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Now why did I read that bolded part with "a dingo ate my baby" bad Australian accent?

She hasn't done any videos for Renaissance or CC. She just wants people to enjoy the music. Hilariously someone asked her about the visuals and she responded 'You are the visuals, baby."

Just because you don't understand what you heard, doesn't mean it is trash. It is fine to dislike it, but to call it trash is an utter dismissal of the history and forms of the genre. Putting aside the use of the 'N' word, the song is done in the traditional of a rap battle, which is baked into the bones of rap itself. It has its underpinnings in clever word play, insults and double entendre references. NLU is rife with all of that. Every bar is sometimes a double and triple entendre. Kendrick does not waste a word. The 'A-minor' line references three different things at once. Even the beat itself is a jibe. And in all that he even inserted a history lesson about Atlanta. This particular song does not exist in a vacuum. And it is richer for knowing how it came about which is probably part of the appreciation by the voting members.

I'd be really disappointed in the show if they gave Olympia any real responsibility in this Wellbrexa thing. I am on record on how badly conceived I think the whole vendetta thing is anyway. But it is the conceit of the show so we live with it. However, to compound it by suggesting that a 'fresh out of law school' lawyer would have any real decision making or ownership on such a big money, high profile case would be even more eye rolling. As already suggested, if she was involved it would make more sense for it to have been under the umbrella of following orders of the partners. No brand new, young lawyer is going to tank their career fresh out of law school by defying their boss.

I love Jose Feliciano's cover (the remastered version with the full orchestration). The spanish guitar and his voice makes it so lilting and lovely. I forgot to mention how happy I am for Doechii. She is having a well deserved moment. She is so creative and and such a breath of fresh air in female rap.

I am thrilled about Beyonce and Kendrick winning. Someone somewhere said Cowboy Carter isn't a country album it is a COUNTRY album. And I understand that. The album is so layered and I like how it takes the conceit of changing a radio dial to take a tour of different genres. Also her voice on it is insane! Meanwhile a rap dis song winning both Record and Song of the Year is unprecedented. I am a little gobsmacked, tbh. It is a great song though, and Kendrick is really intelligent and clever in his writing. I winced a little at the crowd singing along to the 'A-minorrrrr' line. Yikes., Drake is still taking the L's.

I actually disagree with this sentiment. Morality is about right and wrong, not about a legal standard. If Julian slept with Shae while he and Olympia were married and they were still making a real go of their marriage, even if it was in trouble, then that was wrong of Julian. At the time they were still a committed couple. However, a separation where they have acknowledged and agreed the marriage is broken and they are over, then it isn't wrong of them to see other people. Again we are talking right vs wrong , i.e morality, and not the legal standard of infidelity. Put into another context, if a couple were not married but in a committed relationship and living together and he slept with someone woudn't that be cheating even though they are not legally married?

I have become an Orzo groupie. I had never really made it before. But I had a recipe for a creamy sundried tomato orzo with salmon. It was fabulous. I then made a parmesan garlic orzo to pair with fried catfish and baked cauliflower.

This is on one of the Abbott episodes where the plot is rather simple and the story showcases that the Abbott team really is there for the kids, but in all that they throw away some really funny lines. The dialogue and jokes were really cracking: " A sneak peak of our pre-grand opening preview" “How is that fusion Paris and France are the same place?" Jacob "I'm still teaching Janie spades." "He fights parents." Add me to the chorus of loving Melissa and Ava's heist and their heist film quips. The only thing that really annoyed me is that place was taking pictures/videos of minors without the consent of the teachers or parents and posting them publicly.

Right? That kinda of annoyed me. I mean, hold a phone up to your ear to pretend like you are talking on the phone or something. LOL.

The first scene with Will and Angie was everything. First I just loved the squirmy awkwardness of it all. And then Faith and Ormewood came along ad added to the chaos especially with 'the Floor Is Lava' part. I swear, I think at one point Ormewood's butt was in Faith's face. Did I hear that Pete's nana died? Aww.. Oooh… that outfit Marion was wearing when she came to Will was not flattering. It should have been cute, but it just looked awkward on her. I think it needed to be on someone taller. All the Alias stuff was great. From Angie and Ormewood being fans to Faith and Will having NO clue to them watching it and being all in! And bonus, they highlighted the episode where clone Francie got killed!! I LOVED that episode (poor real Francie). I still call foul on Sunny's attitude toward Amanda. She was flat out disrespectful. I can't reconcile what I know of the culture, esp. Southern African-American culture with how they are having Sunny treat Amanda. It would be one thing if she was truly a feral child of the streets. But Sunny (as presented) had an involved father (yes he is a gang kingpin, but they still respect their maternal elders especially) and her grandmother. And finally, I know people probably are that suggestible, but man I can't wrap my head around believing that people wouldn't have some niggle of doubt they are being played? The one guy who stabbed that person seemed like the only one who really got how he might have really messed up. And finally, Ormewood's character is really how you do character evolution well. And I am also enjoying his and Faith's friendship.

Yeah, LIB is like my one last standing reality show I actually watch. So I am fine with it continuing. I think I stick with it because I still like the idea of these people succeeding. Something about the bachelor(ette) format just doesn't work at all for me. But this somehow does. And yeah I hated every single person from the last season but I do continue to think fondly for the ones I liked and want them to continue to have happy marriages. And I still hold out hope we get another season like Season 1 or the UK season where people seemed sincere.

I 100% percent know that Alexis called Krystal a "miserable bitch" on Dynasty in the early 80s before having a fight in a pond while dressed in their society dresses and jewelry!

This was a great episode. The writing was popping and the cast was on fire. Peter and especially Frank were MVPs. From the scene where they are 'autopsying' the swan: "This is Nasty" "I hate it here" "I’mma shoot everyone in this room" and of course the re-enactment scene was so fun from Frank deciding to be British, to Ormewood thinking he was a 'trapist' to Pete being disgruntled at not being able to use his improv skills. I liked Angie's case more than the A-plot case, but I feel some type of way about her whole re-instatement and how everybody was so happy. I get it. This is realistic. But still... bleh. Loved the title card this week. edited to add: Like the little shout out to the author of the books. They were going to celebrate at a place called Kay's Slaughterhouse.

That is where I am. I look back at my reading history and I have read (and loved) some really dark stuff. But now, I can't even! I need light and cozy or exciting and fantastical. Optimistic endings. The closest to actual suspense I can read is Sharon Sala. And that is because in her suspense/thrillers her villains aren't these omnipotent masterminds. They think they are, but their plans get derailed by the most random things, they get blindsided, and the good guys triumph so hard. If I can't really focus, then I have a ton of comfort re-reads I fall back on.

Middling installment. I liked the characters/actors better than the storyline, tbh. Eliza Coupe - My first intro to her and my forever love for her is for her role in Happy Endings where she and Damon Wayans, Jr. played the delightful power couple Brad and Jane. I liked her role here. Ken Marino - Having just watched him as Captain CJ on Brooklyn 99, his character on this felt like if CJ had moved from Brooklyn to LA. Same exact character except CJ fails up. I did love his first exchange with Morgan: “My firearm did discharge itself whilst in my holster during a routine traffic stop causing my metatarsal to shatter.” “You shot yourself in the foot!” Jai Rodriguez - I only ever knew him from the first Queer Eye, but apparently he's been in a lot of stuff I've never seen. But he was great in this. Is the M.E. with sexy silver hair new? He got to say lots of words. Hope we see him again. I too wonder about the only newstand selling French newspapers etc. Our Barnes and Noble still sells international newspapers, albeit a lot less than they used to. And if the guy was a dedicated reader he could have had his own subscription. Granted it was the 90s but when I was taking French in college we had to subscribe to Le Figaro. I do think that leap to correctly guessing that the guy gets his newspaper at that one newsstand and the lowercase spelling of proper words felt very television-plot-convenient. I hate that Morgan invited that obnoxious kid over. I wish she had simply left it alone or if she felt the need to call the mom, to point out that if indeed the entire rest of the class got invited except her kid then no it isn't a case of 'close friends' and it is a mean thing to do. How hard it is to invite another kid, accept a gift and ignore him so he can socialize with the rest of the kids in the class. And what kid acts that dickish to someone in their own home? I loved that she made him sit on the porch. Glad the show has been renewed, it is comfort tv at this point.

His Children of Time is my next up ebook. I always read two books at once, one in audio and one in ebook. Right now my audio is a re-listen of the Words of Radiance (the second book in by Brandon Sanderson's Stormlight Archive) The last book I read win the series was Oathbringer (book #3) back in 2017. The most recent book #5 was released this month and I really want to catch up but I don't remember much of anything. So a re-listen it is. My ebook is A Long Way to a Small Angry Planet by Becky Chambers. I've been leaning into Sci-Fi esp. Space Opera and first contact-like books (since the romance genre is annoying me a lot lately). I've never read Tchaikovsky and am looking forward to it.

I liked this episode and thankfully Gina Rodriguez wasn't on it enough to really annoy me. It was a nice balance of procedural story, long term story and humor. Actually the one scene with her and Will talking about their pets with Will showing adorable pictures of Betty while the not-bright criminal was sitting there was great. They've done a good job rehabbing Ormewood as a character from last season. Not in an obvious overhanded way, but in an incremental way. I also liked his terrible DMV photo, and his Goblin energy. At first I was wondering why Sunny wasn't screaming her head off in the mall. But then I remembered, she's black, he's a cop, it's Atlanta. He might have persuaded people that she was the problem, a thief or something, and they would have gotten her to him much faster. I love that the board was not impressed with Angie. While on the one hand, I have come to hate AI generated words (you guys should see some of the crap that students submit that you KNOW is AI) and it did read as if she was trying to shortcut her way through the process. But, otoh, some people really can't write a good written statement and need help. I don't ding her too much on that. I know the last scene with Amanda and Sunny was largely to show what a culture shock it will be for never-had-a-child Amanda to be with a teenager. But I don't think a girl like Sunny would have been that disrespectful to an adult. Unless Rafael was super permissive and she had no interaction with Grandma, then Sunny would have been more receptive to Amanda's rules of her house. They practically had her sucking her teeth. It didn't feel realistic for that dynamic, imo. And of course Amanda's house is as fab as her wardrobe. Looking forward to see how this all gels. And finally, one thing (among many) this show excels at is it's guest star writing and casting. They've had so many memorable people who have very short stints but the writing for them is great and the actors really rise to the material and work the hell out of it. We've had that black lady asthmatic wedding guest on during that wedding episode last season. And of course we can't forget Bon Bon and Josiah from the episode with the Drag queens. With this episode I'd add Delores the DMV lady and especially Rafael who slides effortlessly between Ghetto Fabulous friend of Will to Concerned Dad to Ruthless gangbanger.

Yeah, the Vulture article the AV Club is referencing is really something. I read it this morning. Dense, with a lot of information. Outside of the shocking stuff, i.e. the young son being in the room when he is messing with some of these women, what struck me is how predatory he just came off. At least two of women quoted in the article were in real personal distress -- no money, no resources, imminent loss of homes -- etc. that directly related to their relationship with Gaiman and his wife. He just comes off as incredibly manipulative. Amanda Palmer doesn't come off well either. I got the feeling she allowed 'friends' to speak for her (there are some things in that article that could only have come from her or Neil) to make herself sound sympathetic but she feels complicit to me. Honestly they sound like they were having some sort of twisted power struggle and some of these women got caught up in it. I have never been a fan of either of theirs .... him because I just never gelled with his books even thought I like fantasy and hers because she always felt like she was trying too hard to be edgy. I never actively disliked them or anything, but just wasn't a follower or a fan so I largely ignored them both. But this just makes them both just seem so gross.

I thought this episode was rather charming.

Sure... now I just have to find it. LOL. This show made me want to look it up myself. I read it as part of an anthology in college.

I am glad this show is back. I loved the Will Trent title card. It is a little thing but it is an element of the show that I love. How did I not know Betty's full name? Betty Maria White Trent!! And yes I love how she obediently looked away. Oh Angie. I was never a fan or her and Will. But I do like Angie as a character. I think she got off easy for covering up a murder. But oh well. The irony of her and Ormewood lamenting about cops getting a bad rap. LOL. I did like her scene with Frank. That feels like good, natural long-standing chemistry. Also Doodoo file cracked me up. I feel like Ormewood and Faith drifting into a friendship with the loss of their respective partners was a nice touch. Now I am trying to remember if he became aware of her diabetes issue because of hanging out with her and Will over time or if she told him about it. Because if it is the latter it signals a fair amount of trust. I love how the show signaled it, no big exposition or anything but Ormewood straightening her jacket and forcing her to keep her blood sugar up. Loved the fight scene set to Din Daa Daa in the background. Not a fan of Gina Rodriguez. Sigh. Oh well.

I actually quite liked this. I liked the messiness of the story and the relationships. Amy probably still in love with her husband, the doctor who is in love with her and she likely has no idea who he is, and the woman doctor who is pining after him. None of these potential romances is interesting to me, and I thought Amy and young Dr. had all the chemistry of bread and milk. But I still like the messiness. Agreed on all counts. I hope Amirah has her own storyline as well. I liked that Amy is unlikable generally, but it is clear she isn't all bad. She is able to maintain close friendships with her BFF and her ex husband even if their work life is shown as contentious. And she looks genuinely happy and relaxed with her new boyfriend. And the young intern who was obviously mentored by her does not take her professional rebukes personally. And regardless of how she closed off after the death of the son, the daughter was all smiles and warmth when she came to see her and didn't hesitate to hug her. These shows are as subtle as hammers, if the daughter had any resentments we would have seen that. Which makes the upcoming stuff interesting (potentially). How much of your personality is just you and how much is formed by your history? It seems like before the kid died she was warm and loving and after her work consumed her and she became colder. I once read a book where a person with retrograde amnesia due to a TBI with some PTSD thrown in and didn't remember much about himself or his adulthood relationships. His pre-Amnesia self was A LOT. And he had burned some relationships. He was really different afterward. Had no connection to his former self at all and as he learned about his former self he always referred to his former self as if he were a different person. It was fascinating. In that vein, I hope they don't revert Amy back to that person we saw in the flashbacks, all warm and cozy. And I especially don't want a barrage of her being all conciliatory and apologizing while people revel in her condition. I hope they fall somewhere in between with her. And yeah I know we were supposed to on their side, but that pregnant couple just annoyed the hell out me. And then we have Scott Wolf. I didn't see him as super villainous at this point, but he is obviously her rival and the show is setting them both up to be ambitious above all else. He dislikes her like everyone else does and knows he would be the beneficiary of her getting ousted because of her attitude, she knows he is her likely replacement and in her exacting standards probably mistakenly caused the death of someone and she is willing to use that as her leverage to keep him from taking her job. Again it will be interesting to see how the show positions them. The show has the potential to be interesting if they don't fumble it too bad.

Definitely an A lister. She's also really huge in fashion circles. She and her stylist Law Roach are considered a fashion dream team. That is how she really popped on my radar. In addition to Spiderman, Euphoria & Challengers, she is also in the Dune films and I believe is second billed. Villeneuve was bragging on her to Spielberg about her directing instincts. That said, I am happy for them and hope they make it. Also can't wait to see how Law Roach styles her for the wedding.

Heh I've read so many on that list. The thing is, while some of those books are long, they really move. You are carried along on the story and they really are over before you know it. I remember thinking a 200 page book I read just dragged, but Words of Radiance by Brandon Sanderson all 1100 pages flew by.