ONCE IN A LIFETIME

You may remember the following post from last July:

IN CRIME NEWS: I won't rehash the whole sordid tale, but my parent's neighbor in Virginia was acquitted in the poisoning death of her husband. One paper points out that gossip about the case centered in the Somerset Center Store.

I always thought the story sounded a little like some bad Lifetime Movie of the Week. Which made it no surprise that the story has been turned into some bad Lifetime Movie of the Week. I'm not making this up. Airing tonight, the movie is the story of our neighbor, played by James Brolin, and my grandfather's Hospice nurse, played by Natasha Henstridge. I'm still not making this up. Lifetime's synopsis of the movie reads as follows: "A wealthy horse breeder hires the beautiful newcomer to look after his terminally ill wife. Shortly after his spouse's death, Hank and Linda tie the knot. But their marriage is off to a rocky start due to rumors of Linda's infidelity. When Hank mysteriously dies, his outraged daughter accuses her new stepmom of killing her father." I know that sounds pretty salacious, but that's not exactly how it went. Clearly, the filmmakers have taken some liberties with the facts because, in reality, he raised cows, not horses. But I guess they wanted to "sex it up" as they say in Hollywood. Anyhoo, if you don't catch it tonight (what with 24 and all) it'll be on again later in the week. Check local listings. I don't have a snappy ending for this post. Considering there was a homicide next door to my parents and they made a movie about it, you might think I would. But no. This is why I'm not a writer.