Our little Peyton Place...

"Bend Doctor Suspended for Relations With Patient." Bulletin, 4/14/11.

Dr. David Redwine "has been reprimanded and placed on one month's suspension..."

"...he was involved in a sexual relationship with a patient and improperly prescribed drugs to her and members of her family."

This is the same guy who sued Tami Sawyer after investing and losing money with her company.

The patient he had "relations" with?

Yep. Tami Sawyer.

Let's see: Sex. Drugs. Alleged theft.

Bad judgment all around.

Maybe there's a lesson here: don't invest money with someone who is cheating with you.

And don't take investment money from someone who is cheating with you, and prescribing drugs.

Just a suggestion.

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I ordered an equal number of the George R.R. Martin Songs of Fire and Ice books, and sold all of Clash of Kings. Did everyone suddenly decide they needed to read the second book in the series? Weird.

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Never fear, the Fear Itself comic is here. A week late, but it's here.

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Whenever I'm out of town, I consistently have fewer readers than when I'm in town, even though the messages I post seem to me to be exactly the same kind.

Same thing happens at the store: I decide to start cutting back on something, and even before whatever I'm doing can have any possible effect on inventory, sales drop.

It's got to be subtle signals that are so subtle as to be almost E.S.P.

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Finally! Obama speaks to me!

Yes, tax the rich.

Obviously.

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