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We have a new pod cast up. Here’s the address so you can link to it. https://www.laurellkhamilton.com/Podcasts/podcast072108.mp3

We did a new format for the pod cast. We answered a few questions off the message board, but we also talked about what we’re doing that’s new. I think of the blog as the what I’m doing new, but apparently a lot of you have requested to hear about it in a pod cast. I don’t really think the dulcet sounds of my voice make the news all that much better, but if you guys do, then okay. We also announced the winners of our latest contest and did other new stuff. We’ll see what you guys think of some of the new format. If more of you like it, then we’ll stick with it. If you guys don’t care, then we’ll go back to just answering questions. Oh, and no loading the voting box. What do I mean by that? Don’t vote if you like, or don’t like something, then come back on line as a different "person", and vote again. One opinion per physical entity please.

I’ve been meaning to mention a new show on CBS that Jon and I have really been enjoying. FLASHPOINT is a new cop drama. It’s the best researched I’ve seen. There are moments of safety and protocol that I’ve never seen done in a fictional police show. Like, when a policeman shoots someone, even if it’s a good shoot, there is always a hearing of some kind. I cheered the moment that the police sniper put his safety clip around a metal piece before he crawled to the edge of the building. So nice to see the effort and the research on the screen. Now, I love crime dramas, and I love them even when it’s more fiction than fact. Hell, I love CSI, even though I know that you could make a drinking game out of how many times they pick up, move, or mess with evidence in a manner that would make it useless in court. But I watch the show faithfully, and just over look those flaws, as you sometimes over look the flaws of those you love. You enjoy their company even if they do have those irritating little habits. So far FLASHPOINT doesn’t have any irritating habits. Though the rookie did something in the second show that was pretty stupid, but I’ll bow to the whole rookie concept. They are doing a nice job of showing that your job, even if you’re on a police tactical unit is to de-escalate the situation, not escalate it.