Aug. 30th, 2005

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I was about halfway to work when my phone rang (vibrated actually.) I managed to get it out of my pocket without causing a four-car pile-up on 880, and it was work.

Seems that a lot of the drivers have asked for Saturday off (big shock) so they wanted to know if I'd take today off and work Saturday (trying to keep the overtime under control, which I fully understand.) Even though I had already driven about 15 miles, I woke up feeling a bit off from my burrito bash last night, so agreed to head home.

Wow. A whole day off.

twiddles thumbs.

I guess I could clean up around here....
gridlore: Doug looking off camera with a grin (Me - CAR -15)
Woman Allegedly Fakes Cancer Again

08-30) 14:25 PDT Bloomington, Ind. (AP) --

A woman sentenced earlier this year to probation for faking cancer and collecting money from fundraisers has been arrested for allegedly deceiving her employers with a similar scheme.

Brookelyn Walters, 26, faces a preliminary charge of theft after convincing the owners of a gymnastics business that she had leukemia, police said.

Mike and Erin Booher, owners of Bloomington's Rising Star Gymnastics, said they felt so moved by her story that Walters stayed in their home for a month so they could care for her.

"Our trust just sort of kept us going with her, and our pity, too," Erin Booher said.

While she was a student at Ball State, Walters shaved her head and pretended to be deaf for three years, leading Ball State officials to provide an interpreter for her to attend classes, authorities said. A sorority and fraternity also gave Walters $1,000 raised at a benefit.

A Delaware Circuit Court judge sentenced her in March to four years probation after she pleaded guilty but mentally ill to felony charges.

Walters moved to Bloomington earlier this year and had been working at Rising Star since February, using a fake name, police said. In April, Walters told the owners that she had been diagnosed with leukemia, a form of cancer.

The Boohers organized a fundraiser earlier this month at which they held a cartwheel-a-thon and raised about $4,000, police said.


I really, really want to walk into the room where this.. person is sitting, whip out a MP-5, and blow her to pieces while screaming "At least you don't have cancer, bitch!!"

And that's the most calm and rational thing I want to do to her.

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