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Hi SistaLadyBug - I like your name! Yeah, I pinged on those Alaskan Bush People right away, Steff. auntl - from what I can gather, Where The Wild Men Are is a 4 part documentary series from Canadian tv. The folks I saw lived in very remote areas and had been doing so for years. They were quirky and unique, but not your typical reality tv famewhores.

I posted something on the Investigation Discovery thread the other day that is my automatic response from now on: the only baggage here has dead bodies in it. It works for me. :-)

My belated hello to alegtostandon and watchdog - it is nice to meet you. I am really enjoying hearing all about Houston and the shooting locales, and especially the scoop on the hospital cafeteria! It puts things into perspective for me, like hearing that Jen lives only 2 miles from work. I'm not the type to discover this on my own, since I stick mainly to these forums and the occasional, ahem, "scholarly research", so I do appreciate all these little tidbits. ;-) So, I just caught a couple of episodes of a show called Where the Wild Men Are (SCI channel, Fridays), about people who live "off the grid"; the first two were set in Alaska and New Zealand (scenery porn!!!). I noticed the next episode is set in ... Texas, which may be interesting. I like learning about alternative lifestyles and different ways of raising children, which is something this show has highlighted, so far.

Proving yet again that I can resist anything BUT temptation, I lasted less than one day in my resolve not to step on the Bravo wedding train. Yes, I found a repeat of the Kandi wedding episode airing tonight, and went ahead and scheduled the 'series record' while I was at it. I AM WEAK! I'm going to go ahead and blame it on my recent rediscovery of Black Russians, rather than lay it all on your heads, like I want to. :-)

Dang, y'all are messing with my resolve to not watch any Bravo wedding shows ... the lure of a possible Mama Joyce smack down and mention of the San Diego Zoo is enough to entice me. "Just when I thought I was out ... they pull me back in"

Misery loves company. ;-)

Diane Mars - that is my idea of scenery! What's the story on the giant fork? :-)

OK, I'm woman enough to admit I started watching in a lame attempt to stay connected with my girlfiend/SIL/mother of nieces, a woman I love, but have less in common with now that the girls are grown. One look and I was hooked; I've never watched zombie, or even horror genres, but was desensitized by True Blood, and love conquers almost all. My first true love is post apocalyptic stories (cut my eye teeth on "The Stand"), so I was an easy mark. Funny thing - we never really bonded about this show, but I found a whole bunch of other people to obsess with. :-) Persnickety1 - that totally irrational Carl hate? I get it. It must be the hat. I hate myself for saying that about a kid, so I choose to believe he's an awesome actor who is trying to annoy me with his dumb cow eyes and his Stupid. Fucking. Hat. :-)

And you snark so well, bosawks! I covet your wit.

"stick insect" I die.

I have yet to watch a wedding special, and don't intend to watch this one, but I AM sorely tempted to watch anything that smacks of a Mama Joyce-beast takedown. That woman is horrid.

Lifeboat? Nah, this is the fuckin' Queen Mary. Pull up a deck chair and enjoy the music while the cabin boy brings us our drinkies. :-)

I want a new bumper sticker with the logo: WWJKD? (WWKD?). Only the coolest Kenda fans would honk. :-)

It was quite the night, wasn't it, Persnickety1? I think we may have been on a bit of a posting binge, yes? :-)

auntjess - that scorecard killer was creepy. Luckily I listen much more than I watch. Buck up, beckie - we'll get through it. The only baggage here has dead bodies in it. :-) We have that Last Seen Alive show to either thoroughly enjoy, or thoroughly enjoy snarking on, and if you're anything like me, you'll have a bunch of stuff on your DVR by tomorrow (I love Sunday nights). And you KNOW what tomorrow brings ... KENDA !!! DVR alert: "I (Almost) Got Away With It: What Would Kenda Do?" airs Monday 6/2/14 on ID.

Ah, Julie Andrews ... I'm really dating myself by admitting not only can I say it backwards, I can probably still sing every song from Mary Poppins (albeit not with the dulcet tones of my youth). :-) I thought she and Jonah Hill got along smashingly. I doubt Julie Andrews is one to clutch her pearls at any bawdiness.

Agreed, Tudor Queen. Ian McShane's performance elevated Milch's brilliant dialogue to something approaching perfection for me.

I don't doubt for one minute that Sue was in some real pain. She does NOT want anyone to see her crying or exhibit any weakness. Just the way she was moving made my back hurt like a motherfucker. :-) As usual, I loved watching Agnes working with and teaching her girls; I like the break from all the hunting & fishing (yeah, I know, I know).

WELCOME, my dear. Sit a spell. Put your feet up. Can I get you a drink? Pillow? A life-sized Barba Blow-Up Doll? Do you feel welcomed yet, or just a little creeped out, MrsB? :-)

One little snippet from the episode I enjoyed was showing both Will and Zoey do the stand up without using hands "trick". It always cracks me up - they look like a jack-in-the-box, the way they just seem to pop up effortlessly. :-)

Also, the whole drinking his own pee and baring his chest to the desert sun for a "psychological advantage"? Really bad advise.

I really don't like Joe and I despise his fucking mission statement. He needs to come to terms with the fact that he is not part of Seal Team Six. ;-)

I couldn't help myself - once this episode appeared on my DVR I just had to watch - if only to see what this Graham guy was about. I wasn't nearly as impressed as Joe was, that's for damned sure. Joe's going to need some Viagra to keep his hard on for Graham; the fluting, loincloth, hat weaving, wild water drinking and belief in Joe's inner tree hugger is sure to dampen Joe's ardor quickly. I didn't watch the pig hunt. You're right, ElleryAnne - they weren't teaching us any real survival skills.

truebluesmoky - I couldn't agree more. My own cousin never learned to crawl - he rolled everywhere, until one day he got up and started running. I developed early, but still remember my grandpa teasing me about my afternoon bottle, telling me I couldn't have it once I started school. BFD - I got milk and my first oatmeal cookie in kindergarten and never looked back! So many of these "issues" work themselves out and we learn our worry and hand wringing was for naught. I'm sure the parents are the best informed and the best suited to deal with whatever is actually a problem, and will do so. Also, I remember a little boy in my first grade class who could barely speak English and had an accident at his desk. I remember him because he became a straight A student just like me within a year or two and was one of my "rivals" for top grades. His name was Ming. :-)

smittykins, my Beanster was the King of the Sobe caps. I regularly snaked about 20 of them from under the entertainment center with a broomstick, back in the day. He had the sweetest little face, but was fond of carrying those Sobe caps in his mouth in such a fashion that I called him Hannibal Lecter kitty. (the mask, folks - you really had to see it to recognize the resemblance). ;-)