It's been such a long time since I've posted on my blog. The day job has been keeping me busy. But I must admit that I have been fascinated with the anger that regular spews from the mouth of Nancy Grace, particularly in relation to the Casey Anthony case, of course. I try to watch as little of Grace as possible because I'm always fearful that if I linger too long on HLN that I will literarlly witness the spontaneous combustion of a human being. She runs so hot with righteous indignation.

She was, of course, in rare form during the Anthony trial. But she is always hard to take. And I'm not proud to say this, but I always feel she'd be a little less painful if she didn't look like such a  hard-edged bully. She looks like the kind of boss who'd go out of her way to make you cry and then take you to task for being so weak that you shed a tear.

Everything about her is angular and sharp: from the prickly hair cut to the piercing eyes to her intensely arched eyebrow to the peak lapels of her jackets. She's all sharp elbows, anger and gnawing southern drawl. I wonder what she would be like in a courtroom. Would she attempt to browbeat a jury into a conviction?

I didn't follow the Anthony trial. I guess I'm alone in that. I know next to nothing about the duct tape, the lies or even what Anthony did or didn't accuse her father of doing to her. But I long ago made the decision that Grace was too aggressive for my taste.

In her style, I always get the impression that she's trying to exude no frills power and authority. That she's not trying to dress in a masculine manner -- a la John T. Molloy's old-school "Dress for Success" manual. But she is trying to come across as strong and determined. But it seems to me that when your voice and demeanor are already on pissed-off over-drive, you don't really need to wear a black leather blazer to get toughness cred'. Grace's style acts like a bullhorn to an already loud and obnoxious voice. So much so, that it makes my ears bleed to look at her.

Grace may never speak in measured tones. Indeed, I'm sure she believes that she is speaking up for all those who have no voice. But as she shouts her passionate, guitly-because-I-said-so opinions, her style doesn't need to  ratchet up the volume.