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I wondered about the wig too. My husband and I think he was wearing lots of shellac or deck sealer or maybe just Aqua Net. His mustache reminded me of Snidely Whiplash. As far as the money he owed, from what I could discern from his babbling, he did owe $3,000 but he didn't want to pay because the plaintiffs exaggerated their sales. It sounds like he shut down the salon and reopened it but that wasn't clear. Next to a Starbucks it seems like you could open up just about anything and get lots of traffic, but chocolate facials?

JJ fancies herself an expert on car accident repairs and restoration. I've seen her give litigants a small amount of money in damages and tell them, "You can get that bumped out for about $10." On what planet, Judy?

If it were me, I would check the "Welcome Back, Kotter" board, but that's just me.

Wouldn't it add some drama if they would come back from the commercial and say, "Our guest judge has removed a dowel from one of your cakes. Let's find out whose cake is gonna topple and fall!"

I missed this show but I hope to catch it on reruns. Angela, you make me laugh. Your name rings a bell. Are you a former TwoP-er (as I am)?

Mom did seem vague but it does seem odd that the bank wouldn't have had more information about the closing of the account. To hear the plaintiff talk, the account was opened with about $1,200 but it was closed soon after it was opened. Wouldn't there have been a withdrawal slip or a bank check or a cashier's check signed by someone for $1,200 plus interest when the account was closed? Didn't the plaintiff say her parents were still together? Odd that dad wasn't there to staunchly defend his wife, sputtering, "We didn't need Mathilda's money. I'm was and am quite able to support my family." Daughter didn't want to live at home because she wanted to do as she pleased. I'm thinking as soon as she turned 18 she got the money and had a great party. If they had had such a great relationship, wouldn't she have noticed that Mom was suddenly able to purchase [whatever]?

Yes, not only did Mary Lacy fail but she CLEARED the entire family prematurely. What is Mary Lacy up to these days?

Saw the magic themed contest and was underwhelmed. Maybe they HAVE run out of ideas. Why would anyone wear a winter ski cap when she's baking cakes? I think I would have done a huge top hat made out of cake and had a rabbit shaped cake inside that could have been pulled out.

The local bookstore was sold out of Foreign Faction so I'll have to order it online. I watched Part II again and was struck by Burke's odd interview with the psychologist two weeks after the murder. When asked about how he learned about JonBenet's death, he told the psychologist his father had found "it" in the basement. It was rather shocking to see how he reacted to the picture of the bowl of pineapple. I'm not suggesting Gestapo tactics should have been used, but I do think the doctor dropped the ball with Burke. I realize she was trying to build rapport, but if she had pressed him about his "secrets" and about the pineapple, one wonders what might have come out. Why does John Ramsey's voice always sound like he's been sucking on helium?

I don't think Burke did the garrote. As I've posted elsewhere, the Ramseys had a pleasure boat and I'm sure John knows how to tie all sorts of knots from tying in his boat. Can't picture Patsy getting her hair or nails mussed to do that. IMO this speaks against an intruder. If the motive was kidnapping and something went wrong and JonBenet was killed, why not just take the body anyway and wait for a ransom? The Lindbergh baby was dead but a ransom note was still sent (too bad we can't discuss the theories that his daddy did it). So if you believe an intruder did it, then why would anyone go to the trouble of a garrote? What if those paint brushes hadn't been there? Why not just use your bare hands, or as Dr. Spitz pointed out, why the elaborate garrote? Just take the rope and strangle her. If she was going to get kidnapped, I don't think anyone's explained how they were going to get her out of the house through the basement window. Yes, I've seen Smit and the woman New Scotland Yard agent going into the basement from the window, but I want to see someone holding onto a little girl climb up on a wobbly suitcase and scramble out the basement window.

I wish I had kept an analysis I read many years ago about the ransom note but basically the analyst concluded that Patsy wrote it. The article said that Patsy was able to write with both her left and right hands (no big deal; so can I) and it was believed that she wrote the note with her non-dominant hand. Honestly, though, if I thought someone suspected me of murder and then asked for my handwriting sample, I would definitely use a different writing. For example, I typically print in all uppercase letters--my handwriting isn't very readable. If I were asked for a handwriting sample, I would switch to what I was taught in grade school, the upper and lowercase stuff. The analysis also pointed out the acronym at the bottom of the note--can't recall what it said now; SBTC or something? Patsy was known to love using acronyms. For a time she signed her name PPRBAJ (Patsy Paugh Ramsey Bachelor Arts Journalism) and some of her friends said she used SBTC in some sort of social clique she was a part of (the B stood for Boulder). I'm going to have to buy "Foreign Faction" and the book by Steve Thomas since my library doesn't carry them. I in the BDI camp. If true, it must be a tremendous burden for John and Burke to carry around and I'm surprised Patsy never made a deathbed confession to someone.

I miss Ron too. His Wikipedia page still says he's on Cake Wars, so I hope he comes back. That made me remember the episode where Marcia went to prom with Davy Jones, which reminds me of when I went to prom with Peter Frampton. That's a lie. Next time I watch Cake Wars I need to listen to the host explain where the cake will be served. It seems to me he says something about a huge event celebrating (insert cartoon character here) but when I watch the end of the show, there always seems to be about 10 children eating cake. Are they dragging cakes down to the local Chuck E Cheese or something for a bday party?

Did anyone see last night's episode about The Addams Family? No one really got any of the characters right, but one baker's Morticia looked a lot like Angelica Huston. They warned one baker that they didn't understand his interpretation, but he got defensive and said he stood by his design. Buh-bye. Can we just stop pretending that we remember every single episode of every single show we watched when we were growing up? It seems to me we watched every single episode of The Brady Bunch a zillion times but the only episode I really remember is when Marsha's face got smashed with the football. Oh how we laughed about that! "Oh my nose!" over and over again. Now that would be a funny Cake Wars episode.

Like many, I have been reading about this case for a long time and I used to think Patsy probably killed JonBenet. That theory went something like, JonBenet had a bedwetting problem and after finding wet sheets again, Patsy snapped and clunked her over the head. A Boulder police detective on another show mentioned he subscribes to that theory and thinks JonBenet's head injury was caused by Patsy slamming JonBenet's head on the bathroom floor. After watching Part I I have come to believe that Burke killed her. I don't think he meant to kill her. When I think of all of the games we played when I was growing up (Jarts!) it's a wonder we're all not missing eyes or limbs, so I can kind of understand him hitting her with a flashlight not knowing what it could do. Maybe he was aggravated about the pineapple and hit her with the flashlight like they say. Much is made about her pageant life and the fact that John was gone all the time. I really believe jealousy ate away at him frequently. The flashlight on the kitchen counter was never explained. Listening to that enhanced 911 call didn't do a lot for me. I couldn't make out what "Patsy" was saying at all. I suppose you could insert any four syllable phrase and it would work. Yes, I did make out a childish voice saying something but to say, "What DID you find?" doesn't make much sense unless Burke overheard his mother talking about a ransom note and--after just clubbing his sister with a flashlight--he was confused about what she was saying. I noticed that no matter how much they slowed the audio down or filtered it, etc., the operator always sounded the same. Pattttsssssy? She has a little girl voice, too, which is spooky. Someone in this forum mentioned the "intricate" knots on the garrote and talked about Burke's Boy Scout training (which included knot tying), but it's worth mentioning that John and Patsy had a large boat and John probably knows how to tie many types of knots, too. Loved the linguist's analysis of the note; the maternal tone of it, etc. ("Be sure to bring an attache case of adequate size" or something. What kidnapper says that?) One last thing: Were John and Patsy ever compelled to testify under oath about the case?

As annoying as all commercials for prescription medicines are, why is it I can never remember the name of the drug or what it's used for? Why does it always seem the side effects are scarier than the illness the drug is supposed to treat? Did I really hear on one of the commercials that persons taking the drug had reported driving while under the influence of the drug with no memory of doing so? There's a prescription drug ad for something that I particular despise because the actors portraying people taking the drug are always the best in their field, so they say things like, "I accept that I'm no longer President of the United States, but I won't accept not being able to go rowing every day," or "I accept I'm no longer Prima Ballerina of the Royal Ballet, but I won't accept that I can't foxtrot 'til dawn anymore." Can't we just agree that it's difficult to accept some of the changes that come with the aging process? This same company has a dingleberry jogging through a college library. Library staff don't shush people anymore and I guess now you can jog through it, too. While I have enormous sympathy for people with shingles I don't need to see another person lift his/her shirt or blouse, or turn their face, or show me an affected eye or anything so that I can see the effects of shingles. To the guy at the driving range who lifts his shirt and complains he's not up to golfing that day: just stay home! I understand what hemorrhoids are, too, without someone turning around and showing me those in a commercial.

"I'm so surprised that Jane won," said nobody. I was really pulling for Dan to win. As much as I liked Suzanna, she already has a shop and this was Dan's dream. However, his cake, with its primary colors,chalkboard and odd decorations looked more like a child's birthday cake than a wedding cake. Probably won't watch this again--must find the British one.

I continue to be mystified by Jane's continuing wins. She did dump a pound of cocoa on her cake and the judges complained they had to go mining to find her dessert, but she won over Suzanna's incredible brownie and salami dessert? She does seem destined to win, much as the Italian man from last season (Diamo?) is destined to have his own cooking show. Can we just stop with the goofy food combinations and have everyone submit their best cheesecake or whatever? I like the British baking championship show better in part because the judges are judging blindly.