AND NOW FOR SOMETHING COMPLETELY RANDOM: SPAGHETTI CAT!

"Spaghetti Cat" Mystery Solved

A spokesperson for Fox got back to us about the kitten with spaghetti photo that had a cameo on The Morning Show with Mike and Juliet. The clip made it's way onto The Soup. They thought it was hysterical. We thought it was a mistake.

The spokesperson said,"What you saw was our new bleep photo. When someone says something inappropriate we're going to use something like that. You're going to see a lot more of those in the future."

Bleep photo? The future? That isn't distracting. That isn't trivializing for a news show. They're literally going to have dancing monkeys in lieu of a curse word - a cross word - a word?! The future just got a lot dimmer...and suddenly it looks a lot like LOLcats...

Meanwhile, the "Spaghetti Cat" has taken off — you can order articles of clothing featuring the random image on Cafe Press."


Links:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMyHuCVaRaE&feature=related
http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/generalities/spaghetti_cat_mystery_solved_91974.asp

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UPDATES ON CHRISTIN SHERBURNE & FAMILY...

MOST RECENT UPDATE from CarolynF @ LCF (January 5, 2007):

"Christin update:

It seems that she had a very long of nausea, dry heaves and alot of pain. There is still some swelling in the brain, which they said is normal for this type of injury.Then her mom wrote:

'We are now in a room and she is stable. She just needs a little more healing. Keep praying, ladies and gents.'"


UPDATE from CarolynF @ LCF (January 5, 2007):

"Update from Christin's mom at Jimmy's"

'from my phone...went home last night...this a.m. much worse, non stop nausea & pain... readmitted...brain swelling & bleeding... I thnk she will be ok...keep praying.'"

UPDATE from CarolynF @ LCF (January 3, 2007):

"Here's a picture of Christin's car..Her head hit the window.."






UPDATE from dhuff81096 @ LCF (January 3, 2007):

"Update on Christin from Melana (her mom) at Jimmy's site:

'Good morning friends,

Christin is much better this morning mentally. She has been able to read for herself your notes of concern, and is very coherent. She's talked on the phone some, and even typed a few emails.

I think we are into the healing time. The pain is a significant factor, but she is coping well.

Thank you again. I'll post again after the doctor is in.

Melana.'"


UPDATE from CarolynF @ LCF (January 2, 2007):

"More news from Christin's mom:

'Becky, thank you for writing a good report. I am grateful for the compassion and love pouring out of these wonderful people.

Christin is about the same. She will respond when I talk directly to her, but does not remember what I say.

I am reading to her all of the posts, and I am asking her if she remembers each individual. The drs. want me to try to make her think and respond, so these words of prayer and love are "good medicine." (I can get online here in her hospital room.)

Brian is home, and the kids are at his sister's.

Thank you again, and thanks to everyone in the lowcarb world. I am using EVERYONE's prayers and encouraging words to try to help her focus and respond.

Melana'"

FURTHER UPDATES this afternoon from dhuff81096 @ LCF:

"Update about Christin from Deni (on Jimmy's site):

You all need to continue praying... it's not as "all okay" as it seems. Becky will post an offical update soon. Just keep praying for Christin... she will not be released today... that was misinformation."

"Posted by Becky at Jimmy's site:

I spoke at length with Melana, Christin's mom. Things are generally OK, but not all good.

The family was in a fairly new car, highly rated for safety, with lots of good safety features like air bags all around.

The kids are OK, but banged up and bruised and scared.

Brian is more banged up, had a severe concussion, but remained alert and aware, and will probably be discharged today.

Christin is in worse shape. It took them 20 minutes to cut her from the vehicle.

She has no broken bones or apparent internal injury, although her heart and lungs were badly bruised.

Her face is severely bruised, swollen, and cut up, especially around the right eye. She has a long cut through the tear duct and lash line. Her vision is expected to be fine, and they will plan for surgery to repair the damage around the eye once the swelling from her injuries subsides.

Her head took the worst of it. She is drifting in and out of consciousness, and in a lot of pain.
When she is awake, she knows who is with her, and responds to them.

However, she keeps asking the same questions, about how her family is, each time she is awake. Her short-term memory is not good right now. Apparently, that is normal for this type of injury. It may take a while before she is herself again. With time and care, though, she is expected to make a good recovery. "

We'll keep you posted...



Updates on the conditions of Christin and family from PamB and dhuff81096 on LCF:

"Someone at Jimmy's posted this:

Ok, through a mutual local friend I have heard that Christin and Brian are both in stable condition at the same hospital, and the kids have been released to her sister Kim and are at home. Apparently they were on their way home from a family event and had a three car collision involving a rollover (not sure if it was them that rolled). Christin is pretty banged up, but no broken bones for either of them. Neither remembers what happened or who was at fault or anything..."

"Just heard that they are expecting to be released today. Banged up but otherwise okay. Apparently they were life-flighted because they were in a rural area and needed to get to the hospital quickly..."

Thanks for the updates, PamB and dhuff81096.

Great to hear Christin and family are expected to be released from the hospital today. May they all have a speedy recovery.

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NEWS FLASH !!! RE-AIRING TODAY OF FOX-TV’s “Morning Show with Mike and Juliet” featuring the KIMKINS DIET SCAM !!!

FOX-TV’s “Morning Show with Mike and Juliet," re-aired their feature on the Kimkins Diet Scam this morning (December 31, 2007).

And this is the byline for the show:

"One woman lost 100 pounds and that’s not all — you won’t believe what happened next! M&J take you inside the dangerous Kimkins diet that some call 'Atkins meets anorexia.'"

Let's hope the show was updated, advising viewers that Jeannie Baitinger (aka Tippy Toes) has since left Kimkins, and after being granted immunity, is now providing information to John Tiedt, the lawyer for the Plaintiffs in the class-action suit against Heidi Diaz/Kimmer.

If you missed the show's repeat this morning, you can view it in its entirety, plus read a transcipt of the show, by clicking on these links:

FOX-TV’s “Morning Show with Mike and Juliet," on the Kimkins Diet Scam

Interview Part 1

Interview Part 2

Interview Part 3

Interview Part 4

Online Diet Scam?

Transcript — complete

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OUR TIPPYTOES...(UPDATED ONCE AGAIN)

As you have read about the self-inflicted travails ofTippyToes, I'm sure there are many who wouldn't know her if they bumped into her in the street.

For your viewing pleasure...our TippyToes (Jeannie Baitinger) flogging the Kimkins Starvation Diet during the scrimmage on Fox-TV's "Morning Show with Mike and Juliet" on November 12, 2007:

Hi, Tippy!

Back at cha!*

Back at cha again, Tippy!*

"I'm such a loser" ????!!! Oh, dear.*

*Before anyone gets their knickers in a twist, the 3 photos above were circulated by Tippy herself and have been previously posted on the Internets.

Oops! Sorry. Wrong picture, wrong post.

*****

And for your edification:

Narcissistic Personality Disorder

From "Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders"

of the American Psychiatric Association, 4th edition, 1994,

(commonly referred to as DSM-IV.)

Narcissistic Personality Disorder:

"An all-pervasive pattern of grandiosity (in fantasy or in behaviour), need for admiration and a marked lack of empathy which starts at early adulthood and is present in a variety of contexts."At least 5 of the following should be present to qualify a person as suffering from NPD:

(1) Possesses a grandiose sense of self importance (for example: exaggerates his achievements and his talents, expects his superiority to be recognised without having the commensurate skills or achievements).

(2) Pre-occupied with fantasies of unlimited success, power, brilliance and beauty or of ideal love.

(3) Believes that he is unique and special and that only high status and special people (or institutions) could understand him (or that it is only with such people and institutions that it is worth his while to be associated with).

(4) Demands excessive and exceptional admiration.

(5) Feels that he is deserving of exceptionally good treatment, automatic obeisance of his (usually unrealistic) expectations.

(6) Exploitative in his interpersonal relationships, uses others to achieve his goals.

(7) Lacks empathy: is disinterested in other people's needs and emotions and does not identify with them.

(8) Envies others or believes that others envy him.

(9) Displays arrogance and haughtiness.

LINK: http://www.ousterhout.net/zoom/npd.html


Hello?? Does that description ring any bells?

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PROPS TO THE PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR WHO NAILED HEIDI DIAZ/KIMMER !!

I am a firm believer of the old adage, "Let credit be given where credit is due."

Seems that Robert Charlton, the PI who sat outside Kimmer/Heidi Diaz's apartment for God knows how long and filmed her in all her glory, was not given credit by TV station KTLA or the Mike & Juliet Show for his film of Heidi that was shown during their recent television broadcasts. Now, that's just wrong.

In his post on his blog, The Alliance Report, http://allianceagent.blogspot.com/2007/12/out-of-loop-re-kimkinsheidi-diaz.html, he explains:

"Sunday, December 2, 2007

Out of the Loop RE: KimKins/Heidi Diaz

Well, it has been a couple of months since I last posted regarding the KimKins diet scam. I have been watching from outside the box and have noticed that I have been left out of the loop on important issues.

The morning Show with Mike and Juliet in New York called and asked if I would be available to fly out and join in the show that aired a couple of weeks ago. I was asked to send the video of Heidi in advance for editing purposes and did so with the stipulation that they show the credits with my business and personal name. I waited for the call back with flight instructions and accommodations. They never called back and aired the show without me. I did not notice any credit given to my name, just the business name with no location and it was only shown on the fist clip they aired for a couple of seconds. The other clips that were shown did not show credit to our company or my name.

Just last week, Chip Yost at KTLA put a piece together showing a taped deposition of Heidi Diaz. the piece included the video that I had obtained of Heidi Diaz and did not show credit to myself or my business.

So it goes. I guess I should have hired a PR person to make certain that myself and business name be included in the airing of a national piece such as this.

On another note, I was browsing the Blogs and found a posting from the person that hired my company to locate Heidi Diaz and obtain the photos that broke the story. Catherine McDonald is a very kind person and has commented a little on the reasons for hiring my company. Catherine is a very smart and intuitive person to have come up with the idea of hiring an investigator on her suspicions that Heidi was a fraud, and to do so using the bartering system. Catherine created our company web-site, the one that I had prior to the new web-site lacked in a lot of areas, including search engine friendly capabilities. If you are looking for someone to create and host your web-site, I highly recommend simplybrilliantsolutions.com"

Robert, please know that your efforts are so much appreciated. And thanks to TimesTwo at ALC for the "catch"

(http://forum.lowcarber.org/showpost.php?p=7158114&postcount=1231)

Please take a moment to visit Robert's blog and website:

Blog: The Alliance Report: http://allianceagent.blogspot.com/2007/12/out-of-loop-re-kimkinsheidi-diaz.html

Company Website: Alliance Investigative Services: http://www.allianceagent.com/

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