Well, not quite infinite perhaps, but certainly vast! I was shopping for some new shoes for the summer when I was invited to take a look at the Infinity Shoes website. I’d never visited the site before, but it didn’t take me long to appreciate their tremendous selection of name-brand shoes in all the latest styles and colors. Seriously, they have everything from Birkenstock sandals to minnetonka boots, and just about everything in between, which means you’re sure to find something you love no matter what your tastes in footwear.

In fact, I was thinking that many of the shoes and boots featured at InfinityShoes.com would make terrific gifts for just about everyone on my list. For instance, I have a cousin who positively raves about how comfortable tsubo shoes are, so there’s no doubt she would be thrilled to receive a pair for her upcoming graduation. Infinity Shoes stocks numerous styles from this manufacturer, making it easy to find the perfect pair.

Now that I think about it, my best friend’s birthday is coming up in six weeks. I usually just take her out to dinner at her favorite restaurant, but maybe I’ll do something different this year. I found the cutest pair of seychelles shoes on the site, and know Jennifer will go crazy over them. They’re called Coast to Coast, and brilliantly capture her fun-loving, whimsical personality. Those shoes would definitely be right at home in her closet.

Of course, I’m not totally selfless and generous here; I’m going to buy myself a pair of Clark Tobi sandals before I shell out for anyone else!

Deborah Jean Palfrey, the woman convicted just a couple of weeks ago for running a high-end prostitution ring that catered to senators and other D.C. power players, has committed suicide. Known as the D.C. Madam, Palfrey’s body was discovered hanging from a nylon rope in a shed on her mother’s property in Tarpon Springs, FL (20 miles NW of Tampa).

According to preliminary news reports I’ve read, the DC Madam had apparently vowed during an interview last year that she would never go to prison for “one day” on charges relating to her escort service. However, she was facing 57 to 71 months in prison after her recent conviction, and was scheduled to be sentenced on July 24, so I guess this was her way of ensuring that she stayed out of jail.

Police reportedly found a suicide note at the scene, but refused to elaborate on its contents.

This was not the first suicide associated with the DC Madam and her prostitution ring. In 2006, Brandy Britton, a former University of Maryland (Baltimore County) professor of sociology and anthropology, was arrested for prostitution charges. She, too, subsequently committed suicide (by hanging) in January of 2007 before her case went to trial.

Hmm, I can’t figure out why anyone would kill themselves over the possibility of going to prison for 57 months (less than 5 years). The articles I read hinted that humiliation might have been a factor, but come on. People would forget about her after she was locked away anyway, right? She could have started a brand new life after being released, in a place where people wouldn’t even recognize her. Suicide doesn’t make sense here….

(Image from ABC News)