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Thank you so much for the input. I like monks too. Are you in an area where you can get Monks' Bread (baked at the Abbey of the Genessee)? I will be sure to order monkfish the next time I see it on the menu and create a mental picture of a retreat in upstate New York with fish in robes and cowls.

Yeah. Reportedly most of the original Star Trek cast hated him. In the latest of his several memoirs, The Shat said he and Leonard became best friends and The Shat was best man at Leonard's second marriage to Susan. But in the years before he died, Leonard didn't communicate with him. Strange. If I may be permitted a personal digression - I worked for many years at a major airline. Two of my close friends told me of encounters with Leonard Nimoy. Both said he was courteous and charming. One of them, a flight attendant who could chew nails and spit them out, said Leonard's first wife Sandy was horrible and rude inflight. But her face softened when she said "But HE was a lovely man. A lovely man." That is how I always think of him.😋

Because I'm feeling talkative...the same thing with monkfish. I love monkeys and I love seafood. But the combination is so offputting.

I still love the Shat in all his weirdness. He has seemed to be able to laugh at himself.

Well, gang - at least we can admire the gorgeous scenery. If I earned my living like Stephen King and never had to leave my mansion for six months of the year, I'd love to live in New England. Unfortunately, my year in NE happened to occur in one of the worst winters in history. They had to suspend mail delivery. My father-in-law died and his funeral procession was led by a snowplow. (We knew he would have found that hilarious.) The snowtubing was fun and reminded me of being a kid in the Dark Ages when we went scooting down hills on saucer sleds. I couldn't believe the wimps who didn't want to participate. My great-aunt did belly-slams with us when she was in her 70s. I guess I'm in it for the non-Lumpia guys for the win.

Yeah, I live in a burb where Filipino food is available all over the place. But I simply don't want to put anything into my mouth that is called "lumpia". It would be like going to a sandwich shack where their special was "barf".

Are they available on Amazon? My hand/eye coordination has gone straight to hell. I didn't like the winner either, but her charity was Save the Whales so I cut her some slack. Not a whole lot, but a bit.

So why doesn't pwesious Geoffie use bamboo forks and spoons? Shoot - you can get buried in an environmentally friendly bamboo coffin these days. And BTW, have you stopped stealing you servers tips>

Oh Geoffie - get over yourself. I'll bet when you were a kid you called your parents "Mater" and "Pater". (Insert massive eyeroll here)

Sorry - I meant to post in misc celeb news so I moved the text over there. Damned eyeglasses!!!

What a beautiful tribute.

If any of you are Audible subscribers, Rene Auberjonois IS Aloysius Pendergast. I can't imagine anyone else reading the novels. Jumping into the wayback machine, Mr. Auberjonois was Dago Red, the priest in the original and absolute best movie M*A*S*H. My friends and I cut classes to see the movie 5 times because the audience was laughing so hard we missed most of the dialogue.

OK. So what are you supposed to do with Chia Pets? Eat them as a garnish? Maybe I should move this to the Food Network page.

I always wonder about this. $20??? Unless you are serving uni with cavier, how can you justify $20 from a truck?

As someone 16 years younger than Leonard Rosenberg, I can attest to the long-lasting effects of a fall when you age. Instead of jumping in and out of the shower as you did in your younger years, you have to think about placing your feet. I'm still suffering from neck and hip injuries from a tub slip three months ago. It really sucks, and you can't believe it happened to you.

I'm liking this season much better than the previous few, if for no other reason than that the locations are so picturesque. Inlaws are from New England, so I have many fond associations. Portsmouth is charming. Don't really have a favorite truck team, so I'll just enjoy the scenery.

Time to bring back the Obnoxious Bus for a special stop. "Chris Coleman - party of one". I reran the ep to see where he worked so I'd make sure to avoid it. It's Stoke in Charlotte NC. On the other hand, the next time I'm in Manhattan I'll check out the Landmark restaurant and give kudos to Mark Moran who should have won on general principle.

I was just talking about Jonathan Miller yesterday with Mr. pig. He was a cousin of one of my college roommates. I saw many of his productions in London and he was a brilliant conversationalist on Cavett back in the day. I'll always remember him discussing his severe stutter and having to instantly search for a workaround when he realized that on that day his challenging consonant was, for example, "M". How horrible that such a brilliant, funny and articulate (despite or maybe because of the stutter) died of Alzheimers. RIP, sir. You were witty, generous, and one of a kind.

I would have thought the winning chef would have given part of his award to Mac (like our fan favorite Lance) for saving his bacon, but not this time. Boo. Hiss.

Gosh - that movie was a staple late Friday nights on the locally-produced Shock Theater (hosted by Ghoulardi).

This season has been great. Tightly plotted, wonderfully acted, and full of King references to entertain those of us who have enjoyed his work for over 40 years. You can see why so many talented actors are drawn toward streaming series like this. Does anyone know the name of the actor who played Annie's father? I don't see him listed in iMDB.

Scott sure has loosened up from his earlier days judging Chopped. Remember when his grimly chastised a contestant for "disrespecting the fish" for picking it up with tongs? He seemed to be enjoying himself on WCIA.

I absolutely detest the Celebrity Cruise spot with Grace Slick wailing White Rabbit* at the top of her lungs. Then they cut to something else for 30 to 60 seconds and Grace is back wailing the same thing again. I hate hate hate loud commercials. Celebrity has a pretty good rep among cruise lines. They need another ad agency. *White Rabbit is fine when I choose to listen to it on its own, but not when it's blasted at multi decibels while I relax unsuspecting in my Lazy Boy.