urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:pastrychef4 pastrychef4 pastrychef4 pastrychef4 2009-08-08T04:09:45Z urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:pastrychef4:1085 Writer's Block: Don't You Forget about Me 2009-08-08T04:09:45Z 2009-08-08T04:09:45Z <div class='appwidget appwidget-qotd' id='LJWidget_2'> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div style='border: 1px solid #000; padding: 6px;'><p>RIP <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Hughes_(director)">John Hughes</a>. In honor of the master of the teen movie, what is your favorite teen flick?</p><p style='font-size: 0.8em;'></p><br /><p><input type="button" value="Answer" onclick="document.location.href='http://www.livejournal.com/update.bml?qotd=1020'" /> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.livejournal.com/misc/latestqotd.bml?qid=1020">View 506 Answers</a></p></div></td></tr></table></div><!-- end .appwidget-qotd --> My favorite was Sixteen Candles, followed by Breakfast Club and Pretty in Pink.&nbsp;&nbsp; Those were great movies, contained classic lines, and Molly Ringwald was definitely the Teen Queen in the 80's.&nbsp; Good times!&nbsp; John Hughes was certainly a talented man - his sudden passing was sad news, indeed. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:pastrychef4:550 Writer's Block: True Crime 2009-01-17T01:08:22Z 2009-01-17T01:08:22Z <div class='appwidget appwidget-qotd' id='LJWidget_3'> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div style='border: 1px solid #000; padding: 6px;'><p>Today is the anniversary of the death of Elizabeth Short, also known as the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Short">Black Dahlia</a>. What real-life murder story are you most fascinated by?</p><p style='font-size: 0.8em;'></p><br /><p><input type="button" value="Answer" onclick="document.location.href='http://www.livejournal.com/update.bml?qotd=746'" /> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.livejournal.com/misc/latestqotd.bml?qid=746">View 500 Answers</a></p></div></td></tr></table></div><!-- end .appwidget-qotd --> I would have to say the Baton Rouge Serial Killer - Derrick Todd Lee.&nbsp; One of his victims was one of my high school classmates, and the brutality and cruelty of the crimes are mind-boggling.&nbsp; His existence in the world is proof that some people are truly evil.&nbsp; I hope that he has an attack of conscience before he is executed, and gives the&nbsp;families the closure that they need.