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On 5/11/2022 at 6:50 PM, Clawdette said:
As someone who earned four degrees, the last one culminating in a doctorate, my brain absolutely could not comprehend Kate's matriculation and advancement. I just let it slide when it was first spoken so I could focus on the following dialog. But, when I went back to try to figure out the dynamics of all that education, and required job experience to qualify for a state-level position , I couldn't stay focused. My mind quickly diverted to other endeavors not remotely Pearson-related.
I know this may not seem like a big deal, but holy cow, this may be the most unrealistic utterance of the entire series. (And that's saying a lot.)
I don't understand why she just couldn't have attained her degrees and had a great position at a school, or even a school district. A guy I went to high school with was the music director for a large school district in New York and he was revered!
I went back for a second Bachelor's degree in my mid-30s and then a Master's when our youngest of three was 18 months. It was brutal, and none of my kids were special needs. About the only thing I had to do (other than secure child care for night classes until my husband got home) was buy everyone lots of extra socks and underwear.
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On 10/29/2020 at 1:52 PM, Empress1 said:
I found it refreshing that Randall had this conversation with Kate because so many Black people, myself included, had these conversations with white people in our lives after George Floyd's murder and Randall used the same word I did - it is exhausting. So often, what the Kates in this conversation are looking for is reassurance that they're not bad people, and IMO Randall simply does not have the emotional bandwidth to do all that when he's dealing with the reality that he is one cop's bad mood away from becoming a hashtag, and that this shit is not new to us and not going anywhere (see: Walter Wallace Jr. literally this week). It takes a physical and psychological toll to see people who look like you murdered by state agents who then face no consequences for those murders (I still have not watched the Floyd video and don't think I ever will), and I think he just didn't have the bandwidth to reassure well-meaning white people that they're OK when he is not okay. I really liked that Kate appeared to be doing her best to hear Randall and didn't get defensive - as others have said, I think she has .
Watching this episode, I felt the same way I do whenever yet another person of color is killed - full of sorrow, anger, and outrage, with a feeling of helplessness that as a white woman I don't know how to help, when to approach with kindness, when to retreat with respect, afraid of doing or saying the wrong thing. It looks like Kate was reacting the same way - wanting to help, loving her brother, feeling the injustice, knowing she cannot live Randall's experience.
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On 1/12/2020 at 10:27 PM, doodlebug said:
And then, despite the fact that ‘Day for Knight’ did not make to audience fall in love with Lucy; TPTB did the same thing a couple years later when they shoved Abby down our throats with a virtually identical episode, ‘Abby Road’.
The only differences were that MT was a better actress who had every intention of staying for the duration and that many of the priginal cast members were already gone or on their way out.
I remember way back when, after a sizzling season 4 finale where there was so much tension, potential, and excitement to see what would happen in the season 5 premiere, and then we got...Lucy. It was deflating, and for some fans, a big mistake.
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22 hours ago, tennisgurl said:
I feel like Kate and Toby are coming at Jacks blindness from opposite ends of the spectrum, and neither of them are going to work in the long term. Toby only sees Jacks blindness and how thats going to limit what he can do in the future, while Kate tries to basically ignore Jacks blindness and refuses to think about his limitations. There has to be some kind of middle ground where they can acknowledge that he will have struggles and limitations, but can also have a wonderful and full life and get to do many great things and things that any sighted person can do (as we see him do in the future), I would like to see them go to some more therapists or doctors or groups that specialize in helping blind children and their families and get some support. Without Kate getting all pissed off and defensive or Toby running for the exit. The retreat is a good start (if maybe not the best birthday gift) but it needs to be something more long term.
I agree, early Intervention should be in place. I only worked with one visually impaired child in my career as a speech-language pathologist, but it's important because language is delayed when babies/children can't see things (nouns!) which are some of the first words.
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On 1/15/2020 at 4:21 PM, Empress1 said:
Philly's opioid problem is severe (Intervention did a season set entirely in Philly last year) so this is very plausible. My friend is a psychologist who does community behavioral health in Philly and she and her department have had Narcan training. She's had patients nod out in sessions with her before, and she's had to administer Narcan before too.
Where we live, we've 1) been told never to let anyone know if you've had surgery or a dental procedure, because there is a risk of of someone breaking and entering into your home to steal your opioids, 2) to fill the prescription for Narcan that is given to you with opioids now and keep it, even though you think you won't need it, and 3) to use the drug deactivation system that they gave us when done taking the medicine. We live in a rural area, but it's bad here, too.
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On 1/9/2020 at 5:08 PM, SoMuchTV said:
LOL. I get your point, but if one out of five people in my workplace was meeting an untimely end, I think I'd be looking for other opportunities.
I think it was after she had left the show, but I recall Julianna Margulies being quoted as commenting on the ridiculousness of the direction of the show when the patients are the doctors and nurses due to accident/crashes/fire/etc. She said something like, "The ER is supposed to be the place where we HELP people who are injured; we are not supposed to be the patients."
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On 12/24/2019 at 12:27 PM, Kaiju Ballet said:
Eddie Murphy and Lizzo was the best Christmas present SNL could have given us this year! To all the tinga nadies--
I also loved "Aneese Nameena" because he sang, "próspero año y felicidad,"
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This episode did not disappoint us. We howled from the monologue to the end. Colin is adorable and I enjoyed his reaction to the "wine" splashing him and clothing. Pete has a place in my heart - maybe it's the mom in me - and I always wish him well.
Eddie Freaking Murphy was phenomenal.
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10 hours ago, MBayGal said:
I have two ovens and have been in many other homes that have two. We bought this house a few years ago and it had been remodeled in 2000, including new kitchen appliances. I think it is more common now in newer homes. Our kitchen is not huge, but has enough space that I can have a helper or two when fixing a major dinner, as long as they follow directions☺️ But I have never cooked or seen as many dishes at any meal as they had!
We bought a gas range that has two ovens (since my kitchen, even though the house is only 11 years old, didn't have room for two wall ovens). I use both of them PLUS a counter-top turkey oven PLUS crock pots PLUS a toaster oven for Thanksgiving dinner.
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5 hours ago, Neurochick said:
This isn't 100% true. A lot of poor people are obese because they don't have access to healthy food. I live in a part of NYC where 4 supermarkets are in walking distance to where I live. Not everybody is that lucky. Some people live in areas where there are no supermarkets in walking distance, and they might not have access to a car; however there are lots of fast food places are around. It's not easy having to take a subway 2 or 3 stops to buy groceries, add multiple children under 12 and it's more than just not easy. What's helped here are street vendors selling fruits and vegetables, so they're more accessible to people.
In addition, new research has shown that obesity is actually a disease that some people have and do not gain weight with it while other people have it and they gain lots of weight. You can consume 750 calories and your body will only use 500 of it, while I can consume the same amount and my body will take all 750 calories. It's fascinating new research.
I have just started seeing a bariatric physician and he said that the old "calories in/calories expended" way of losing weight is not the panacea for weight loss. There's much too much to go into now, but when he saw my blood test results, he said, "No wonder you can't lose weight!" I'm on a low carbohydrate diet and I've lost 25 pounds. Since I've gone through several "plateaus," and I have lost fat and gained muscle, I'm not likely to gain it back. I have nothing but compassion for people who battle obesity.
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3 hours ago, hendersonrocks said:
Leslie’s WU bit seemed a little off the rails - I was like huh, we’re really doing the women over 50 aren’t sexual thing here?! - but it I figured the “no” bar was going to be ripped off her t-shirt and sure enough, it was. Che’s Judge Judy ad lib is a perfect example of why he frustrates me so much...flashes of brilliance in an overall underwhelming performance.
I would not miss Leslie if she left. She constantly flubs her lines (this hasn't gotten better with experience), and she yells constantly.
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10 hours ago, Quickbeam said:
Delaware just isn’t that far from southern Jersey/Philly. As long as the Delaware Memorial Bridge is open, maybe an hour to Wilmington. Proud UD grad here.
Fellow Fightin' Blue Hen right here :) I drove to UD from Long Island, and it's a 3 hour trip. It's a breeze from New Jersey. Now, Alpine, NJ to Philly, I can see people being up at arms about Randall running for office - Bergen County is a suburb of Manhattan, not in the greater metropolitan area of Philly. That would be like someone living in Benton Harbor, Michigan running for councilman in Chicago, Illinois. As others have said, there are plenty of things you can do to help a community, including attending a council meeting to nudge the councilman to do something
I had my babies from '85 - '92. Never knew the sex, as I had only one ultrasound and unless they could see a penis visible (impossible for me, I had three girls), you didn't know. WRT Kate betraying Tess, it would be easy to clue Rebecca in on Tess' need to have someone to listen and still retain her confidentiality. "Mom, I had a great time visiting for Thanksgiving and got to know Tess a bit better. She's changing and growing up, and I know she could always use someone to spend time with her and listen to her, especially with Beth looking for a job and Randall's campaign. Thanks for being a listening ear." Ta. Da. And ditto on cringing at "No matter what." A simple "We love you, and we're glad you can come talk to us whenever you want or need to" would suffice.
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2 hours ago, CleoCaesar said:
Are you seriously generalizing two entire generations based on a dozen comments that a shitty episode of an average TV show was boring?
It's not boring because it was set in the past. It was boring because it was a dull episode that regurgitated everything we already knew about St. Jack.
I agree. I'm a boomer, remember and lived through the Vietnam war, and just didn't like this episode in relation to this particular show.
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On 10/16/2018 at 10:28 PM, Roxie said:
I'm guessing that those who found this episode boring didn't live through the Vietnam era. I found my stomach going into knots and my fingernails digging into my palms during the draft lottery scene. It was horrendous.
I lived through the Vietnam era and did not like this episode at all. Of course, I hate any "war" shows, movies, etc. and I don't really find Jack all that compelling. I gave this show two chances and fell asleep both times. Interesting about the lottery. My number would have been 364.
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16 hours ago, Lady Calypso said:
I could see Kate initially reacting badly to it, although she'd likely accept it at the end. From experience, I was supposed to be named Sarah because my family all are named something that starts with the letter S. But my aunt completely freaked out and told them that I could not be named Sarah because when she had a daughter, she would name her Sarah (spoiler: my aunt had only one boy nearly a decade later). So my parents had to give up the name Sarah for Jessica, since they had no other S names that they liked. Granted, my mother is a pushover so it's quite possible that my aunt just said that she wanted to name her future daughter Sarah and my mother gave in immediately.
So, I could see this being a plot point, even for an episode and even if it is worked out by the end of the episode. I could see this show going that way because they've presented Kate very consistently when it comes to her relationship with Jack.
Oh, I love this story. When I was pregnant with our second, I recall relaxing in the afternoon and after talking about it, deciding if we had a girl (this was 30 years ago when we didn't know ahead of time), we'd name her "Alexis" (not her real name). That night, we got a call from my husband's stepfather telling us his son and daughter-in-law had just had a baby girl and they named her Alexis. We looked at each other and smiled. Three months later, we did have our second of three daughters and we named her Alexis. When we told his mom and stepfather, stepfather said, "But we ALREADY have an Alexis in the family!" Husband said, "Now we have two."
We never met the "other" Alexis. Not even a single time. Moral of the story? Name your child what you want to name her or him. How many Italian families have three "Frankies"? Heh. Mine does.
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23 hours ago, CleoCaesar said:
Randall's minute-long silence at the very end provoked like ten eyerolls from me. He's not Jack's biological son. Get over it, Randall. Why is this some massive deal? Why does a man pushing 40 have this drama queen reaction?
I so agree. Randall gets his bio dad and his adopted dad. Two dads for the price of one. Sure, I understand he didn't know William but for a short time, but he's passed on William's genes. Seriously, it cannot have just occurred to him that he has no biological connection to Jack.
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7 minutes ago, Empress1 said:
I also would not ask about said war on the date - I think Rebecca asked "was it horrible?" which is not a question I would ask. War stories have to be volunteered, I think.
They were 36 when the series started.
Thanks for the clarification. Still, 20 pounds a year when you're super-morbidly obese is great, but I can see why she'd feel defeated..
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As a woman with PCOS (I did have three successful pregnancies, was not obese when I was young, but lost my first [single] and third [twins] pregnancies) I have sympathy for Kate. I am obese now, past menopause, and it's a struggle to lose any weight. As the mother of two very large daughters with PCOS (not as large as Kate, but big enough) and a third daughter with PCOS who has a struggle as well, I absolutely, positively understand that Kate feels she's been given the short end of the stick. I see my daughters diet, exercise, forego extras that other women their age can happily, easily eat, and they struggle daily, weekly, monthly to lose weight. I see them take drugs meant to help that do not, I see them fight against diabetes, I see them deal with excess facial hair. This is no picnic. It's not ALS, true, but with the obesity and diabetes threat, it's a ticket to an early death. We see Kate who has worked hard and lost - what did she say, 40 pounds? Were they 35 when the series started? Forty pounds down in three years is great, but really nothing when you are that heavy. To those of you who don't know the struggle, understand that it is real and heartbreaking. All Kate (and my daughters) want to do is to look and be normal. Think it's hard to lose that extra 20 pounds? Try losing 100, 200, 300.
Now that I got that off my chest, I am almost disinterested in Jack and (see, I can't even remember her name!) Rebecca's story. I could watch Randall and his family all night long.
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On 1/1/2018 at 6:42 PM, UsernameFatigue said:
I loved this episode (though agree the the casting of JFK was off). So many funny lines, from Phillips saying to Elizabeth regarding meeting the Kennedys, "It's like royalty" to Elizabeth, after hearing of Jackie's comments about her "We must have her again soon". And of course the comment about her meeting with Jackie being moved to Windsor Castle, because a fortress would be better. Lol.
Some of the scenes reminded me of events that happened years later. The queen dancing and appearing to enjoy herself reminded me of Princess Diana dancing with John Travolta. And Jackie's lack of following protocol reminded me of Michelle Obama hugging the queen. Not only did Jackie greet the queen first, call her by the wrong name and not curtsy, she spoke to the queen first which is also a breech of protocol. As others have said, it is unlikely that that many, if any, mistakes would have been made. Though it appears that unkind remarks about the palace furnishings, and the queen's dress and hairstyle were indeed made by the Kennedys. (According to Cecil Beaton and Gore Vidal).
In looking at actual pictures from the dinner, I quite like Elizabeth's dress and thought it suited her. Jackie's reminded me of the Carol Burnett sketch where she is wearing the drapes still on the curtain rod. Jackie's dress looks like it is still on the hanger. All in all though I really liked this epi, and particularly liked the ending where Elizabeth commented that sometimes things aren't as bad as they seem (to paraphrase).
As an American citizen and not a citizen of the Commonwealth, Mrs. Kennedy would not be required curtsy, although the other breeches were noticeable. Having said that, there's no way the Kennedys called her by the wrong name. They would have been briefed accordingly.
Unlikely place for me to find an article about the meeting: https://www.rd.com/culture/when-jackie-kennedy-met-the-queen/
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6 minutes ago, chocolatine said:
His speech used to annoy me when I thought he was doing it on purpose, but last year I read that he has nerve damage on one side of his face, so the slurring is involuntary.
I agree about the greasy hair though. No excuses for that.
Well, then I'm being unkind about his speech. Sorry about that!
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If we never saw Jack again, I'd be cool with it. He looks like he needs a shower and shampoo. And I'm not a fan of his speech pattern - half the time, it sounds like he's slurring his words, and he can't be drunk all the time.
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I have a question that I have not seen asked or answered, although it's possible that I've missed it. With regard to protocol, I've read several places that people are not to turn their back on the queen as it is considered rude; however, I don't see this being followed by most of the characters on the screen - I don't seen people "backing out" of the room, for example. Can anyone enlighten me? Thanks in advance.
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2 hours ago, elle said:
It did not bother me. Didn't he acknowledge that they would just watch the half time show or was that Beth? It would have been strange if he had insisted that they sit and watch the game but they seemed to be just "hanging out". It would have been odd too if it was just the friends of his daughters. There were adults there too, parents of the little girls probably. It looked like he was the one putting all the food together so I would be fine with that. What did bug me was the comment about needing "some boys" in the house when his girls showed a lack of interest.
I laughed when Beth suggested they watch the Puppy Bowl. That was our pre-game show this year.
As the mother of three girls, and the wife of a man who played college football and who loves all things football, not once, ever, in our lives did he say he needed "some boys" in the house. His now-grown daughters adore him, he adores them, and I adore the fact that he never, ever expressed the "need" for a son.
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On 11/30/2017 at 11:42 AM, Lady Calypso said:
Randall and his family live in New Jersey. The Pearson family used to live in Pennsylvania, and Rebecca/Miguel have been said to still live in Pittsburgh. Deja's mom said they live in Newark, but I believe it's Newark, New Jersey, not Newark, Delaware. I noted the New Jersey license plate that her mom was driving in.
Since Randall has technically only had two official mental breakdowns, I assume they had to go through some psych evals to determine that he's in the right state of mind to adopt. But the show basically fast forwarded through this entire process to get to the fostering storyline. I'd imagine it would take longer than a couple of weeks to get accepted as a foster parent.
Right - I went to school at the University of Delaware. NEWark (as she pronounced it) is NJ. New-ARK is DE :)
S19.E03: Let’s Talk About Sex
in Grey's Anatomy
When I was a teenager, we had mandatory sex ed class in New York. This was back in the early 70s. It taught me everything I knew for a long, long time about sex and contraception. I never had an unwanted pregnancy, thanks to that class.
I haven't watched the show in years, but did tune in because I heard the topic of the episode. So many people I don't know. I was never a fan of Addison, but she is a wonderful doctor.