It's Been a Very Long Time...I Got Addicted to ID

I just realized that I took a five-year break from blogging. Five years. Where has the time gone? I don't think I have any readers so I doubt anyone has missed my musings. But if you did, I'm sorry I apologize for the very long gap. So what have I been up to? I can't remember 4-5 years ago but probably part of it is that I have been and continue to be obsessed with watching the ID (Investigation Discovery) network whenever I get the chance. A network that has shows with such titles as "Wives with Knives," "Fatal Vows," "Your Worst Nightmare," "Nightmare Next Door" and my favorite titled entry but not my fave show, "Southern Fried Homicide." But for me, "Deadly Women," "The Will" and a show that's really grown on me, "Homicide Hunter," is where it's at. The cheesy remakes of murderous women's schemes are played out by actors who all appear to be created by some wacko factory in Hollywood in "Deadly Women." The actors do a great job of being creepy and psychotic and are probably having a ball doing so. It is a truly mesmerizing show that features a fantastic narrator in Lynnanne Zager, as well as commentators like Candice DeLong who states the truly obvious during shorts breaks in the stories. "The Will" (aka "The Will: Family Secrets Revealed," has had just a handful of shows produced. "Will" has showcased the unfortunate stories such celebrities as Joan Crawford, Ritchie Valens, Ted Williams, Tammy Wynette, James Brown and Andy Warhol, all of whom left either no will or had a will contested. The moral of the story is dead celebrities are just a money grab for most so-called friends and family members. Sad. And Lt. Joe Kenda of "Homicide Hunter" completely sucks you in with his POV of crime solving despite the fact that he is THE most deadpan on-screen narrator in the history of television. The by-product of all the ID show viewing is that my forensics vocabulary has improved immensely. Stippling anyone?