If MA teases us with bad news, I will flood his inbox. Who's with me?

If MA teases us with bad news, I will flood his inbox. Who's with me?

I'm waiting for the other shoe to drop.

What's with the pessimistic attitudes?

nothing good ever lasts. Every good LL spoiler is followed by something equally bad for LL... I don't think we've reached the end of that cycle yet.

Unfortunately, someone on the MT just said that Ausiello had a family emergency and won't be able to do his column tonight. I hope he's okay.

Alright...I spent the past 30 hour writng a letter instead of doing my homework. So you'd better read and review!

To Whom it May Concern,

My name is Lorelai Gilmore and I have known Lucas Danes for approximately ten years. My friendship with him has allowed me to see the responsible, family man qualities that Luke possesses as a natural part of his character. He is not only a father of thirteen year old April Nardini, but also a devoted son to the late William Danes, a caring brother to his sister Liz and her husband, a supportive uncle to his nephews Jess Mariano and William, a dedicated member of the Stars Hollow community, and a respectable business owner. He is also a selfless, caring and dependable friend, as I have seen during my years of knowing him.


I met Luke Danes as a customer in his diner, and regularly eat there with my daughter, Rory, who is now at Yale University. During those years, he would offer me any kind of support I needed with respect to my homeowner needs; voluntarily fixing porches or roof shingles. Luke has been a regular friend to both me and my younger daughter. He has baked her birthday cakes and attended her parties, cooked for her when she became, attended her graduation from high school, and helped her move in to university. He always asks her about school and shows concern in her well-being. As a witness to all he has done for my daughter, albeit completely voluntarily, I have to say he one of the most influential male role models in my daughter's life, following her grandfather. Her father, in comparison, had a considerably small presence in her life and was rarely a supportive part of her life, despite his relative proximity during the past few years. If you would ask my daughter, now twenty two and almost out of university, about Luke, she would have nothing bad to say of him.


I was also a witness to Luke's behaviour as a guardian to his nephew, Jess, when he was seventeen. Jess stayed with Luke for about two years while trying to push through his last years of high school. He had arrived because his mother was having trouble disciplining him and he was doing so poorly in school. Luke had known nothing about parenting or raising children at the time Jess came to live with him, but nevertheless tried as best as he knew to keep his nephew out of trouble and on a positive path. He put him through school and gave him a job at his diner to learn responsibility. He showed discipline and caring to the boy despite Jess's misgivings as a teenager. Luke also regularly sought my advice for parenting because he wanted to ensure he was doing what was best for his nephew. Jess regrettably did not pass high school despite Luke's efforts, but during the past two years, I have learned that he wrote a short novel, and started up a small bookstore in Philadelphia. He has emerged a young, responsible adult, and I believe his success is due in part by Luke's role model behaviour and support.


Lucas Danes, has been a family man ever since I've known him. He had a tight relationship with his father, whom he cared for during his last years of life. Luke supports his sister and nephews during any crisis no matter the sacrifices he would have to make. He's selfless and caring, although humble at his positive attributes.


Luke had not known of his daughter April Nardini, until approximately 15 months ago when she informed him from an informal DNA test. This was because Anna Nardini did not inform Luke that she was pregnant after their break up. Despite the twelve years that Luke missed, he immediately stepped up to the plate to seek a relationship with April Nardini, as well as pay financial support for her. In about a year, Luke has developed a positive relationship with his daughter, so close that he was trusted to take care of her for several weeks while Anna was away to take care of her sick mother. Luke wanted to get to know April and be a good father. He went on a class trip with her and arranged her birthday party last year. He also recently dealt with a medical crisis with maturity as I was a witness to. He called me when his daughter was feeling ill for advice, and immediately took her to the hospital when I informed him it could be serious. He stayed at the hospital the full three days that she was there.


In summary, Luke Danes is a terrific father, role model, and friend. He possesses the character of a responsible guardian and a supportive adult figure.


April has a fantastic father who loves her and would do anything for her. Through my experiences over the past ten years, I would conclude that he deserves and is responsible to take on partial custody over his only daughter, as it is necessary in maintaining and developing the relationship they have only started to experience themselves.

Yours Sincerely,
Lorelai Gilmore.


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To Whom It May Concern,
Anna's a bitch for not telling Luke he had a daughter for twelve years. I think that's reason enough to give Luke full custody. After all, he has shown to be a responsible father within the 15 months he's had to get to know April. Plus, I knew him for ten years and he's been a surrogate father to my daughter, Rory, as well as a guardian to his nephew, Jess for two years. Luke deserved to know he had a daughter and because of Anna, he missed out on twelve years to get to know her.

-Yours Sincerely,
Lorelai Gilmore

Like for example MA announces tomorrow...

MA's grandmother, who basically was his sole parent (his parents died 10 years ago) has died.

Sorry to hear about Ausielo's grandmother.

Seriously, Craig, what's up with a picture for a wedding/elopement gift? Did Emily and Richard not think to get them a house? (Well, definitely not the one Emily originally picked out, since that was for Lorelai and LUKE and I doubt Christopher fishes)