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Original air date: Dec 6 2023

Hawk also mentioned grandkids, didn't he? I wondered if one of his kids died, as an adult - if he already has grandkids - or maybe one of the grandkids. I don't think they explicity told us what the loss was.

0/5, sad. Will be commiserating with the help of donuts.

Inhabitants led me to house, which made me think of the White House - then I thought, well, I wouldn't really call that an object (category: historic objects). But, since I didn't think of a bottle as packaging yesterday, and it was, I ended up going with the White House today. *sigh* I don't think I would have come up with the Liberty Bell though, so there is that.

I don't really consider bottles to be packaging - it's a vessel. So, that the "object" may be liquid didn't occur to me. It isn't wrong, it's just that my brain went off in the complete opposite direction.

See, had the clue actually said that it came in a bottle, I might have got there. However, I was thinking of an object packaged in glass and trying to figure out why or what the reason might be. Clearly not firing on all cylinders tonight.

Does anyone have experience with a flea infestation? I am doing what I can in terms of cleaning - especially focusing on the carpet and cat bedding - but obviously it’s a big undertaking. And with the treatment for the cats, it lasts for 30 days and any flea that bites them will die before hatching eggs. So theoretically if I continue that for 3-4 months (or indefinitely), all the eggs should hatch and try to feed on the cats and then die right? So eventually it will work it’s way out? Just want to make sure it’s not absolutely critical to get every last egg.

I believe James Cook was an asterisk - one contestant didn't participate and the other two said Magellan and Lewis. I got James Cook and Joan of Arc, this week.

I also understood that they were referencing the opening of Star Trek, and also couldn't make the leap from Kirk to Cook. However, by happy accident, my default explorer to guess when I don't know the answer is James Cook, who I did a project on in the third grade but don't actually remember much about. So, that is how I stumbled onto my (so far) only correct FJ this week.

I second the idea of calling the vet to see what they think - I did that once for Echo, when I was unsure, and they said obviously if I want to bring her in they would see her, but I should be okay to hold off and gave me warning signs for what to look out for. The lack of activity/eating is the most concerning for me. I hope Iggy makes a full recovery!! I learned today that my strictly indoor cats have fleas (found the reason for the little scabs that they have had over the last couple of months). So even unlikely things can happen. At least it's not ringworm.

I took the question as both a warning, given the changing climate, and a nudge to propose sooner rather than later.

Original air date: November 15, 2023

For FJ tonight, initially all I could remember was "the one that they found in the parking lot" - it took me a few seconds before I blurted out Richard III. I remember when they found him. I also didn't like Aaron's obnoxious celebrating before the game was over. Plenty of people have runaways and they manage to keep it together.

I feel so bad for Caroline. These witch hunts were awful. I wish they had shown her and Mary discussing what to do after Mary got Tim's letter, if only because seeing Caroline involved in the decisions may have made me feel marginally better about the whole thing. I do wish they focused on Tim a bit more, but I expect that will come.

Add me to the list of people unhappy about Magic being an alcoholic - but as a general rule, I hate addiction storylines. Other than that, I was pretty ambivalent about the episode. They introduced a whole lot about Magic, but completely dropped the security breach that happens whenever Ben leaps.

5/5** I did it! My first ever perfect week!!!!! And probably my last ;) I made steamed custard buns for the first time this past week, so I will bring plenty to share.

I just counted down the line of succession - William, his three kids, Harry, and then Archie is sixth. And then, made the connection to Archie comics - I don't think I would have gotten it from the year alone. Historically, J! contestants don't seem to do that well at questions about the current British Royal Family though.

Well, for FJ today I was utterly unburdened of knowledge to bog me down. I picked Texas as the geographically largest of the lower 48 states. Makes sense it would have the most miles of highway, as the physically largest, right?

Nov 3, 2023

Original air date: Nov 1 2023

I think that's part of why black cat day is Oct 27, just ahead of Halloween. My Echo was a black cat, and she was the most friendly cat I've ever had. Breaks my heart to think of - luckily she never had a Halloween on the streets, before being rescued.

4/5* So close. I just missed Friday. A perfect week still eludes me.

Well, thanks to Hamilton, I said Jefferson - not remembering the exact year he came home, only that he was in France and the vague timeline would have matched. Although, he could have started in 1779 and still come back in 1789? I doubt I would have thought of Franklin in time; I completely forgot he was ambassador to France.