Hello, all. I know I haven't posted here in a while, but I thought some of you may be interested in a little "boots on the ground" report of the preliminary hearing. Just to make things clear, I will never again refer to that thing by his name. He is from now on dubbed Sideshow Bob. So- I'm sure you've all heard the report. He sat in the courtroom listening to the testimony against him, and was completely emotionless. That's not quite accurate. Whatever it is that makes us human, he doesn't have it. He sat there more like a thing without a soul than a person with no emotion. Photos and descriptions don't give any real sense of just how spooky Sideshow Bob actually is. He's not crazy- he's quite lucid. He's evil. His presence gives a sense of evil. I've always believed in the human soul, and even more so now that I have been exposed to a creature who looks human, but lacks that divine spark. I was only able to stomach one day of the preliminaries- I was there on Monday with my daughter and her friend (both of whom were in the 4th row of the theater Sideshow Bob shot up) and we all decided by the lunch recess that we had had enough. The media, I have to say, have done an extremely tasteful job of covering the proceeding. The officers who testified told some rather horrific stories, and the press only gave the most basic taste of what the had to say- almost all the details were left out, particularly the stories told by Officer Blue. I've been asked by the DA in the case to come back tomorrow for the arraignment, so I will be doing that. If this thread generate any positive interest, I'll make a short post tomorrow when I get home from that.