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One wonders what the residents of Guadalajara thought of these 'missionaries.' "Oye! Get out of the way, we're trying to get to work!"

There is always a third option: Having mice wax your legs. I know a couple. They work cheap: a jar of any name-brand peanut butter.

Ian Ziering will be on Food Network's "Worst Cooks in America: Celebrity Edition." I don't know what charity he's playing for. Here's the link with a group picture: https://www.foodnetwork.com/fn-dish/shows/2018/3/a-fresh-batch-of-cooking-challenged-celebrities-enter-boot-camp He does look nice in glasses.

If Timothy Rodriguez goes to a college where there's a standard meal plan, I hope he gains the Freshman 15 and then some.

"In God We Trust, All Others Pay Cash." -- title of Jean Shepherd's story collection. IT's where the movie "A Christmas Story" came from. First thing I think of when I hear those words. And it would do the Duggar-Dillards some good to read the book too. It's very funny and they need some humor.

While I like the idea of Blanche coming on and helping Valerie get back in touch with her Inner Ho, I would love the idea of Dorothy giving Brandon the Bea Arthur Death Glare. No reason needed.

As a long time Muppet Show fan, I agree with your choices.

My sister is an anesthesiologist who specializes in obstetrics (but does other operations as well.) She's told me that there's a window for when an epidural can be started in labor but I forgot when it was. I just hope Joy was able to get one when she needed it.

But even Jana and JD need a source of income. JD could have benefited from more advanced pilot training. And Jana could have benefited from ANY vocational training. Nursing, beautician, chef, animal groomer, accountant, anything. I don't understand this family. And now another generation will be doomed to stupidity.

This is from the UK's Daily Mail, which has a questionable reputation at best, but it's about a young woman who had a similar education and life to the Duggars and managed to escape it. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2961897/Sexually-abused-home-schooled-offered-arranged-marriage-25-000-unable-work-didn-t-exist-extraordinary-story-victim-extreme-fundamentalists.html It also tells a little bit about another young woman whose parents never filed a birth certificate or a SSN so she technically is a non-entity. Very sad story, and an even more extreme example of the evil this world can produce.

I peeked over at Marjorie's Instagram. She has a new book coming out and she's continuing her studies in printmaking. She seems a happy and content student, artist, author and big sister. All of that would have been kaput had she married Josiah Duggar. I hope her sisters, and eventually her brother, get the same opportunities she has.

Why do Nellie and Harriet have it out for Laura and Caroline?

I thought Jodi Arias needed serious psychological help along with her prison term. And Nancy Grace should eat a hornet's nest.

I like Eve's idea.

I think TLC needs to send Jana away for a weekend to see how the family copes without her...and how she copes without them. Maybe some eyes will open. But I doubt it.

I agree with bigskygirl. The last thing patients and hospital staff want to see is a pack of holier-than-thou dingleberries singing songs and handing out pamphlets. Especially when they're busy.

Armin Shimmerman played Quark on Deep Space Nine. I don't know who voiced Watto; I hope he wasn't Jewish.

I would think Nurie's actual first phone call home would be "Mama! They're so generous with their FOOD here!" I don't know where in Africa she is but I hope she's enjoying whatever her hosts offer her.

If I had a kid and they had to sit through something like that, without previous warning or any way to get them out of it, not only would the school administration hear my wrath, said kid would get a "get out of trouble" pass good for one minor indiscretion. "I had to listen to some Duggar go on about marriage and Godliness, so I'm staying out till 1 am with my friends." "Fair enough."

My saying is "No thank you I'd rather have mice wax my legs." As for baby showers, I'm used to attending them after the kid is born, so it was more "Hooray the baby is here!" and everyone came. All the hoo-hah and fol-de-rol should be about raising the baby to be healthy and happy and smart. Not like any of these kids will have a shot at that.

I meant no insult by the wheelhouse remark. The case is fascinating, I admit, because I don't know if she's Guilty But Insane [which American courts should really adopt] or just plain Guilty. As for questions for Mr. Boushell: How long does he have to stop breathing to play dead, and is it weird interacting with the actor who's going to kill him ten minutes later? [Or who just killed him ten minutes ago?]

I remember Food 911 too. Tyler was so nice to the people that needed his help. FN could revive that, but make it about common food problems and have Tyler, or whoever, fix those problems. Hell, they could do a "Home Economics 101" show because apparently that class isn't really being taught in schools anymore. Just a bare-bones cooking class taught over the airwaves. No contest, no prizes. Just teaching.

So one ad has Anne showing the "recruits" how to bake bacon in the oven. One woman pipes up that she's seen bacon made in the microwave. Anne snits "I'm not going to show you how to cook in the microwave." Um, why not? The microwave can be used as a tool just like anything else in the kitchen. I think this show is forgetting HOW TO TEACH PEOPLE HOW TO ACTUALLY COOK. It needs to do away with the whole reality show competition bullshit. Just have the best actual teachers in the Food Network pool [whoever they are] show up at various nominated houses and teach people basic recipes. Omelets. Roast chicken. Steak. How to cook vegetables. Soup from scratch. How to cook pasta and rice so they don't burn the pan. Whatever. And, yes, how to use a microwave for more than heating up TV dinners.

PLEASE tell me you'll be watching the Jodi Arias story on ID. It starts Sunday January 14 for 3 nights and looks to be right up your wheelhouse. Warning: the site will auto-play a clip. https://www.investigationdiscovery.com/tv-shows/jodi-arias-an-american-murder-mystery/

Good episode!