Zella

I mean, there's a pretty big difference between an actual trained vet being filmed doing procedures they already know how to do and actors who are most decidedly not professional vets either doing procedures, as was done in the original show, which is not fair to the animals or the actors, or the logistics of those actors, who are again not vets, filming fake procedures.

I've never read it, but my undergrad sociology professor referenced it a lot. In point of fact, I have no memory whatsoever 15 years later of the point he was making every time he talked about it, but I do remember how much he obviously enjoyed the book. LOL He was a really nice guy, and his palpable enthusiasm always made me want to read it, though sci fi isn't usually my thing.

Hope your power comes back on soon, Jyn! Mine was out on and off for 6 hours yesterday. We had a little winter precipitation but heavy gusts of wind. I assumed a line was down, but I ended up talking to a dispatch guy for the utility company about halfway through and he told me it was something in one of the substations. I was reminded of what a small town I live in when the dispatch guy told me the name of the person who lives nearest the substation, and I knew exactly where they were working. LOLOL

Maybe but not conclusively. I definitely know of some marriage dynamics where one party is a complete ass about things like this and the other party would push buttons intentionally out of spite. I don't know that that is their dynamic, but it wouldn't surprise me.

Charles threw himself into other people's problems as a means of avoiding confronting the chamber pot conundrum at home.😂

I've not heard of that one. I started reading a bio of Van Gogh years ago and had to give it up because it was so depressing. I read a lot of really grim material, but even I have limits!

I think it's always just been 1 thread.

Which book are you reading?

Yes.

Per the article, they've already been accused of mishandling multiple sexual abuse cases. That seems to provide a pretty strong incentive of the cover your ass variety.

I could be wrong, and Google is of no use to me for this, but I'm pretty sure the guy known as Santa from the trial was Anna's uncle.

Same. I'd been calling it since season 2.

This is cracking me up! 😂😂😂

Yeah I'm sure she's rallying the troops, such as they are. I'm guessing the pressure just firmly pushes him in his future in-laws' arms.

It wouldn't surprise me if she's furious he seems more in with that family now, and she's tried to sabotage it only to get ignored. If so, I can see her silently fuming while the hamster wheel in her head furiously spins and plots her next move.

I've decided to still keep my Prime membership (mainly for shipping--I rarely watch stuff on there now), though I may reevaluate that in the future. I did cancel my Hulu and Netflix subscriptions, though. I rarely use either of them and mainly just kept subscribing on the off-chance I wanted to watch something and that never happened, and that $25.59 a month adds up (to $307.08 a year). I was forced to do so much math today, but it did help confirm that I needed to do this. LOL.

Yes I'm aware. I was just pushing back on the underlying assumption a bunch of people are repeating on here that reading and education automatically make someone a good speller. That's just simply not always true in my experience, and I think sometimes people are overly simplistic about it.

I agree they're probably not doing much reading, and we know they're not doing anything resembling real school. But in my personal experience, I think people tend to be either good at spelling or not, and it doesn't necessarily correlate with intelligence, education, or reading ability/frequency. So, Kaylee may still very well suck at spelling even if she was raised in a different environment.

The best condolence I ever got after a sudden tragic death in the family was from someone who said "This is just awful. I'm so sorry." I don't know why people suddenly decide they need to be a philosopher or a theologian in those moments.

I get that, but when they're gushing about doing time with their spouse, I think they think they're being flattering. I don't think they're consciously making a theological statement.

Between that and them talking about living in The Big House, I find it psychologically fascinating how much the family unwittingly evokes prison to describe their day-to-day existence.

LOL YES! When he first described how enraptured by his poetry they were, I was like "Oh I seriously doubt that, Thomas." And then everyone else describing how bored the audience was. 😂

That's one of my favorite episodes! I also really enjoyed Mary's recollection versus everyone else's with people floating. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 This was the episode when Humphrey's head started becoming one of my favorite ghosts.

Perhaps materially, but I suspect the general atmosphere in that house post-Josh's conviction is probably not a lot of fun. I remember being a kid and all the adults in the house being mad and stressed out. I wouldn't wish that on anyone.

Well I live in Arkansas too and I've never seen one for my town! 🤣🤣🤣🤣