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First Degree Murder Penalties and Sentencing
First Degree Murder Penalties and Sentencing
First degree murder convictions typically draw the harshest sentences of any crime. As with the elements of the crime and defenses available, sentencing can vary from state to state. Possible sentences are outlined in state statutes, although even where there are strict statutory guidelines, courts can still have some leeway to determine which sentence a convicted murderer will receive based on the facts of the case.
Statutory Sentencing Options
The possible sentences for first degree murder vary widely by state. In some states, such as Florida, all first degree murder convictions bring either the death penalty or life in prison without the possibility of parole.
Other states, such as California, use a two tiered sentencing structure: the first being a range of years (often up to life) in prison, and the second either life without the possibility of parole or the death penalty (in states that allow it). Which tier of sentence the court hands down typically depends on whether the prosecution can prove any of a host of aggravating factors.
Aggravating Factors
State laws spell out specific factors which render those found guilty of first degree murder subject to the state's harshest sentence. Aggravating factors include aspects of the crime, of the defendant, or of the victim(s) which render the defendant eligible for either the death penalty or life in prison without the possibility of parole.
Common aggravating factors include:
- The defendant had one or more previous murder convictions;
- The killing occurred during commission of any of a list of violent crimes (such as arson, rape or robbery);
- The victim was a law enforcement officer performing his or her duties;
- The victim was a judge, prosecutor, witness or juror killed to prevent the performance of their duties;
- The killing was particularly heinous or involved torture;
- The defendant laid in wait (waited and ambushed) the victim;
- The defendant poisoned the victim;
- The killing involved bombs or explosive materials; and
- The defendant was an active gang member and victim was killed as part of gang activity.
This list merely illustrates several of the factors aggravating factors used in some states consult state law for the complete list of a specific state's aggravating factors.
The Death Penalty
Currently, most states retain the death penalty as an option for those convicted of their highest level murder offense. States vary in terms of how often prosecution seeks the death penalty, and also in whether their top level murder convictions require the death penalty. Texas, for example, imposes death sentences on all those convicted of capital murder, its highest level murder charge. In California, on the other hand, aggravated first degree murder can draw either the death penalty or life in prison without parole.
Life without the Possibility of Parole
In states which do not impose the death penalty, conviction on a first degree murder charge with aggravating factors generally results in a sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole. In many states which do have the death penalty, an aggravated first degree murder conviction draws life in prison without parole if the prosecution does not seek, or fails to convince the court, to impose the death penalty.
Lesser Sentences
First degree murder convictions without aggravating factors draw a range of prison sentences. This can include life in prison, usually with an eventual possibility of parole. The range of prison sentence for this type of murder conviction varies by state and can be 25 years to life in California, or 20 to 25 years in New York, to name only two. Consult state laws for specific ranges where you live.
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Footprints in the Sand, a beautiful poem!
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"One night I dreamed a dream.
As I was walking along the beach with my Lord.
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For each scene, I noticed two sets of footprints in the sand,
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I don't understand why, when I needed You the most, You would leave me."
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Ma J.-Y.,Sun Yat Sen University |
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Cliff Lee
Phillies GM Ruben Amaro should have been shopping Lee for a while now so that he could know his options for what combination of salary and prospects he could get for his ace. With the trade deadline a day away, Lee could still get traded, but reports seemed to indicate that Amaro wasn't listening too seriously, and now that he is, is asking for the initial, "let's see if anyone gets desperate and bites" offer of Lee's entire remaining salary (around $70 million through 2015 if a buyout is exercised, $82.5 million through 2016 if Lee is retained) plus four legit prospects, two of them monsters. Few teams can and no team will pay that for Lee. Amaro can still trade Lee in the offseason and get a serious haul for him, but by dawdling, he likely missed the chance to entice a contender in deadline-induced tilt.
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Potential destination: Boston Red Sox
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Potential Destination: Cincinnati Reds or Texas Rangers
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Karl McKay's niece said she called Winnipeg CFS to report that his stepdaughter Phoenix Sinclair was being locked in a bedroom and abused but the agency wouldn't accept an anonymous call from a minor, the woman testified today.
Lisa Marie Bruce told the inquiry into the death of the little girl that she was 17 at the time and lived in the same apartment block as McKay, Phoenix and Phoenix's mother, Samantha Kematch.
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She saw McKay lashing out at Phoenix, too.
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Winnipeg CFS had already closed the file on Phoenix in March 2005 after social workers responded to an earlier report by a friend of Kematch that Phoenix was being locked in a bedroom. They didn't get inside the suite or see Phoenix but they talked to Kematch in the hallway as she held her and McKay's baby. They told her a locked bedroom door isn't safe and left satisfied there wasn't a child in need of protection. Winnipeg CFS closed the file on Phoenix.
Bruce said she called CFS in May 2005 but was stopped short by whomever at CFS took her call.
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She didn't get a chance to provide the full names of McKay, Kematch or Phoenix, who each had a lengthy CFS file.
Her call to CFS was news to the inquiry. Commission counsel called for a recess to tell Bruce that as a source of referral, she was entitled to legal representation and to keep her name out of the public eye. Bruce, now an adult, said she wanted to continue without a lawyer. Her testimony continues this afternoon.


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The company also announced that during the third fiscal quarter, it repurchased and retired 2.33 million shares of its common stock at an average cost of $73.92 per share, spending a total of $172 million. At the end of the period, approximately $430 million remained under the company's previous repurchase authorization.For the nine months ended March 31, 2012, net sales were $3.61 billion, up 15% from the $3.13 billion reported in the first nine months of fiscal 2011. Net income totaled $787 million, up 16% from the $678 million reported a year ago, while earnings per share rose 19% to $2.67 from $2.24. Third fiscal quarter sales results in each of Coach's primary channels of distribution grew as follows:
- Direct-to-consumer sales, which now include Singapore and Taiwan, increased 18% to $984 million from $837 million last year. North American comparable store sales for the quarter rose 6.7%. In China, sales growth continued strong, up nearly 60%, driven by distribution growth and double-digit comparable location sales. Sales in Japan rose 10% on a constant-currency basis, while dollar sales rose 14%, boosted by a stronger yen.
- Indirect sales increased 10% to $125 million in the third quarter from the $114 million reported in the prior year. International sales at POS were strong for the quarter while sales in U.S. department stores were modestly below last year's levels.


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Inner Flame
|(Innate): Karma gains up to 30 - 130 (based on level) increased ability power corresponding to her percentage of missing health.
| Inner Flame is a passive ability that will grant Karma bonus ability power, scaling with her percentage of missing health.
|Leveling up
Heavenly Wave
|(Active): Karma sends forth a wave of hidden blades from her fans, dealing magic damage to units in a cone in front of her.
Mantra Bonus: In addition to dealing damage to enemies, Heavenly Wave will also heal Karma and her allies in the cone. An additional 5% (+1% per 50 ability power above 25) of health the targets are missing is added to the heal.
Cost: 70 / 75 / 80 / 85 / 90 / 95 mana
Magic Damage: 70 / 110 / 150 / 190 / 230 / 270 (+0.6 per ability power)
Base Heal: 35 / 55 / 75 / 95 / 115 / 135
| Heavenly Wave is a conic area of effect ability that deals magic damage to all enemy units in the affected area.
Mantra: Empowering Heavenly Wave will cause it to also heal all allied units in the same area for a base amount and an additional amount based on their percentage missing health.
Spirit Bond
|(Active): Karma creates a beam between her and an ally or enemy unit for up to 5 seconds. Allied anchors move faster and enemy anchors are slowed. The beam deals magic damage to enemies and applies the same movement speed adjustment anchors receive to any champion it passes through for 3 seconds. The beam breaks if the bonded target is stealthed.
Mantra Bonus: Karma strengthens the bond to double the effect of the movement speed modifier.
Cost: 65 / 75 / 85 / 95 / 105 / 115 mana
Cooldown: 15 / 14 / 13 / 12 / 11 / 10 seconds
Movement Speed Modifier: 10 / 12 / 14 / 16 / 18 / 20 %
Magic Damage: 80 / 125 / 170 / 215 / 260 / 305 (+0.7 per ability power)
| Spirit Bond is a targeted tether that slows enemy targets and gives a movement speed bonus to allied targets. Any unit that comes into contact with the tether will receive magic damage and the appropriate movement speed modifier, depending on if it is an ally or an enemy.
Mantra: Empowering Spirit Bond will double the effect of the movement speed modifier.
Soul Shield
|(Active): Karma summons a protective shield on an ally or herself that absorbs damage for 5 seconds.
Mantra Bonus: In addition to casting the shield, a surge of energy bursts out from the shield dealing magic damage to enemy units around her target.
Cost: 70 / 80 / 90 / 100 / 110 / 120 mana
Shield Strength & Magic Damage: 80 / 120 / 160 / 200 / 240 / 280 (+0.8 per ability power)
| Soul Shield is a targeted ability that places an absorption shield around the allied target, absorbing incoming damage.
Mantra: Empowering Soul Shield will cause a point blank area of effect around the target that deals magic damage to all enemy units in a wide area.
|(Active): Karma empowers her next ability to do an additional effect. Karma gains a charge over time and stores up to 2 charges. The refresh rate is reduced by cooldown reduction and does not progress when having max charges. Both charges may be queued for application on the next 2 abilities. Reload begins when Mantra is activated, not when the charge is applied to another ability.
|Mantra is available from level 1 and does not require skill points. The time needed to load a charge is reduced at level 7 and 13.
Charge Reload Time: 30 / 25 / 20 seconds
| Mantra is an active ability that will empower Karma's next ability and cause it to have an added effect. Mantra is ammo based, and Karma can only have up to 2 charges at any given time. Whenever Karma has a charge, she will have small fans floating around her (one per charge).
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Mystery HTC device could be 5 inch phablet model heading to Verizon (new image)
0. phoneArena posted on 05 Sep 2012, 06:02
Found in a Chinese forum are pictures of a new HTC phone with some red accents on the side which could point to a eventual release by Verizon, which isn't called Big Red for nothing; a 5 inch HTC phablet has been rumored and this could be it...
This is a discussion for a news. To read the whole news, click here
12. tango_charlie (Posts: 341; Member since: 16 Nov 2011)
There is also the dual core S4 Pro with Adreno 320 GPU. So it doesn't have to be a quad core Krait.
14. darkskoliro (Posts: 1090; Member since: 07 May 2012)
im actually fine with just dual core, its the gpu that i was looking forward to
20. No_Nonsense (unregistered)
Ok. I thought there were just quad-core kraits with 320s.
15. darkskoliro (Posts: 1090; Member since: 07 May 2012)
Oh my lord this is sexy o________o
16. Berzerk000 (Posts: 4275; Member since: 26 Jun 2011)
Looking forward to this. I'm not into phablets, but for HTC fans who are interested this is great. Maybe they'll release it with Jelly Bean and Sense 4.1? Along with that S4 Pro, it should be a monster
17. Jonathan41 (Posts: 532; Member since: 22 Mar 2012)
It looks irreducible! I've been waiting for HTC to come out with a 5" phone.
18. FrostyDanny (Posts: 90; Member since: 15 Jul 2012)
Why would people dislike your comment about a non removable battery? Stupid ass people why would you not want a battery you can't take out? HTC is knows for their s**tty battery life in Phones! With a removable no one would complain.
19. rallyguy (Posts: 620; Member since: 13 Mar 2012)
Can we stop with the stupid term "pahblet"?
23. pikapowerize (banned) (Posts: 1869; Member since: 03 May 2012)
i think 'phablet' is the right term for these devices..
21. pikapowerize (banned) (Posts: 1869; Member since: 03 May 2012)
really good.. but i wish it should be S4 pro now... :P
25. paynekiller (Posts: 152; Member since: 24 May 2010)
Are 5" screen phones really phablets? or are they just previews to the size of the next generation of phones coming next year?
29. g2a5b0e (Posts: 3814; Member since: 08 Jun 2012)
I'm not a fan of the term "phablet" either, but if you're gonna define it...the smallest tablets are 7". The term was first used to describe the Galaxy Note with its 5.3" screen even though the Dell Streak was technically the first with its 5" screen. The Vu has a 5" screeen & the upcoming Galaxy Note will the biggest at 5.5". There's proababy a good chance that they will get even bigger at some point, so I would say 5" to anything less than 7" is probably a good way to define to category.
30. shamataa (Posts: 241; Member since: 07 Dec 2011)
Looks aot like the HTC ONE X but red. Curious of battery also.
31. DigitalMD (Posts: 226; Member since: 17 Feb 2010)
HTC.... blah. Takeover target.
32. paulyyd (Posts: 339; Member since: 08 Jan 2011)
I'm calling it right now, in a years time, HTC will be the next rim
35. OptimusOne (Posts: 694; Member since: 22 May 2012)
I thought adreno 320 was only compatable with quadcore s4
and isn't adreno 225 for dualcore s4?
36. RomeoJDR (Posts: 244; Member since: 09 Dec 2011)
Wow, that phone looks to be shaping up to have some serious potential. It's hard to believe Verizon will actually be home to one of HTC's iconic unibody phones. Even the "premium" Verizon HTC phones such the Rezound and Incredible before that, didn't have that characteristic top shelf feel to them like their counterparts on other networks. I'm not even going to address the Thunderbolt with its abysmal battery making it virtually useless.
Hopefully these rumors and leaks are the real deal, although I'm still avoiding HTC like the plague due to them trailing a bad pack when it comes to updating relatively new phones (especially tablets) to the latest version of Android.
39. D3VR04 (Posts: 34; Member since: 10 Jan 2010)
If this hits the usa with quad s4, a320 and 2gb ram... Shut up and take my money!
For me it's this or LG Optimus G (If it ever hits the u.s). I love HTC products though. Went from htc kaiser to htc incredible, next might be this sexy beast (beast, if quad s4, a320 and 2gb ram lol )! Or maybe g note2 but i'm sure that will be dual core snapdragon when it gets here, if so not getting that!
So quad s4 can work on u.s LTE right? just not quad tegra or exynos?
40. pikapowerize (banned) (Posts: 1869; Member since: 03 May 2012)
i wonder why only qualcomm chips make an LTE... thats why they are on top coz they are the only one with LTE!! i think NVIDIA, TI and Samsung should start making its chips to be LTE ready... qualcomm is enjoying its monopoly so much...
44. emdot82 (Posts: 14; Member since: 30 Aug 2012)
This is basically the HTC version of the galaxy note
45. g2a5b0e (Posts: 3814; Member since: 08 Jun 2012)
No s**t, Sherlock.
47. StreetNerd (Posts: 836; Member since: 08 Dec 2010)
48. RORYREVOLUTION (Posts: 3117; Member since: 12 Jan 2010)
Looks good, hopefully it'll come out sooner than later.
54. droidpop (Posts: 4; Member since: 10 Aug 2012)
hope VZW doesn't lock the bootloader... if those specs would be in a production phone, Would churn from at&T and the note II to get an htc phone with a hd 5" screen.
55. Android1 (Posts: 59; Member since: 16 Jul 2012)
Come on its a home button !!!
57. jibraihimi (Posts: 770; Member since: 29 Nov 2011)
Why dual core S4 processor and not Quad core core S4 pro processor.............????
58. andrewlg1990 (Posts: 22; Member since: 05 Jan 2012)
I'm a HTC rep and this phone will be known as the HTC Thunderbolt HD lte
59. g2a5b0e (Posts: 3814; Member since: 08 Jun 2012)
Considering how lauded the original Thunderbolt was for being a buggy mess, that would be a mistake. The smarter move would be to lump it under the Incredible/Rezound series or give it a new name altogether.
60. master0fursinz (Posts: 104; Member since: 26 Apr 2010)
wait now looking at the back of the phone, is that a kick stand like the EVO???
61. andrewlg1990 (Posts: 22; Member since: 05 Jan 2012)
Yup, just like the original Thunderblot, keeping tradition.


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ARLINGTON -- Dan Straily has never faced the Texas Rangers and he'll get a chance to do so in the biggest game of his career. Well, until the next time he takes the mound this season.
Straily, a right-handed pitcher, was supposed to take the mound in New York on Saturday but the A's decided to go with southpaw Travis Blackley instead. The Yankees have more left-handed hitters and a dangerous short porch in right field. The Rangers are stacked with righties and the team decided they would be better suited playing the match ups. The decision to swap Blackley in for Straily came prior to the game on Wednesday in which Brett Anderson was lost for the rest of the regular season with a right oblique strain.
Straily is now starting in Anderson's turn in the rotation. With starting pitchers Brandon McCarthy, Bartolo Colon, and Anderson all lost for the remainder of the regular season he has an opportunity to prove he belongs in the rotation.
"It's all about winning and it's not my job to decide when to pitch," Straily said on Saturday. "The Rangers have a righty heavy lineup and it's one of those deals that I have no control over. Whenever I get the ball I am going to go out there and compete." Straily, a rookie, is equally eager to take the mound in Texas as he would have been in New York. Both teams have explosive offenses, homer friendly ballparks and are tough to beat at home. A true test for a young pitcher either way. "It makes no difference to me," Straily said. "I love competing and I hate not getting a chance to go out there. They saw the match ups, it's been working all year and why change what's been working." Straily hasn't pitched since September 16 against Baltimore. He allowed four runs, two homers, and five walks in that start. The A's had won in each of his five prior starts, and he was saddled with his first career loss.
He also gave up two home runs in his previous start in Anaheim against the Angels, but struck out eight batters and got the win. Straily went 1-0 with a 3.18 ERA in his first three starts with the A's but was sent to Triple-A on August 20 when Anderson came off the disabled list.
After getting sent down he pitched on extra rest and was held to a strict pitch count to keep his arm fresh. Pitching on extra rest is an adjustment for him and he will take the mound against Texas on eight days of rest. "I think it's something I am getting used to and just approach coming up to a start differently," Straily said. "I felt in Anaheim that I had to shake the rust off a little bit. This game is all about adversity and that is just another aspect of it." After struggling in his last start he says he had a really good side session while in Detroit and feels like he ironed things out. He hopes the results will show in Texas. If it doesn't it won't be for a lack of preparation."I've been watching video and taking notes, I spent the last couple of days doing that," Straily said. "It's down to me and the catcher executing pitches because that is something I failed to do in the last outing. I was up in the zone or I was way out of the zone and so it's something I've focused on."Fellow rookie Jarrod Parker, also 23, took the mound in the Bronx and lasted eight innings of one-run ball against the Yankees vaunted lineup on Friday, a performance that Straily said he was inspired by. Parker was born on November 24, 1985. Straily's birthday is December 1. "It's good to see," Straily said. "You can't get much closer on the team in age. It's good to see another guy just go out there and be as successful as anyone else." With Parker's poise as an example, good friend and fellow rotation-mate A.J. Griffin to keep him loose, and the expert guidance of pitching coach Curt Young, Straily could have a winning recipe on Monday. It'll just come down to execution.


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- October 3, 2007, 5:07 AM
Brazil's Embraer again revealed its flair for the dramatic during last month's Regional Airline Association convention, when it flew the first Embraer 170 prototype from its flight test site in São José dos Campos to the company's new heavy maintenance facility at Nashville International Airport. The 70-seat jet, now scheduled for certification during next year's first quarter, has completed more than 100 flight test hours. The airplane remained on static display until the convention's closing day, before embarking on an abbreviated demo tour of North America.


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City Lights
by Jake Rivers
Tags: Romance, Drama,
Desc: Romance Story: Big Jim Morris gets dumped by his wife. Can he find happiness with a lonely woman in the back street bar under those city lights?
Author's Note:
"City Lights" has always been one of my favorite songs by RayPrice:
A bright array of city lights as far as I can see.
The Great White Way shines through the night for lonely guys like me.
The cabarets and honkytonks, their flashing signs invite
A broken heart to lose itself in the glow of city lights.
This story reprises some of the characters and the locale (Bandera, Texas) from my earlier story, "Hey, Joe!"
I pushed the plate with the remnants of my filet out of my way, and sipped on the half glass of Riesling, sighing as I realized I hadn't really enjoyed the meal. Hell, for a fraction of the cost I might as well had had hominy grits for dinner. Smiling at my folly, I remembered I hadn't had grits since leaving the ranch in Bandera so many years before. I'd been back to visit my folks from time to time, but at six-four and two-twenty I needed more than grits to fill me up mornings.
The waiter came by and cleared the table and brought me the glass of asked-for brandy. Taking a sip of the slightly warmed up Remy Martin, I looked out the window of the Tower Of Texas at the vast array of lights spreading out over the hot summer night. Tracing the lines of the river, I thought I should have eaten at one of the many fine restaurants lining the banks of the San Antonio River. I knew the coolness of the river would have mitigated the summer heat enough to make the dining out bearable.
The waiter came back by with the credit card receipt and somewhat hesitantly asked me, "Aren't you Big Jim, unh," he paused and looked at my credit card again, "Big Jim Morris?"
"Yeah, but that was back in my rodeo days. When I realized I wasn't good enough to make a living bulldoggin' steers I dropped the 'Big' part. Now I'm just Jim Morris." I wasn't called Big Jim for my size; I was about 5'10" and barely 150. I got the name 'cause I never lost in high school ... but then, now I was doing a fair share of losing.
"I was asking because I overheard my mom talking to her sister about you one time. The time they were talking about was before she married my dad ... from what she said you guys were close at one time." He added helpfully, "She was a champion barrel racer at the time."
I nodded and told him, "Well, say hi to her, okay."
He left and I added a couple dollars to the tip. I didn't want his mom, Candy, to think I was a cheapskate. I'd been pretty wild during my rodeo days, and there were always girls hanging around. I always did my best to see that they left with a smile on their face. Candy was different. We'd been talking marriage for a few months but that talk ended real fast when she caught me with her nemesis, the only girl that ever beat her. She had left me with some bitter words and had gone home to her folks in Cheyenne. She never did go back to the rodeo business.
At the end of that season I quit too and did just the opposite kind of work that my dad did: he bred bulls and horses for the rodeo and I bought them. I hardly ever did business with him the way it worked out. Buyers seemed to think I wouldn't do right for them if I bought from family.
None of the tables near me had been occupied, and I realized I had made a fine art out of being lonely. Down there, scattered around the city, the bars and honkytonks were flashing their bright neon lights as an invitation to loneliness – a loneliness I well knew. Suddenly tired of my thoughts I put the glass down and pushed back my chair, and left ... carrying my sadness with me, like a cloak on a cold winter night.
On the elevator down, I made my decision. My dad wanted to retire, but hadn't been able to find anyone to take over his breeding business. Mom and dad kept getting after me to take the business over, but I knew Holly wasn't interested. Well, hell. Holly damn well wasn't around anymore.
Dad also worked as a vet tech in my mom's large animal veterinary business located where the ranch road came off the highway. My mom, Angie, had already retired. She and my dad, Danny, had sold the business to a recently licensed young vet and leased the building to him.
When I got back to my deathly quiet apartment, I gave dad a call and gave him the news. The vet that had leased the building hadn't wanted the apartment so it was sitting vacant. It was small – two bedroom, two bath – but was done up quite nicely with paneling and hardwood floors. My mom had stayed there when she started her large animal vet business before she had married dad.
A month later, I was in my truck pulling a rental trailer that held surprisingly little stuff to show for ten years of marriage. Pain and suffering might weigh me down but it did nothing to fill the big trailer.
Lights that say "Forget her love, in a different atmosphere"
Lights that lure are nothing but a masquerade for tears
They paint a pretty picture but my arms can't hold them tight
And I just can't say, "I love you" to a street of city lights.
It was nice not having to travel all the time, though for the bigger rodeos like the Calgary Stampede I'd still ride along with the driver since that was the place to make good contacts. I got tired of sitting alone in my apartment so I took to going to the Silver Dollar Saloon on Friday and Saturday nights. My folks knew the owner well and it was a popular place. There were always good dance bands, sawdust on the floor and great beer. What more could a broken-down rodeo cowboy need?
One night several months after I'd moved back, I was sitting at a small table in the corner hiding behind my beer. Someone played "The Road of No Return" on the jukebox and the old Ray Price tune made me think of Holly ... something I tried not to do as much as I could. Except when it got to the part, "There were tears in her eyes as she told me goodbye." Holly damn well didn't have any tears in her eyes.
There were tears in her eyes as she told me goodbye,
Then she walked down that road of no return.
If it hurts to see her go a broken heart must never show,
For she walked down that road of no return.
I'd been on the road to Idaho and Montana for two weeks, and when I got back, she was sitting on the sofa with her coat over her arm and two suitcases packed by the door.
"Jim, I'm going on a cruise with a friend I met, Bill Hunter. He'll be here any minute to pick me up. Don't go getting all upset because it might not work out between us and if that's the case I'll come back home."
Now I'd always thought of myself as a quick thinker but I'm sure I stood there with my mouth hanging open looking dumb. I was having trouble processing what she had said.
I tried, "You mean you are leaving here with another man?"
"Jim, don't be stupid. I already told you that."
"Let me get this straight. You are going on a cruise with some asshole – what was his name? Oh, yeah, Bill Hunter. I assume you mean you'll be sleeping in the same bed?"
"Jim, you don't have to be crude. Of course I'll be sleeping with him. But, it might not work out. Who knows, two weeks in a small room cruising the Med might make us hate each other and then I'll come back home ... so don't get your balls in an uproar!"
Goddamn! Where did this woman come from and what did she do with Holly? Well, it didn't make any difference; Angie didn't raise a fool. I took her two bags and put them in the hallway. I went back and, grabbing her hand, I hauled her up and dragged her over to the door.
"Have fun, Holly, but don't worry about coming back home – I won't be here."
I pushed her out the door and locked it with the chain. Grabbing a beer, I sat where she had been sitting and tried to figure out what had just happened. A bit later, I heard her steps receding down the hallway with the hum of the wheels on the suitcase followed shortly by the ding on the elevator.
Sipping the beer there in our apartment, I tried to figure out what had gone wrong. I gradually got over it the next few weeks ... mostly. About a month after she left I received divorce papers in which she asked for damn little. Turned out the guy owned more oil wells than I had fingers.
So, I sat at the small table at the Silver Dollar thinking that maybe love wasn't all it was cracked up to be. When I first started coming here I'd picked up a few girls for one-nighters – I wasn't in any hurry for an ongoing relationship. After a few weeks of that I gave it up ... the emotional turmoil didn't seem worth the sometimes dubious reward.
After that, I just came for a few dances if someone caught my fancy – or I hers. I stayed away from the slow songs and made sure to escort each girl back to her table after one dance. I did like listening to the bands; they generally were quite good. I paced myself on the beer, maybe one every forty-five minutes or so. I got in the habit of peeling the labels off the bottles until one of the bar girls hinted that if I was going to keep making a mess on the table that maybe I should tip a little more.
For a few weeks – especially when I saw a girl that through her posture, her voice, her hair or something made me think of Holly - I'd try to analyze what had gone wrong. I finally conceded that maybe it was partly my fault with all the travel I'd been doing or maybe even it was no one's fault – it just damn well happened and so damn what?
I snapped out of it when a girl walked over and stood next to me. She looked down and finally asked, "Big Jim, you really don't remember me, do you?"
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