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It brings me back to the first season of Last Chance Kitchen, before they figured out that the challenges should be themed so that it echoed the eliminated chefs' dish that got them eliminated. Instead the challenges were all really random. One of the challenges was canned tarantula. Tom looked so thrilled to be presenting that as the theme. As they were deliberating I was fully expecting that they were going to do the "Surprise! You're all going to the finals!" cop out. Quite glad that they didn't and made a choice. Step 1: Harvest 1/4 cup ants

If I had a nickel for every time the Pacers made a last minute comeback on the Knicks in the playoffs and their star guard hit them with the choke gesture afterwards, I would have two nickels.

You know, I always assumed based on how they're spoken about and their place in the culture that the Knicks have won championships in my lifetime. It turns out they have not. I am 50 years old. They last won the year before I was born in 1973.

Is Spike Lee still front row every game these days?

Stay in school, Cooper Flagg

The first seven seasons are burned into my soul. Some subsequent seasons fall out of my head immediately after viewing.

I curse the Race gods for not taking the opportunity to rid us of Jonathan. Poor Ana. Josiah not immediately taking Alyssa’s perfectly timed suggestion to use the Express Pass was dumb and could have cost them the race. But at least he didn’t blame Alyssa for his stupidity and complained about every single thing like Jonathan did. Someone should count how many times he verbally assigned blame to Ana for something that demonstrably wasn’t her error. I’d guess it’d be in the 20’s. For the cheeses, the one I know on sight is morbier because it has a faint black line of what I believe is mold running through the center of it, so I got annoyed that teams kept missing that one. It’s visually distinct, people! I like cheese but I don’t have a taste for the strong ones and little experience with all the varieties. I certainly would have struggled aside from the morbier.

If you asked me in January, I would've said that the Celtics were playing like they wanted to get beaten in the playoffs. But then they started playing better. What is it now? I mean, Porzingis isn't playing well, but he was out most of last year's playoffs. Jrue is older. Horford is beyond old now. While Peyton P is improved, the tradeoff is probably down a bit in terms of overall team depth from last year. But mainly Tatum has played horrible and the three hasn't been falling teamwide. When the volume threes fall, it's devastating. But live by the three, die by the three. They shot 25% from 3 in both games, so if that's Plan A and Plan B, then maybe they're screwed. It's like they made the whole team out of James Harden.

Usually the FOH introduces the dishes in Restaurant Wars but having each chef introduce their dish felt like a smart innovation and a sign that the team had their act together.

The kneeling by Massimo would have actually seemed more at home if he were on the Nona team. Family style homey vibe. On the Flora team it was more of a classy fine dining vibe.

I can find braided mozzarella in my store's fancy cheese section. It's a thing. Doesn't change the taste at all or anything. Ana with the free Domino's verbal product placement. Hey kids! Apply to Domino's today! I do have to try making dough how they did it on the show, rather than using a rolling pin. Between this and the last Top Chef episode, I now have pointers to hone my technique. If Alyssa truly would wait for Han and Holden to pass her before she'd consider using the Express Pass it would be too late.

I think on draft day when you are suspecting you're in range for being drafted you'll pick up numbers that you don't readily recognize.

Who's to say that Jax Ulbrich won't one day have a coaching position in the league whilst your team's favorite linebacker or cornerback with a 7 year career never does? The football coaching nepotism piece.

League grounds Jax Ulbrich with no dessert or XBox for a month.

Usually we'd say that the losing team has reservations to go somewhere tropical but the team is already in Miami.