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I'm just getting into Accused now; I started yesterday on a long drive and now I'm sitting at my desk at work with headphones on listening to Chapter 5. Compared to the other true crime podcasts I've listened to, I'm amazed by the number of interviewees who are rude, hostile or just plain odd.

I just listened to the most recent episode of the Criminal podcast - #59: In Plain Sight. I'm not American and my American history knowledge is limited. I learned a lot, but what I took away most was the absolute determination, industriousness and tenacity of William and Ellen Craft. By the end I had chills.

I swear that I read a long while back that Jenna Fischer was initially cast as his wife but that the role was recast due to a "chemistry" issue. I had wondered at the time whether it was really Fischer who chose to leave once she saw what the show turned into...

Obviously this is only my opinion, as stated above. The sum of my knowledge on her is limited to one interview I read, so please take my opinions with that in mind. I think that taking the dancing so seriously was what bothered me the most (and I concede that in this interview it was her writing partner who was more defensive about the dancing, but they both were: http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/oa-creators-defend-movements-959026) was a major turn-off for me. In the interview she stated that the movements were one of the three core aspects of the show from its inception. I have absolutely no issue with people writing roles for themselves, especially women who are not getting the types of roles they want, and I applaud her for her tenacity and effort. I do not like the end product. The fact that she created a unique show with a concept I have not seen before kept me watching the whole show. I cannot get past the ("*don't you dare call in interpretive*") dancing.

Based on some quick online research, and my general feeling from watching this show, Brit Marling seems to me to be pretentious, and to see herself as such a special snowflake. I had not heard of her before, and didn't realize that she had also written/co-created the show. Before knowing that, I thought that the actress must have struggled through some parts, but knowing that she wrote that for herself gives me secondhand embarrassment.

I watch this show as background noise, and only because of my soft spot for Matt LeBlanc, but I've noticed a Friends "reference" in the last two episodes. There's a good chance they were unintentional. The first was when MLB said something along the lines of "they know we know", which reminded me so much of the Friends episode where everyone finds out about Monica and Chandler. The other was MLB's character Christmas shopping at a gas station. His Friends character did the same in one of the first few seasons.

I'm not certain whether these two podcasts are available outside of Canada, but I am hooked on Missing & Murdered: Who Killed Alberta Williams? and Someone Knows Something Season 2 (I couldn't stomach Season 1 as it was about a child). They are both produced by the CBC - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.

They have cancelled all media appearances, apparently: http://globalnews.ca/news/3084050/emotional-bachelorette-canada-finale-leaves-viewers-torn-in-disbelief/?sf43287306=1

Yeah, it is completely over the top. It kind of irritates me because it perpetuates the old fashioned nuclear family, with the stay at home mother (I know, there's a stay at home dad on the show too) available (and expected to) to participate in an excessive number of school activities. I don't even get to drop my kids off or pick them up from school due to my work hours, and my partner works shift work.

I was hoping for the crowd to notice her conflicting statements, but I guess for the story's sake that couldn't' happen.

Pop was Reva's father?? How did I miss this? Was it mentioned in the first episode?

First of all, I was right there with Mariah when Cottonmouth said she was asking for it. She's a baddie I could enjoy watching, for sure. The most confusing aspect of this episode for me is why the stakes are so high for Luke, when Cottonmouth threatened to out him as Carl Lucas. I can't imagine that he would go back to jail willingly; how exactly does Cottonmouth think that would work?

Thank you! I did see the sink hole and thought maybe she fell in after it cut off.

My DVR cut off. What happened at the end with Tahani??

I'm skeptical of her reason for participating in the show for a couple of reasons but I was especially skeptical after her speech this week before the rose ceremony. The way she said the word husband sounded sarcastic. This is my first time watching a Bachelor/Bachelorette show, though, and I have trouble imagining anyone using this method to find their future spouse.

And Ross's dramatic story about Emma and the eagle when they're locked out of the apartment: "Baby and bird still ablaze are locked in a death grip, swirling around in the whirlpool that fills the apartment"

Phoebe is definitely my least favourite Friend, but I was just watching the season 9 episode The One with Phoebe's Birthday Dinner and I absolutely love every Phoebe moment, from avoiding eye contact with the waiter, to yelling at Judy ("PICK UP THE SOCK!!"), to ditching the disaster of a dinner when Mike got off work early.

Happyfatchick, I am coming out of my usual lurkdom to say that I was in a very codependent relationship from the age of 15 to 23. There was abuse in the last couple of years as well. There came a moment that I left him, stayed with family and got perspective. I came out of a serious haze and never went back. To this day, looking back, I cannot understand why I stayed. Hopefully this is your daughter's similar moment of clarity.

Agreed. With both of my pregnancies I was tested as standard procedure.

http://variety.com/2016/tv/news/gilmore-girls-netflix-revival-release-date-new-footage-alexis-bledel-lauren-graham-1201824514/ New footage!

I just had to share that my mom is 61, when gray in her late 30's and has never coloured her hair. She keeps it quite long (just below her shoulders) and it is all curly ringlets. She is stopped all the time so that people can compliment her on her hair. We live in a small city and I can identify my mom to nearly everyone just by describing her hair. It's about 90% white now, and she started out with dark brown/almost black hair. I'm following in her footsteps with the gray hair starting in my 30's but unfortunately I do not have her beautiful curls. I have already decided that when the gray becomes overpowering I will start dying it light blond to hide the roots better (right now I'm a medium brown with some golden ends).

Coming out or lurkdom to share my opinion :) I'm often torn about this issue. You watch the house hunting shows on TV and see a small family who says they need 4000 sq ft...I just think it's crazy! We bought a 1000 sq ft bungalow with a finished basement, and with our two small boys we fit perfectly. Once they become teenagers it may get tight, but we have three bedrooms, a separate dining room, eat-in kitchen, rec room, large master suit (but in the basement...). It's manageable and can be cozy :)

I agree! They are an odd shape and look glassy to me

I don't hate Karen either, but what I do find distracting is how the actress often seems out of breath. I was marathoning yesterday so I can't remember specifically which episode I finally noticed it, but it was somewhere around S2 E4. Karen also always seems on the verge of tears, which I understand may be reflective of her inner struggles, but it seems excessive to me. I like her character and her motivation but those two things bother me.

I was bored yesterday and read some studies but I am not used to the clinical language and couldn't follow them very well, so I'm not sure whether they know the reason that some see numbers this way. I did read somewhere that there were extra synapses (?) or connections between certain parts of the brain. Mine looks different for numbers depending on the context; I always see numbers in a line from left to right, like a ladder that has steep inclines and flat parts too. (That makes no sense, does it?). I look at that "ladder" from different angles depending on the context of the number - money, age, years, straight up numbers for math. My yearly calendar is a circle and my weeks are straight lines. My dad was trying to explain his yearly calendar - it's shaped like the letter L and kind of goes around his body. It is so different than mine that I can't imagine it.