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My husband’s uncle, Robert C.Shaler, Ph.D., Sc.D. (hon) (uncle Bobby as we call him), has his own TV show! It is part of the Discovery Channel network called ID Investigation Discovery and the show is called Crime Scene University.
Robert was the director of forensic biology in New York City’s Office of Chief Medical Examiner and in 2005 he left and headed to Penn State’s new forensics major program. In the wake of the WTC attacks on September 11, 2001, he assumed the responsibility for identifying the 2749 people who perished. He designed, organized, and implemented the DNA testing strategy that became the cornerstone for the majority of the 1592 identified victims. He is a truly amazing person and he welcomed me with open arms the minute I met him!
Crime Scene University Episodes:
>Drugs and Dirty Deals
7/10/08 @ 8:00 pm, 11:00 pm (EST)
7/13/08 @ 2:00 pm, 3:00 am (EST)
>Road Rage
7/17/08 @ 8:00 pm, 11:00 pm (EST)
7/20/08 @ 2:00 pm, 3:00 am (EST)
>Dismemberment
7/24/08 @ 8:00 pm, 11:00 pm (EST)
7/24/08 @ 8:00 pm, 11:00 pm (EST)
I worked long a hard on convincing my husband to finally start a blog of his own-one that is near and dear to his heart — cars. He seems to really enjoy it so far and it gives him a outlet which means maybe I won’t have to hear about all that car ‘talk’. Check it out here.
We attended the NC State Fair in Raleigh last weekend – it was the last weekend. We went up to see Lee’s Mom and thought it would be fun for the 3 of us to go. It was insane. The crowed was unbelievable and the traffic to say was mismanaged is an understatement! We had a good time nevertheless.
Check out that icecream! That was their “standard” scoop for $4.00! It was soooooo yummy.
My grandmother had a massive stroke last Sunday/Monday and I flew down to Florida on Tuesday to see her and essentially say goodbye. She is in Hospice. I’ve never experienced losing someone so close to me and it has been emotionally draining. The stoke caused her to loose her ability to speak, swallow and eat; her entire right side of her body is paralyzed and she lost all of her bodily functions. She could open her eyes and see you and that was it. On Wednesday she opened her eyes a few times and you could tell that she knew you were there – she would try to smile and then sometimes she would look at you and she was not there at all.
I am so grateful that I was able to see her and I think she did know that I was there. Leaving Hospice and driving to the airport was so painful and sad. She died at 7:00 pm on September 7, 2007.
(Picture of Grama and Grampa on their Wedding Day in 1948;
Grampa died of lung cancer in 1993)
(Picture of Grama and Grampa on a trip to Hawaii sometime in 1990)
