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It was a slow mental trek towards FJ for me today - my brain was slowly shifting from West to East, and then slowly picturing red and blue...a shape of a building coming into focus, first in broad strokes and then more detailed...narrowing it down to SE Asia...Considered Laos, then thought of Cambodia and went with that, just in the nick of time.

Original air date: Feb 18, 2024

Original air date: Jan 30, 2024

Original air date: Feb 12, 2024

Original air date: Feb 12, 2024

Solid zero this week *sigh*

My girls now both have acne on their chin, so we are doing chlorhexidine wipes. As is the usual any time I notice anything skin-related with them, I worry about ringworm. For what it's worth, Luna was examined under a black light and it didn't fluoresce, but I know that's not 100% reliable. Hopefully in another week or so there is noticeable improvement. Ginny's diarrhea was all better once I put her back on the anallergenic food, but then I started weaning her dexamethasone and on the last step, her diarrhea came back full force. She has been sneaking bits of Luna's food so that could be it too, but she was doing that beforehand also. So, we have gone back a couple steps on the steroid. But if this keeps up, pretty soon I'm going to have a diabetic cat on my hands. Luna also apparently dislikes Ginny's anallergenic dry food, and so has lost quite a bit of weight. I've ordered a microchip feeder to be able to give her regular (and less expensive!) food, so hopefully that helps as well. *sigh* I just want healthy cats for once.

Me too! Mostly I'm just happy that I have absorbed the knowledge that many presidents are from Ohio. I had no idea where Lincoln was born.

2/5*

I found it funny because Juveria was also the only Canadian of the three of them. But yes, I felt bad for the Eiffel Tower answer; obviously forgot about the category. For tonight, I immediately said Ho Chi Minh, then realized that made absolutely no sense. I did a project on the Cambodian genocide in high school and so it wasn't a huge stretch to get Pol Pot, though I couldn't remember if the year was correct.

1/5

I liked all three of them a lot. It was a decent game, and didn't feel like it dragged like these games sometimes do. Instaget FJ - and I was certain I had gotten the year correct; it's one of those things that sticks in my brain. Was glad to see Katie rounded up her math this time :)

2/5*

Instaget FJ. I was gifted a copy of The Secret Garden movie as a child for my birthday, but never actually watched it or read the book. It has perpetually been "on my list" for over 25 years.

I hope not, or I am heading for another zero.

0/5 - great way to end the year ;)

I am too, I just wish it wasn't a swivel chair.

I first thought Chamberlain because of the fleeing to Canada part - and spent most of the think music trying to come up with his name ("The appeaser! The one who was PM before Churchill!") but right at the end realized that the warmonger part meant it was actually probably Churchill, and so switched my answer at the last possible second. Had I been there, I wouldn't have had time to write it down, but since I am sitting on my couch at home, I will take the credit ;)

I didn't put up my 6 ft tree this year, because I didn't trust Ginny and Luna. Instead I got a 4 ft tree that I could put on a low dresser in my bedroom, so the door would be closed when I am not home. They were actually impressively good with it, for cats that get into absolutely everything. This is Luna, checking it out for the first time.

2/5 for me.

For FJ I couldn't figure out if they meant chest like the body part or chest like a chest of drawers, so I got nowhere.

Ugh, Not You Again: Least Entertaining Villain Winner: Justified: City Primeval - Clement Mansell Runner up: Loki - He Who Remains That Nearly Killed Me: Saddest Death Scene Winner: The Fall of the House of Usher - Raven poignantly explains to Lenore, the youngest and only innocent member of the family, that she is part of the bloodline and so she too has to die before gently touching her brow and killing her painlessly. Runner up: Star Trek: Strange New Worlds - Alternate universe James T. Kirk dies in La'an's arms after being shot by a time-travelling Romulan terrorist. One & Done: Favorite Short-Term Guest Character Winner: Only Murders in the Building - Matthew Broderick Runner up: Frasier (2023) - Lilith Sternin Aw Yessss!: Favorite Scripted Or Reality TV Moment Of The Year Winner: Only Murders In The Building - Despite his anxiety, Charles triumphantly sings "Which of the Pickwick Triplets Did It?" on stage Runner up: The Bear - Richie steps up to run the kitchen when Carmy gets locked in the refrigerator We Heart Bad Boys: Favorite Villain Winner: The Fall of the House of Usher - Verna Runnerup: Loki - Miss Minutes Whaaaat? Are You Effing Kidding Me: Biggest Plot Letdown Winner: Secret Invasion - Maria Hill is killed in the first episode Runner up: Riverdale - The group never returns to present day, stays in the 1950s and watches the entire series to learn about their former lives. Good Riddance: Most Satisfying Death Scene Winner: The Fall of the House of Usher - Freddy, who had tortured his bedridden and helpless wife, slowly sliced to death by a sharp pendulum while he lies helpless. Runner up: Reservation Dogs - The abusive man from the residential school is killed by Deer Lady. Favorite Reality Show Winner: The Great British Bake Off Runner up: The Amazing Race

So far this episode was my favourite of the series. I loved the flashbacks especially, and I couldn't believe that the actress playing young Elizabeth was not a de-aged Claire Foy. I did see on IMDb that the actress playing young Margaret is the same as from Season 1.

1/5, with my guess of Southwest on Thursday. I'd say I'll do better next year...but who am I kidding ;)

I almost made it through without crying, until the very last scene with the AIDS memorial quilt. As soon as they showed that, before we even saw Hawk, I was a mess. It was so misty in here I could barely read the names on the quilt. The Roy Cohn tile is on the real quilt, exactly as it was shown. I wonder who made it. And who (fictionally) made Tim's quilt tile - was it Hawk? Marcus and/or Frankie? I really did enjoy Fellow Travelers, but uplifting it was not. It does give a good perspective that I didn't have before, given that I was born after all of the events in this series. I had heard about the Red scare, Lavender scare, AIDS in the 1980s, Harvey Milk's assassination, etc, but I hadn't really looked at it in the context of a person's lifetime, and that the young adults in the 1950s become the older adults of the 1980s. I haven't read the book, but I have been considering reading it just for more context on the characters - understanding you can't put all of the details into a TV series, and I feel like I want to know more about what happens to them. I did wonder if Hawk was telling the truth that he was negative.