Never heard of actress Laura Benanti before (probably because she’s mostly a stage actress), but yowzer:
Not bad for 45, eh?
Author: Kim du Toit
Head Above Water
Reader Mike L. sent me this rather sad story:
A Colorado sheriff’s deputy resigned this week after officials learned she’d appeared in pornographic videos — a second career she took to “out of desperation” over mounting bills.
Oh no, how could she? OMG she’s supposed to be a role model, etc. etc. etc.
Right:
In part, that came from a June 2023 storm that left her home with $500,000 in hail and water damage that insurance wouldn’t cover; sky-high interest rates that tripled her adjustable-rate mortgage and led to foreclosure; and increasing utility, gas and food costs. She’d drained her savings, borrowed money from her family and cut spending, she told CBS. But the debt collectors kept calling.
You know what? I cannot find it in me to judge or condemn her. We’ve all been there, and she’s just lucky she had the errrr proper attributes to generate her alternative income stream.
That said:
Yowzer.
I just hope she can find another “regular” job, although it’s probably unlikely.
This may not end well, but it wasn’t going to end well anyway. If I were in a position to offer her a job, I would.
Let’s just hope someone else feels that way.
Asking The Question
Here’s another one that needs answering:
Okay, regardless of who these people are (most Murkins have no idea, which is not important), here are the the dramatis personae.
Holly Willoughby (no stranger to these pages, of course)
Alison Hammond (another Brit TV personality, and owner of the Most Irritating Voice On TV)
Ignoring what was said — trust me, it probably wasn’t that bad, it’s Brit TV — my question is: how would one tell if the latter was blushing?
Speed Bump #784
If you’re trying to fix colleges, you could at least start by using proper grammar in your headlines:
“Student sues South Carolina college after suspended for gun-related social media post”
…OR:
“Student sues South Carolina college after suspension for gun-related social media post”
…OR:
“Student sues South Carolina college after being suspended for gun-related social media post”
…OR:
“Student sues South Carolina college after having been suspended for gun-related social media post”
All those options, and you picked the wrong one.
Virtuosa
Just when I thought I’d heard it all, here comes Valentina to absolutely crush Chopin’s complex and difficult Fantaisie. Take a few minutes — yes, it’s just a few, compared to others’ lumbering efforts, and the tempo is actually as Chopin intended — and enjoy.
No thanks necessary; all part of the service.
I’m not sure that “virtuosa” is a real word, but it is at least feminine in intent.
Seasonally Appropriate
Seeing as health insurance companies are in focus all of a sudden, this seems appropriate:
And (from Sarah):
More on this topic later in the week. I see that they’ve apparently caught the asshole who shot that CEO in NYfC, so there’s that. But there’s a deeper issue, which I want to explore.