[Sacajaweau]

Howard and his little videos are all "blackmail" of a sort. Nothing would surprise me. The only person he didn't have something on was Virgie....So he created a video. It would serve HIS PURPOSE in time. I'm sure Anna thought it was being made solely because she was told that there was a good chance Virgie could get custody. The phoney marriage video and the I hate mommy video are tied together.

Why take a video of a phoney marriage and show it publicly?

[lakey]

During the course of re-watching these videos, seeing the same old, same old, I was struck by one of Anna (dressed in black) holding Ron Rale's right arm, a youthful Daniel (suit and tie) to her right, and HKS to Daniel's right. Danny speaks to Ron, but HKS moves across Dan and says something to Anna (or Ron). Daniel raises both of his arms above his head, fists clenched, turns and looks at Howard as if - why don't you shut up! Then, he says something to his mother.

I know all of us have seen this over and over. They are walking outside of a building - may be a courthouse.

The boy resented Howard from way back then.

[lakey]

Why take a video of a phoney marriage and show it publicly?

?? Because, after Daniel's death, he knew he had to make his relationship look like they were in love - he knew Anna would have to testify at the inquest and that could absolutely NOT happen. He knew he was going to kill her and he knew how to do it.

He gives a nervous explanation of the "commitment ceremony", and that they did not want to make people think they were trying to get out of testifying against each other by making it a legal marriage. Although, at some point before this, he makes the flat-out statement, "We were married." This was in goofy Seidlin's court.

[lakey]

Re: These awful videos of Anna, eating like a slob, zonked out, etc., all of this was a prelude to his scheme. She had to look bad, as if she would have been a drug addict without his "helping" hand.

I'm wandering while wondering. 'nitey-nite.