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That podcast was very funny. I wish they'd keep them up - maybe a Christmas one or something.

I'm so glad someone else says it. Sometimes I get blank looks (but not as often as when I quote SNL "Jane you ignorant slut" - which doesn't really track well these days, so I don't do that one anymore...) With FJ my thinking was "long book", "Captain...boat" = Moby Dick. Pretty good game all in all.

We watched on YouTube, unfortunately, the one we watched jumped from showing the FJ category to Ken asking someone if they though of "Orwell" or something like that. After reading the clue on J!, I wasn't sure if I'd have gotten it or not. I certainly read it, but sometimes things click and sometimes they don't. So we have to be wary of YouTube jeopardy. The posters seem to change their names all the time, so there's no trusted one we can always watch. Thankfully, it's just on Mondays because of football. Other than that (Mrs. Lincoln) I did pretty well in general. But I'm here for the FJs.

My Dad's favorite was strawberry shortcake. Mom made it every year.

Rich or not, (not) I prefer the chocolate kind! No asterisks this week. That and chocolate truffles, plus pretzels and melted chocolate - I just gained 2 pounds, and I love it!

Sorry to be so late. It's been a week... Week 13 • Dec. 4 61. 20th CENTURY NOVELS - The Atlanta History Center says this novel was "both beloved & condemned from almost the moment of its publication" in 1936 (Gone With the Wind) 62. 2020s TELEVISION - The title locale of this series is really the Belnord, dating to 1908 & located at 86th & Broadway on NYC's Upper West Side (Only Murders in the Building) 63. FAMOUS NAMES - Subject of a 2003 film, his 1947 obituary said he fathered at least 100 & died of a heart attack at 14, at a California ranch (Seabiscuit) 64. LANGUAGES - Since it can make someone "Japanese laugh as heartily as a Dane", Lillian Gish saw film as an aesthetic this, the name of a language (Esperanto) 65. ANCIENT HISTORY - Before visiting Achilles' tomb, this man threw his spear onto the ground in Asia & declared the continent "spear-won" (Alexander the Great)

I said Secretariat as well - I only know that they're famous horses and have no real concept of their timelines (even though I did watch Seabiscuit). I get that - I topped at the first "S" I could remember, and said to myself that at least I was close - they both start with "Se." LOL. FJ was definitely confusing, Esperanto entered my head briefly, but I dismissed it thinking that it was developed well after Lillian Gish and silent films.

That's the way I took the FJ - probably more because I figured there were many other shows with buildings in them that I've never seen, but I did se OMITB, so I went with it. You are describing almost exactly what I used to call my imperfect photographic memory when I was in school - I'd remember the page in that kind of detail - except for the bit where the answer was. 🤣

It's the Kreme of the century!

I'll bring my leftover dark chocolate birthday cake from last night - no pictures (it isn't fancy, just deep chocolate goodness). And by giving you the virtual leftovers - I can still eat the IRL leftovers (my precious...)😉

I figured they used "west" to create the confusion between the western US and the western hemisphere. Never heard of the Goshute, but bad water made me think of the Great Salt Lake. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goshute (as it turns out, they're a Western Shoshone tribe who are in the Salt Lake area) Other than FJ, I was a little brain lagged last night.

4/5 and 1*. Extraordinary week for me. I think I liked it. 😊

It's all luck of the draw. You'll get your mojo back.

Even the measly weeks add up over time. Trust me, measly is my middle name.

Week 12 - Nov. 27 Two Asterisks 56. *BRITISH CITIES - Over the motto "Fortis est Veritas", the coat of arms of this city features a beast of burden crossing over some water (Oxford) 57. LITERARY GEOGRAPHY - This state university's Writers' Workshop has had famous alumni who wrote about the state, like Jane Smiley & W.P. Kinsella 58. *A BIT OF BRITAIN - In disarray, it was sold at auction in 1915 to a local Wiltshire man, who would donate it to the British government 3 years later (Stonehenge) 59. AMERICAN HISTORY - Established in 1963, this group had its conclusions questioned in books, reports & a special 1970s congressional committee (the Warren Commission) 60. BODIES OF WATER - The Goshute, a Western people, called this vast body of water Teittse Paa, meaning "bad water" (The Great Salt Lake)

Yep, it was probably an instaget for those of us of a certain age. It was for me. I can remember when I heard the news, even though I was in third grade.

Usually things 19 years ago don't feel so long ago (I'm old), but...this one does. Go figure.

I picked it anyway, still thinking "not sure how a stone can be in disarray" - a bit ironic then, that it was multiple stones in disarray. I'm not paying attention to which contest is going on. I'm living for today - as it were - and will patiently wait until "new" clues appear. Though for me the old, used (unremembered)clues are fresh and new for me - kind of like a clue Goodwill store.

I've enjoyed seeing the thinking behind getting to the question for me it was: "Strength Through Truth" (hmm, church or college)...umm, Cambridge - no, not Cambridge... okay, Oxford - OH!! that's what the beast of burden and water mean - an Ox fording..." Even though I knew about the program well before watching Girls (wanted to go there, but didn't think I'd pass muster), I'm a little ashamed (as a writer) to say that that's how I got to it. LOL.

Got it fixed up - Thanks!

My only experience with sweet potato pie was one Thanksgiving one of our friends put waaay too much booze (bourbon?) in the pie. So it definitely didn't taste like pumpkin pie. Or of anything other than the booze. We still laugh about it today.

After a thorough review, 22 (including this week) is correct. Thanks @illdoc

That's interesting, as I show @zoey1996 with 21/55. Since I have to check another total, I'll double check zoey's.

I love root beer, and I love ice cream. But I do not love them together. I'm an outlyer, I'm sure. I don't like the frothy stuff (unless it's whipped cream!). Speaking of whipped cream - I made my pumpkin chiffon pie. Meant to take a picture of it when it was all decked out with real whipped cream (omg, it was so good), but we wanted to eat it too badly to stop and take a picture. But I thought of you guys, and it's the though that counts...right? 😆

At first I wasn't interested in Usher, for the reason that they were all awful (except for one). But after watching a couple, I ended up binging it. It was indeed fantastic! Me too! I finally got Helios into my brain after a question about it a few weeks ago. So for once, I was able to make the connection. I felt very smart. LOL