Let's Get Physical!

So, I screwed up and forgot to post yesterday. Funny thing is, I wasn't even busy. I never even left the house. But, on relaxing days, you really don't feel like doing anything and blogging never even crossed my mind.

I bring you two things today. First was an article that I read about in the paper yesterday. If you feel that maybe your significant other is being a little too hard on you because of your weight, be thankful you are not married to Christine Newton-John. From the nydailynews.com:

An elderly Ohio man was "exercised to death" by his transgendered wife - who forced him to swim even as he gasped for breath, authorities said.

Christine Newton-John, 41, pleaded guilty last week to reckless homicide in the death of James Mason, 73, and could get five years in prison.

Cops said she was caught on video dragging her frail hubby around the pool in their apartment complex, stopping him from getting out 43 times.

"The man was exercised to death," Middlefield Police Chief Joseph Stehlik told the Cleveland Plain Dealer.

"The video is bone-chilling," he said. "The whole case is very sinister. My personal feeling is that what she did was more intentional than reckless.

"This is a case that could just slip through the cracks."

It didn't because Stehlik's deputy became suspicious after Mason's June 2 heart attack, recalling that he'd investigated previous allegations of abuse.

A police officer noticed a surveillance camera above the pool and retrieved the tape - which showed Mason struggling to breathe during the marathon swim session.

A grand jury indicted Newton-John on reckless homicide, and she pleaded guilty Thursday.

"You can see the man struggling for his life on the tape, but there is no audio, so we couldn't hear what he was saying," prosecutor David Joyce told the newspaper, explaining why he didn't pursue a murder rap.

Newton-John's lawyer declined comment.

The suspect was born a male, named John Vallandingham, but underwent gender reassignment surgery in 1993 and took a new name in honor of singer Olivia Newton-John.

Mason knew Vallandingham's family for years. They got married in 2006 in Kentucky, which recognizes such unions as legal, officials said.

The marriage was troubled, authorities said.

"I think he was victimized for years by her," Stehlik said.

Before her arrest, Newton-John had the gumption to threaten the owner of the apartment complex with a lawsuit over Mason's death.

Peter Demopoulos, a private investigator hired by the landlord, said Newton-John is getting off easy. "Considering what she did, it seems like she faces a pretty light sentence," he said. "That tape is startling."

First, how horrible for the guy - knowing you are about to drown and having your wife there to help you and she keeps pushing you back in. I think she clearly knew what she was doing and was intending to kill him. And really, it is kind of clever because without a tape, it might have just ended up looking as a heart attack. She was probably going for the accidental heart attack or drowning death and almost got away with it. Just a horrible human being, but a noteworthy story.

Everyone remember the Christian Bale meltdown on the set of Terminator a couple of weeks back? Well, last night, as we lay in bed watching Family Guy, we were pleasantly shocked to see that the show did not waste any time getting in on the fun. Jess and I were freakin' hysterical!



I know everyone is spoofing it, but bravo to an animated show for getting on it so quickly. You know the show had to be already completed long ago so kudos for getting it in so seamlessly.