Today as I drove in to work, I listened to a radio station put out the question: who is responsible for the suicide of the nurse in the Middleton prank case?  I heard callers respond with a range of reactions.  Some people spoke about the fact that the pranksters had willfully put the nurse in a no-win situation, and that even if she had not killed herself, she…

I was never one to read romance novels.  I was a Sci Fi chick, and read fantasy novels for the most part.  I was in love with Spock, Sherlock Holmes, and Peter Pan when I was growing up.  My favorite books were Anne McCaffrey's Dragon series, and Tolkien.  I devoured fairy tales from all cultures.  I suppose that I had romantic influences too, as I watched excellent TV like LoveBoat growing up! *L* But for the most part, I was less interested in the romance of stories like Cinderella or…