Evangeline

Exactly. I watched her channel before the scandal an I liked her. Her channel was like a parody of the “I actually have a way normal life for a teenage girl” scene from Clueless…except not a parody and totally serious…but she’s likable and I got some good makeup tips from her that I’m grateful for. I most look forward to watching Olivia, Melora, JoJo, Jimmie, and Amanda (though she’s more forgettable than I would have thought). JoJo needs to finesse her energy levels and style, but this week’s was impressive. The Miz is good too and Iman has had some endearing moments but I agreed with the judge who said this week’s style wasn’t for him. Kenya was very good tonight. Won’t miss Mel C, though would have much preferred Cody to go.

The change from $25k to $10k was a good one. It's a better fit. There is a more obvious correlation to how many questions the person got right, and it feels less random - getting a couple easier questions than another contestant makes just a $20k difference rather than a $50k difference. But most importantly, it allows the high offer to be a higher multiple of the money, which was necessary because no one was taking the high offer last season (one contestant only I think). And makes the amount they're risking less life changing. It's not "unfair" per se that they leave with nothing if they lose, but it's less entertaining. Almost every other game show the contestants get something for playing. This is particularly hard to watch when there is so much skill involved in this show. So, it makes me like the show less and makes me less likely to watch - which is really the only objective of this show. If the host reads too fast, it's hard to understand the questions - I think they've struck a good balance. It seems she speeds up with the Chaser at the end, which isn't good. I don't like the 3 question head start either, though it's clear they need some advantage. It seems particularly off when a contestant only gets a 1 question head start. Not sure how I'd change that, though. Brad is the only chaser I enjoy in the role.

I’m currently pretty obsessed with them. The cheese quality is amazing.

The See Rescue guy did a deal with SpaceX! https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.prunderground.com/shark-tank-said-no-spacex-said-yes-seerescuestreamer-onboard-mission-to-protect-astronauts/00189890/amp/

I don’t care who, but I wish SOMEONE would come up with a hotel by day concept. 4 years later and it’s still non-existent (to the entrepreneurs’ credit... though they clearly haven’t taken the market either). I’ve stayed in many hotels, and have only seen one hotel ever give you the option of a late check out at the time of booking. I currently have two hotel rooms booked for one night for an upcoming trip, because we are working remotely and can’t switch hotels midday. The last time I tried to get a late checkout the hotel wouldn’t let me ask until morning of, and the answer was no. One hotel in Vegas was advertising a 24-hour stay, which is cool. Not sure if they’re still doing that. For early check in, you’re at the hotel’s mercy. I don’t mind taking a red eye if I have a hotel room to go to when I land, but there’s no way to guarantee that. I’ve actually been extremely lucky with New York hotels. The only way to guarantee that you have a place to nap when you land from a red eye is to book a hotel for 2 nights, and then call the hotel to inform them you’re not checking in until the next morning. Surely there is a market for this. For all the competition hotels have, you’d think one would try to get an edge doing this. ETA: It seems most efficient to book rooms with 4-hour flexibility on check in/check out. And priced accordingly. When I check out of a room at 6 p.m. (which I did on my most recent hotel stay - again, working remotely so couldn’t leave midday) why leave it empty for that night? Same thing goes for booking an extra night just to guarantee early check-in. Plus, a lot of hotels don’t operate at 100% occupancy, so it’s win/win to sell half day rates. Though I suppose that scenario is why they don’t want to let you book a late checkout in advance. Anyway, I do believe there is a market there and their booking system is an obstacle. Perhaps not enough of a market to get over that obstacle.

My understanding is that it’s the rupture that can kill, not the absence of a spleen. Similar to the appendix - having your appendix removed for appendicitis is routine, but having an appendix that ruptures before they can remove it is a dangerous situation.

Yes, I should clarify the guidance applies from two weeks after the last shot up until 3 months after the last shot.

Evidence so far indicates that it is effective at substantially reducing the risk of transmission. They no longer require people who have been exposed to Covid to quarantine if they've been vaccinated, which is most telling to me.

It wasn't special privileges because he's famous -- the TSA will in fact allow you to board a flight even though you've lost your ID. Learned this from my old boss whose wife was able to board a flight without ID. I don't know the details, but my understanding is you go into a room and they try to verify your identity through other methods.

When I first saw this show, it reminded me of the game "Bamboozle" from Friends haha. The episode with Elliot and Kathryn really demonstrated the "team" concept -- Kathryn didn't carry her weight in dollar terms, but she contributed more than 1/3 in the Final Chase. I wish we saw more people go high/low in the offers. My preliminary thinking is that if someone had, say, $175k or more from the cash builder round, it would be strategic to go higher. Risky of course, but probably strategic given the likelihood they would do correspondingly well against the Chaser. $75k and lower they should go with the lower offer, given the lower likelihood they'll beat the Chaser and the comparatively high value of being a "freeloader" (Kathryn is the counterpoint to this term) relative to the amount they're giving up by going with the lower amount. I can see a confident player not wanting to risk a meaningful amount of money to them and playing it safer, so I do understand the reluctance to go higher. No one has gone higher yet, right? (ETA: Just saw the episode I missed - one did!) They're going to have to increase those offers to entice players more, otherwise this show will get boring. I think the high offer should be a minimum 3x the amount they got in the cash builder round -- that way, with that option, it guarantees them the amount of money they earned in the cash builder round at a minimum if they go through to and win the Final Chase. (That is, unless a player gets through with a negative amount, which I think I read is possible.) More players should definitely go lower - I think people are letting pride get in the way of rational thinking. The game last week was painful to watch, I felt so bad for that contestant. It really comes down to luck of the draw with your teammates - it really demonstrates how difficult it is to win with only one contestant in the Final Chase. It also comes down to the luck of the question difficulty and length (hopefully the question selection is random). I think the host also might read faster during the Chaser's round - that's a variable that is very difficult to make completely fair, and something the producers could manipulate to control the amount the show pays out (as long as they have the good sense not to put it in an email). Brad is by far my favorite Chaser, he is so enjoyable to watch.

Conviction is the standard of proof needed to take away someone's freedom. The standard of proof needed to not cast on a TV show is much lower.

Really bad but really good, lol. Love it.

Ha, yup, I've had the same thing happen to me. They generously give my height the fictional inches too.

Yes - I get annoyed when discussions of pre-nups revolve around "his" money, when the money is earned as part of a partnership she would be contributing to indirectly. She (or someone in her position) would also be wise to give thought to what she would need to get on her feet and ensure the pre-nup makes her entitlement to that money clear, so she won't be in a position with being kicked out with nothing. I'm all for pre-nups, they just have to be well thought out and fair. I've always said that time periods in any pre-nup I sign will be measured by the day rather than by years - I don't want my partner to have a day each year where he might wonder whether fighting for our marriage for an additional year is worth $X to him. Any part year would be calculated as a fraction of 365.

Fillers and botox are both supposed to be temporary, I wonder what she'd look like in 6 months if she stays away from that stuff. The trouble with plastic surgery is that going to a good doctor is no guarantee of good results - better chance than going to a bad doctor of course, but results really vary from person to person. And revision surgery is more difficult and more expensive than a first surgery. At least she'll have all the Beverly Hills doctors available to her now. Hopefully she'll pick a good one.