. Here are the dance songs I remember being hot in the gay clubs in LA & SF when I was in school. Vogue – Madonna, Missing (Todd Terry mix) – Everything But the Girl, Another Night – MC Sar and The Real McCoy, Rhythm is a Dancer – SNAP!, What Is Love? – Haddaway, Mr. Vain – Culture Beat, Be My Lover – La Bouche, Rhythm of the Night – Corona, Strike It Up – Black Box, Everybody Everybody – Black Box, Boom Boom Boom – The Outhere Brothers, We Like To Party – The Venga Boys, Tootsee Roll – 69 Boyz, Sweet Dreams – La Bouche, Around the World – Daft Punk, Everybody’s Free (To Feel Good) – Rozalla, Free (Mood II Swing mix) – Ultra Nate, If You Could Read My Mind – Stars on 54 (Amber, Jocelyn Enriquez, and Ultra Nate), Dreamer – Livin’ Joy, Put Your Loving Arms Around Me – Billie Ray Martin, Beautiful Life – Ace of Base, Tonight is the Night – Le Click, Short Dick Man – 20 Fingers and Gillette, Boot Scootin’ Boogie (original, club mix) – Brooks and Dunn, Move This (Shake That Body) – Technotronic, Lick it – 20 Fingers, Roula, Supermodel (You Better Work!) – RuPaul, If Madonna Calls – Junior Vasquez, Cotton Eyed Joe – Rednex, Believe – Cher, Come And Get Your Love – Mc Sar and The Real Mccoy, Macarena – Los Del Rio, Barbie Girl – Aqua, Unbreak My Heart – Toni Braxton, Killing Me Softly – Roberta Flack, You can find most of these on YouTube these days except for the ultra dirty versions of Short Dick Man, Lick It and a couple others. I had a great bunch of CD singles with all these and more and they were stolen when someone broke in my car about 10 years ago.

Jamie Murray has never won a Grand Slam singles title as Andy is the first Brit to win a Grand Slam since 1066 and the Bryan twins won Wimbledon doubles it in 2011.

Actually a Scotsman won Wimbledon in 1969 I believe.

Wasn't Jeanine pretty normal until she and Tiffany started having problems?

Will would look good in white.

Let me write Chapters 65, 66 & 67 for you. I'll have Will straightened out by then

Not again no matter how much he begged.

I've raised a teen as you know and what Will has done was not "high spirited." High spirited is drinking a little, smoking a few j's, maybe crashing mom's Jag, but it isn't naked pole dances with ejaculation when you are 13, drugging a parent, stealing $20k, destroying two cars and tens of thousands of dollars worth of clothing and the rest. That is all well beyond "high spirited" and is some who needs more supervision and guidance, not less. Can you really picture me at a family restaurant? Save the pop psychology for your time on Dr. Phil.

Hermetically Sealed nailed just about everything I've been trying to point out about Will. Tiffany may be a ball buster of sorts, but JP is supposed to be the head-of-family sage and he would certainly see Will's petulance for what it is. And Will will NOT want an equal partner. He might say he does, he might think he does, but he is a worse control freak than Brad.

So Michael is a full blown paedophile (to spell it the British way), but Jeff and Tony (and several others), who are actually having sex with the minor are not? And the whole family knows? Should JP, Stef & Claire be in jail for allowing that to happen? Sorry, but the only "flaw" in the study you pointed out was the age of it. Point to a more recent study and we can discuss that. I don't have a hypothesis, this isn't science, it is literature. I used textual references to make a point, but people don't want to discuss the textual references, they want to go with what they think in spite of the cited references. I appreciate all that Sharon does for GA and Mark and I doubt she feels attacked, but she tried to be cute to make a point and I made my point back. Not a chance, you know that.

I thought horse racing was the "sport of kings"? I am mostly with Hermetically Sealed on Will's attitude at dinner, only he forgot "manipulative", here are all these really smart people and they can't see through Will's goading of Darius? Yes, I get the story reason for the drama and tension, but it would be nice once in a while to hear JP say, "pull in your horns William, that is enough". As to water polo and Will, it is a good mix and most water polo coaches are not like the football or the wresting coach. They are kick back beach guys. Not only is Jack Bowen (Menlo School wp coach) all that, but he teaches philosophy and is a best selling author too with books on philosophy. Menlo School like H-W, is a very different place with a faculty better than many universities.